1987 KLR650

[DesmoBro]

So if you havn't heard the story about how I got this....It all started with a Vintage burton snowboard which can be seen in my DT400 build thread background shot pg2 ....Bartered Via CL to a Moped, Moped Turned into an 81 GS 750, GS turned into a 03 Honda 300ex quad, Quad turned into this KLR 650...already turned down a ducati 900ss trade offer for this KLR ( i really wanted that 900 but this KLR is too cool)....KLR has 14,000 miles on it ( Achilles heel for the Timing chain tensioner "Doohickey") Drove it for a week thought I heard A noise tore it apart and ordered Eagle Mikes Doo upgrade with torsion spring ....All I need now is to bend up my inch and quarter wrench and buy the correct bolt to use as a puller

 

[Floegstad]

What plans do you have with this sweet thing?

 

[DesmoBro]

Oh and once I took It apart I look a bit closer and it seems someone has done quite the hack job back here

 

[DesmoBro]

I'm not sure what the hell i'll do with it Most likely upgrade it for a safari and drive the snot out of it, Hang some tire daily. It will be getting the timing adjusted(exhaust cam advanced 1 tooth) and valves shim'd

 

[Floegstad]

Sounds like great fun doing the safari thing.
For me the fun starts where the asphalt ends,and doing a bike that plays along where and when u like easily makes life worth living.
How often do u ha ve to do the walves on the kawa?
I Have a Husaberg wich walves needs tlc every 20 hour.
Trading it in next week for a xr 650.
Now i scaring the hunters and deers out of the forest on a old bitch of a yz 490 2-stroke, brutal and loads of fun.
Like your motos mr.
Haveing 2-3 buildthreads on pictures and film but not the knowledge toget them posted.
But one of these early mornings.
(sorry my bad english)

 

[DesmoBro]

not sure on the exact interval for checking the valves them seem to have a loud tick so i'm going to check em out...Husaberg sounds fun but such a pain love me old 2 strokes as well.

To post up pictures i think you need a photobucket account to do the large nice pictures then copy and paste the code between this thingy

 

[Floegstad]

I`ll empty my cameras on to my pc and do some sets of 4 pics at the time then!
I really like seeing all these old jap bikes we dont hav a lot of them here in Norway for roaduse.
We havent got sr500 and such, but we have plenty of vintage mxbikes.
I have an 76- ish Rm 370cc 2-stroke, 84 and 86 Yam yz 490 and one unknown Maico 490 without a piston wich is impossible to get a hold :'(. This is my "dirtuse)
Allso have a 65 vespa,58 triump 500 daytona, 84vf 1000r(bits),Suki gs 400 scrambler/brat and a 76 Kawa s2 350 with 420kit and real track expansionchambers wich produced a topspeed of 231km/h (by gps)before i chickened out.......(Roaduse)
Allso do have some old bmc minicoopers and someold bmw02`s.
Gotta hit the shop and do some scramblerseat grindings before the kids are back from school.
Thanx Desmo!
I`ll tune in on what happens to this one.
trying to attach a picof the RM

 

[DesmoBro]

Sweet Floegstad you should def post up some pictures of your bikes there are loads of threads just to show them off or show a full build start to finish in a new thread

 

[SONICJK]

What on gods green earth happened to that frame?

 

[DesmoBro]

What on gods green earth happened to that frame?

I have no clue maybe they tried to lower it? anyways i think a new rear triangle is going to be on order

 

[Floegstad]

Any progress on this one?
Or do u enjoying the dt to much these days?

 

[DesmoBro]

ordering the Puller and the rear sub frame this week if everything goes according to plan

 

[Floegstad]

Fingers crossed for ya!
I`m fighting to find the right bearings to fit gsxr 750 frontend 2 my gs 400.
Ordering things late saturday night (sunday morning) after several bottoms up was not a such a good idea :-[

 

[DesmoBro]

here it is.....

https://www.allballsracing.com/index.php/forkconversion

figure it out and order the stuff in one shot....i'm doing a conversion on my SR soon and i'll do a Conversion on this as soon as i find a 426 inverted front end

 

[Floegstad]

wr 426??
I have one of a wr 450,but i am at opposite side of the great oceans so shipping will cost big bucks i suppose!

 

[xb33bsa]

i have a rear triangle off a klr600 it is all aluminum triiiiick
yours cheap

 

[DesmoBro]

Pictures or mine is better

 

[xb33bsa]

hah ! its hangin' on the wall pics to come

 

[DesmoBro]

so you shipping it over here or what

 

[xb33bsa]

here tis