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ShaunJ 8 Sep 2011 22:11

KLE500 Rebuild
 
Decided to strip my KLE down and rebuild since winters have started to get the better of it.

Before
http://inlinethumb32.webshots.com/44...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb31.webshots.com/13...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb11.webshots.com/47...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb46.webshots.com/47...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb45.webshots.com/47...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb27.webshots.com/49...600x600Q85.jpg

After powdercoat
http://inlinethumb48.webshots.com/49...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb61.webshots.com/25...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb07.webshots.com/49...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb50.webshots.com/46...600x600Q85.jpg

jbfyou 9 Sep 2011 16:25

Congrats for the beautiful frame color.

Throttled 12 Sep 2011 15:42

I love these sort of threads, more pictures and descriptive please bier

ShaunJ 12 Sep 2011 17:03

Thanks for the comments.
Don't have much time at the minute so its going to be a bit slow hopefully be able to hit it hard after this weekend. So far few parts not shown have been cleaned and painted. And swingarm now has new bearings.
To do:
Clean and paint few more parts
Put in new headstock bearings
Rebuild brake calipers
Tidy up accessory wiring
Touch up paint on engine

Additions to be added at some point:
Braided front brake hose
Uprated rear shock
Uprated fork springs
Stainless respoke on front wheel

LaCarretera 13 Sep 2011 20:57

That looks fantastic!
I've been thinking about stripping mine down and doing the same. Any top tips for things to look out for ?

ShaunJ 18 Sep 2011 20:50

http://inlinethumb18.webshots.com/47...600x600Q85.jpg

Progress front and rear suspension done. Although thinking that i might take the forks out again and spray them to match the swingarm, the silver just seems too bright by comparison.


Top tips:
Make sure to attach the swingarm rubber before fitting the swingarm.
Take note of the orientaion of the rear shock when removing. I put mine back in and found the swingarm was hitting the spring, rotated it 180deg about its axis and it bolted right up.

ShaunJ 22 Oct 2011 11:24

Made some more progress on Thursday
http://inlinethumb30.webshots.com/47...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb62.webshots.com/47...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb50.webshots.com/49...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb64.webshots.com/26...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb53.webshots.com/48...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb04.webshots.com/48...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb29.webshots.com/46...600x600Q85.jpg

MadM 22 Oct 2011 15:51

Nice coloro of the frame, like it very much, keep the pictures comming :thumbup1:
But I have spoted that you have allready mounted the SW-Motech crash bars, I hope you know that with the bars mounted you can not mount on the side fairings. You will have to remove the bars to be able to mount the fairing.

Thumbs up for your poject though:thumbup1::thumbup1:

ShaunJ 23 Oct 2011 18:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghosty_SLO (Post 353337)
Nice coloro of the frame, like it very much, keep the pictures comming :thumbup1:
But I have spoted that you have allready mounted the SW-Motech crash bars, I hope you know that with the bars mounted you can not mount on the side fairings. You will have to remove the bars to be able to mount the fairing.

Thumbs up for your poject though:thumbup1::thumbup1:

Thanks
The bars were only on loose in those pics hence no cross brace just wanted to get a feel for what it will look like :cool4:


Some more progress from the weekend
http://inlinethumb62.webshots.com/48...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb21.webshots.com/49...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb18.webshots.com/47...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb46.webshots.com/49...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb34.webshots.com/47...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb36.webshots.com/28...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb01.webshots.com/47...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb02.webshots.com/49...600x600Q85.jpg

And some teaser shots

http://inlinethumb41.webshots.com/47...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb39.webshots.com/48...600x600Q85.jpg

MadM 26 Oct 2011 09:55

?c? That red frame fits really nice with the gray fairing, now only crash bars need to be red:cool4:. Nice project, keep the pictures comming :clap::clap:

estebangc 26 Oct 2011 16:39

Beautiful!
 
Nice red frame! I admire these jobs, so much knowledge and effort behid. Amazing what you've done.

Esteban

PS: Your new white handelbars look great, I should get one of those. My parrot would enjoy the trips much more than inside the panniers.:taz:

ShaunJ 13 Nov 2011 20:39

Bit of a late update
Heres last couple of weeks progress

http://inlinethumb62.webshots.com/47...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb36.webshots.com/48...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb11.webshots.com/49...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb38.webshots.com/50...600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb10.webshots.com/49...600x600Q85.jpg

MadM 16 Nov 2011 13:02

It looks like more like a KLE after each post :clap: That frame loks very nice with gray fairing. But I have a question for you. Do you have a complete arrow exhaust or just endcan? Can you take some pictures of how the pipes are layed out if you have a full sistem.

Thanks

ShaunJ 16 Nov 2011 19:30

Its a full system the pipes follow the same route as normal although you lose about 1 inch of ground clearance where the left pipe curves around the back of the sump

MadM 19 Nov 2011 22:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShaunJ (Post 356173)
Its a full system the pipes follow the same route as normal although you lose about 1 inch of ground clearance where the left pipe curves around the back of the sump

Thanks for the info, I am looking for a new exhaust pipes, the stock ones are quite heavy.


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