how to check klr
 

Hay friend!
I am plaing to buy a klr and wants to now if its have some spacial thing that need to check et that kinde of bike also if you have some Recommendations what equipment i should take with me on the bike. Traveling in South America.
Thank for yours reply :)

I would look for a completely stock, low miles Gen I ('87 - '07). Then completely go through it to include doohickey, new tires, chain, sprockets, brakes, etc. This will get you familiar with the bike. I plan on taking spare plug, oil filter, clutch and brake lever, water pump seals, front and rear tubes plus stuff to fix flat on the road.

I would buy a Gen2 -- and did. Improved doohicky, heavier forks, Same engine.
I put Progressive monotubes in my forks and an 8kg spring on the back. Keep it under 5000 rpm, keep it full of fresh oil, and it will run indefinately

Not the same engine. Gen IIs all seem to burn oil. Every one on the way to Ushuaia had a gallon jug on back.

Men say, ring/piston redesign in 2008 resulted in excessive oil consumption in SOME '08-'09 models; however, a re-redesign virtually eliminated that problem in subsequent production.


That said, don't doubt many Ushuaia-bound KLRistas had ride-along oil jugs, regardless of machine vintage. Helped outfit/build a Generation 2 just completing a Washington, DC-Florida-Alaska-Tierra del Fuego-Bogota circuit (Wotnext's "Riding Through The Americas" on ADV); no on-board oil jug AFAIK, but . . . a 10-gallon aftermarket fuel tank!


Disclaimer: No dog in the fight, I ride a Generation 1!