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| Author: | kirvball [ Thu Feb 11, 2016 1:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | KLR rear spring swap - video |
Nothing fancy, but I finally finished piecing my cellphone footage together and put this up on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LES7YJ5hYxo |
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| Author: | Ridgeclough ron [ Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: KLR rear spring swap - video |
Good job. I used spring compresser on the razer's shocks and it was a little scary and scratched the paint. Sent from my SGH-I547C using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | invariant [ Thu Feb 11, 2016 9:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: KLR rear spring swap - video |
Awesome tutorial Kelly. I'm sure you notice a big difference with the stiffer spring! Although you should have just got an orange spring... one that's already attached to a KTM 690 Sent from my SM-G925W8 using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | kiffer [ Thu Feb 11, 2016 9:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: KLR rear spring swap - video |
Great work! Nice to see these types of tech tips coming from the SDSC. |
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| Author: | Corney [ Thu Feb 11, 2016 8:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: KLR rear spring swap - video |
Kelly is still on team KLR! No orange in his veins! |
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| Author: | kiffer [ Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: KLR rear spring swap - video |
| Author: | kirvball [ Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: KLR rear spring swap - video |
| Author: | kiffer [ Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: KLR rear spring swap - video |
The thing about orange is that once you've tasted 67 HP from your 690 single you can't go back to your 43 HP KLR - it is amazing how gutless it feels. If you want to stick with a KLR don't ride a 690... my 2 cents. Now if they would put the Versys twin in the KLR chassis - that would be a bike worth purchasing! |
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| Author: | kirvball [ Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: KLR rear spring swap - video |
The KLR's weight and poor suspension are still Achilles heels. Don't get me wrong, I love my KLR, but I think I've now reached/overextended its capacity. Sent from my SGH-I337M using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | bordenbmw [ Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: KLR rear spring swap - video |
Kawaski needs to upgrade the KLR to fuel injection and ABS(with off-road mode) for an extra $1000. At that price they would still sale lots of them and maybe even more of them. I'm thinking that even more riders would look at it with these 2 upgrade. But it sill needs a fork brace, new springs and heavier oil up front and a new sping/shork outback! I would love to try a 2017 KLR650 with all the kit mentioned above. |
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