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Old 30 May 2009
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your right, the pulling from low revs on high gears isn't good. It doesn't feel good for the engine, like it's struggling. As a rule of thumb now I like to keep the bike at 4000-4500rpm in gears 2-6, it seems to sit there and run silky smooth and then starts going higher at 60 - "100" mph in 6th.

In really heavy traffic I tend to ride the clutch alot, i just can't bear the engine bobbly at low revs when doing 5-10mph.

So far I've been completely trouble free for 25000miles :-)

Rich
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My bike ran real rough below 3k rpm. Not anymore.

yesterday I got a custom header/pipe made. Without jetting up yet this thing is still like producing what feels like 15HP more off the bottom!! It feels like triple the power.

Guess what no more vibrations and the bike can pull 5th gear at 2k rpm with 16/44 gearing.

So vibes are all the restriction making the engine rough as.
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header/exhaust pipe
Hi there all,

Jimmy101 posted as having a custom header/pipe made. Could you post more details as to what this entailed? Did you get equal pipe lengths? change the exaust? costings? Country you had this done in? etc.

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I too would be interested to see the header pipe for my KLE
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Hi. Jimmy101 did you just have new equal length headers attached to the standard muffler or was it a complete pipe and muffler?
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Hi all,

I had custom headers made - any motorcycle exhaust place will do them but they will need your bike for a day. I got mine done in AUS brisbane at:

Motorcycle Exhaust Professionals

I has a carbon exhaust that they just fitted it up too - probley not as "tuned" as the arrow full system, but if you have a spare can hanging around the headers and connector pipe only costs $500 in mild steel. Arrow system is about $1200 in AUS.... Im sorting my jetting, but dual #100 seem to do the trick with unmodified snorkle (small one).

The power increase riding home with lean jetting was still VERY noticeable and also how the bike hit 9k very quickly.
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your right, the pulling from low revs on high gears isn't good. It doesn't feel good for the engine, like it's struggling. As a rule of thumb now I like to keep the bike at 4000-4500rpm in gears 2-6, it seems to sit there and run silky smooth and then starts going higher at 60 - "100" mph in 6th.

In really heavy traffic I tend to ride the clutch alot, i just can't bear the engine bobbly at low revs when doing 5-10mph.

So far I've been completely trouble free for 25000miles :-)

Rich
hi your advice about riding the clutch was good advice. but does this shorten the clutch life. as it feels like it would or is this the normal way. thanks
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hi your advice about riding the clutch was good advice. but does this shorten the clutch life. as it feels like it would or is this the normal way. thanks
Hi Chip,

You do realise the thread you have tapped in to here hasn't had a new post up until yours since 2009?

However, some of the information is still valid.

Yes, riding or "slipping" the clutch will shorten the life of the clutch plates a little, depends how much you do it though.

I recently bought a '94 KLE500 and am trawling through the threads looking for useful information as well.

Cheers,
Ock. [in Oz]
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