high km's?

[jeffzee]

Who has more then 33,000 kms on there KLR? Any notable problems do to mileage? I am going to look at a 2001 with 37,000 tommorow night. What kinds of things should i look at closely?



Thanks for the advice guys!!!

Jeff

 

[Pirate]

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In my opinion 33,000 klms would be considered low milage. I've heard of 200,000 before any major rebuilds. But of course regular maintenance and not caning the snot out of the engine would be the contributing factors there........With regards to engine, look for blue smoke from the exhaust and listen for anything that sounds doubtful. As for the rest, just give it a good visual. Ask if it has been trailed and check the rims for damage. The tires will give a good indication of the type of terrain the bike has seen. If it's never been off road, I doubt whether you would have much to worry about.Above all, get a test ride.........Good luck.

PIRATE...........

 

[jeffzee]

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I went and looked at it. Engine is a bit dirty but dry - no oil leaks. The body plastic is a bit rough. It rides like its brand new (i have ridden a new one). Has the tweaty bird which i would have to kill, hehe. Has 38,000km on it. Everything is stock on it. Its a 2001, i can get it for $2500, would you say its a good deal?

 

[islandswede]

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Pirate's got it. Check it out carefully, get a mechanics opinion if unsure, test-ride it and for about 2500, buy it.Not cheap but very reasonable. IMHO. You get to love the "tweaty"

 

[jeffzee]

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Thanks for the reply, it doesn't puff any blue at all, rides really nice, the only thing i will have to do is get some new tires for it. Any recomendations for tires? 50/50 road/dirt

 

[BigCityDirtBike]

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$2500 seems like a heck of a price to me. I check craigslist and the buy and sell on a regular basis and they are rarely seen below 5 grand. I don't know what people pay in other parts of the province but anything less than 4 g's is a deal in these parts.

FWIW

Dave

 

[jeffzee]

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I agree, i have been looking for 2 months now, and everything i have looked at even at $4200 has bin a POS, this bike looks a bit rough but rides real nice!

 

[Pirate]

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You might want to consider the Continental TKC80's or Mitas with regards to tires. The Contie's will last longer but the Mitas are cheaper. There are others that are also very good. Some of the kendas or Maxxis I hear are pretty good as are the karoos. I use the Mitas on my KLR..........

Pirate...........

 

[islandswede]

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Continental TKC 80's front and rear. Suck a bit in deep mud, otherwise absolutely excellent. At a 40% off sale like Westerns July 8th sale, they are less than 100 bucks each. Not inexpensive, but possibly the best allround tire available????????

 

[TG6]

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My 2004 has well over 30,000 (hard) km's on it and it runs like a top. Only regular maintenance done on it. If it has been maintain well, you'll have no problems at all...

 

[dickster]

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I would not recommend going 50/50 with your dualsport tires, having been down that road. Sometimes "50" just isn't enough off-road.

I recommend that you get an aggressive set of tires for maximum off-road / dirt road traction. Once you get comfortable with the tire's action you will find them more than capable on pavement also.

I run the Kenda 270 now (which are inexpensive), and will likely continue too. There are lots of good tires out there, so I don't think it will really matter which brand you use, just pick one and stick with it. When I switched from the 50/50 to knobbies I had to adjust my riding style.

Cheers:hb:

Dick

 

[klr jason]

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Heads up, 2 cents on the way!!

My 99 just rolled over 60,000. It's and ex-rental from Victoria. All it cost me was 3600, and a used motor out of an 01 from a wrecker 2 years later($800). Oil starvation led to buggered cams and head, hence the replacement motor, but the thing is an unstoppable tank.

$2500, even if it did have some "character" would be a good deal.

Tires, hell, we could (and have) spent hours going on about which ones will work best. I've found if you live in the city, go with a road biased, but buy a set of knobs and tire irons. I bought some 80/20 roadies (Michelin Sirac), and they work for the limited amount of dirt riding I get at. For a serious road-trip/planned dirt ride like SBW Dakar-ride, I'll wrench on the knobs. (Kenda, cheap, agressive)

The most important thing is just ride.

 

[edzzed]

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i picked my 99 up brand new for 5100.00 & pdi, taxes. it has 25,000 kms and never been to a shop except for the 500 mile valve service. ask for records or receipts. chain and sprockets might need replacing with your mileage. not too sure about my tires but told holeshot i want the most dirt tire that is street legal as possible. while driving down the road i can hear my tires. ya know the sound i'm talkin about.... lol anyhow were it me buying it i'd ask the owner what kind of oil he uses and pick up a jug to change the oil. feel or strain the oil for metal pieces. could be a negotiating point. make sure the anti freeze looks good. check the fork boots. mine need replacing. i'd suggest a compression check on the cyl. but unless a guy knows klr's you'll find that they have a compression starting release mechanisim. what that means is compression gauge will show it as abnormally low compression as the engine valve bleeds off compression till it hits about 650 rpm. could even tell the guy that the engine needs rebuilding due to low compression. he may or may not know about the compression release mechanism. if not he'll be stunned. and maybe accept a lower price if you can convince him of the low compression.