JoePokorny
New Member
so i've stumbled my way into KLR land...i recently (as in this past friday) picked up this 1986 klr 600 off of CL for a mere $400 with paperwork. i know DTT is more of a cafe racer / street bike friendly place but you guys have helped me in the past with my CB360 so i figured i would give it a shot.
when i got it, the kicker was stuck and the PO claimed he had good compression in the bike, but of course i forgot to bring my compression tester with me and took his word for it. low and behold when i got home, i took off the head, saw the cam chain timing was way off, and got the engine to kick free in no time. after running a compression test on it, got nothing. pulled off the head and found the piston with two indents in it from the intake valves. the intake valves also appear to be out of sync, as there's gaps and they aren't seated well (forgot to photograph this).
what i'm looking for is, is it worth it to do the repair on the valves myself or should i get it machined properly from a machinist? any input would help! thanks dudes
when i got it, the kicker was stuck and the PO claimed he had good compression in the bike, but of course i forgot to bring my compression tester with me and took his word for it. low and behold when i got home, i took off the head, saw the cam chain timing was way off, and got the engine to kick free in no time. after running a compression test on it, got nothing. pulled off the head and found the piston with two indents in it from the intake valves. the intake valves also appear to be out of sync, as there's gaps and they aren't seated well (forgot to photograph this).
what i'm looking for is, is it worth it to do the repair on the valves myself or should i get it machined properly from a machinist? any input would help! thanks dudes
