r/klr650

When I moved in 2016, I had to sell my R6. Short version is paying the bills was more important. But now my wife and I are in a much better financial situation and I was able to buy this beautiful used 2024 Adventure. Had less than 900 miles on it when the previous owner traded it in for a Gold Wing. I can’t wait to see where I end up when I go exploring.

I'm guessing it is just a backfire, but it was unbelievably loud in the enclosed underground parking.

Any guesses would could cause that? I've sot several people positive it is tuned too rich, but also a a few other people positive it is too lean, as well as several other crazy theories. I had it looked over by the dealership a couple weeks ago and they found and fixed a couple small issues in order to pass inspection. Nothing that could cause that though.

So this has been my pride and joy I've been working on for the past several months. I installed a high compression 314cc big bore kit made for the Mojave 250 quad, along with. 380 lift cams from Webcams, and she's an absolute ripper now.

Some may recognise me and Lucy and our European touring. I bought Lucy back in 2021, a very beaten up farm bike, with the vision of touring around all of Europe on her. This came to life in 2022 after a lot of work, and together we did around 15,000 miles in 5 months, and most of Central and southern Europe. She was a heavy, primitive, but perfect companion. 2-up, off road, through twisties, in cities, we went.

In 2024, I took Lucy off the road for 2 years, to complete a full rebuild. I loved this bike and realised I wanted to continue touring, and wanted to understand the condition of every part of the bike. This lead me to find many many mechanical issues, see previous reddit posts, but by the end of it, I had Lucy better than ever, riding well, more powerful, and better economy, although still drinking oil!

This year, we ventured back out into Europe, following a friend on his adventure to China. We drove as 3 riders and bikes from the Uk, through France, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Italy, Slovenia, Austria, and Croatia, on and off road. This was my first experience touring with others, and I really enjoyed it. You can take more risks and go further, especially off road, when in a group.

2 weeks back, on my return the the UK from Slovenia, I had a major crash with Lucy, approximately 50mph into a steel barrier whilst in the mountains of northern Italy. I made it although am still recovering in hospital as I write this. Lucy, did not.

I want to pay respect to the KLR, and to my trusty KLR, Lucy. This bike taught me what riding could mean, and showed me how much I could get out of life with a little can do attitude and some petrol money. It is sad to part ways with her this way, but better to finish like this, than to rust away in a shed, or like she was on the farm I found her on. The humble KLR will always do it's job, and do it satisfyingly, which I will always respect, and remember of my Lucy.

Separately, the KLR group and forum is by far the best I have ever been involved in for an automotive community, having now been involved in a few. Thank you to everyone here for help over the years, and sharing in some funny situations that have unfolded in the saddle.

Ride safe everyone.

I have an '07, and no matter how much I clean, change out floats, and change float needles after about full tank of fuel the carburetor floods out. I have changed out with rebuild kits and OEM parts from Rocky Mountain ATV, and I keep flooding out.

My float is set to 0.69"-0.70". I checked the float needle via pulling the bowl off and setting it in a cup that suspends itself and filling a funnel full of clean fuel until it shuts off, and it shuts off right where the bowl mates up with the rest of the carburetor; yet I still get flooding problems.

Looking at how to fix this issue, and I am at a loss for how to proceed next outside of dropping $550 for a new OEM carburetor.

Someone at some point aligned my cams with the first I marking on the flywheel. Found this during valve check. I assume I should put the cams back parallel to the head at TDC like the manual says? The bike was running no problem like this for at least 11k miles if not more. Very bizarre scenario that I have not seen anywhere else on the internet. Pictures are in order. First two, at the I mark, it's showing cams in proper position. Second two, shows TDC at flywheel - cams show retarded a bit by equal amounts on each cam.

Long time lurker first time poster.

For about the past 10 years, I’ve been looking for a KLR, and I couldn’t be more pleased with the one I was fortunate enough to purchase yesterday. It’s a 2007, 5600 miles.

I’ve included pictures of all damage that could be found. Any guesses on how much she cost me? How much would you be willing to pay?

Agregando novedad a las personas que me ayudaron anteriormente con mi KLR650 G1 esto fue lo que encontré cuando quise medir la holgura de válvulas.

Aunque no se ve mal dos de los shims, parece que ya trabajaron anteriormente este motor por lo que me hace pensar que tendré que rectificar y comprar todo nuevo para la cabeza

¿Que me recomiendan? ¿Ustedes que harían?

My Barbie Bike how lucky I am

I replaced the doohickey at 42000 miles on my Gen1. The oem doohickey had snapped and i could hear the chain rattle. Since putting in the new doohickey my KLR has always vibrated more. Hands go a little numb after 30 minutes. I'm sure I've put it all back together properly but alas, after three attempts in 2000 miles i cannot see the reason for the poor vibration. Any help welcome.

After taking my bike to shops and getting screwed over repeatedly I decided enough is enough, bought a shop manual and did it myself this time. Man that was that a lot of work. Found some weird stuff from the knucklehead mechanics I took the bike to in the past such as missing bolts, longer bolts being where shorter bolts were supposed to be, vice versa, had a mini heart attack when I saw one of these geniuses decided to use a BUTTON HEAD ALLEN SCREW for the air charge pipe next to the spark plug when in the manual it shows an 8 mil hex. Thankfully got it out without stripping it and replaced it. Valve clearances were in spec, did a few other maintenence items while I had it apart, and got it back together by tea time.

First time ever working on something like this and I definitely learned a lot! I took her apart, disassembled fairings and lights, sanded, and painted. Laid a UV clear coat over the paint to keep it protected.

I know its not 100% accurate, and ill have to add some teal on the top of the tank but I’m really happy with it! (And at the end of the day, its a KLR) The before look is on my page for reference of how far shes come!

Now i just need the decal kit lol

Let me know what yall think!!!