Today, I brought home a "spare" KLR 250 I bought for its engine. Since purchasing new parts to replace my cams, rockers, cam chain, and whatnot would cost a small fortune, buying a running bike to use for parts made sense.
A 1989 with 11k miles on the clock.
It spent the last year sitting in a barn, so the idle was a bit rough, but the motor has compression and barks.
At first I felt bad, taking apart a complete bike, but with all the time I devoted to my project, I wasn't about to start with a new bike and leave mine to be. Well, I overcame my sentiments and two hours later the 'new' KLR looked like this.
And all this because I needed a motor.
The first thing I did was to check the cams and valves. Cams look good. Valves needed adjusting, and since the motor is out of the frame, it was the perfect time to do it. A new valve cover gasket was installed, and I put the engine in the frame. Running out of time tonight, I did not complete the entire installation, but I'll continue tomorrow.
2 comments:
Good find on the parts bike. I'm in the middle of rebuilding the top end on my new-to-me 1998 flavor, and am debating trying to find a parts bike just for the cylinder head and cam caps. I've also been posting on ADVRider, where's your thread located?
Adam ,
The thread is located in "Thumpers" just search for posted by user "henrymartin"
I have a complete motor minus worn-out cams, if you are interested.
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