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Offline smed

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Re: KLX's - a shared disease
« Reply #255 on: April 22, 2013, 03:17:30 PM »
Kawasaki made a 250 trike,I think from memory KLT was the model,they had button start,very similar engine to the KLX,
Perhaps it has the KLT motor or the original has been fitted with the electric start parts ;)
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Re: KLX's - a shared disease
« Reply #256 on: April 23, 2013, 02:11:27 AM »
Looks like a KZ250 road bike engine. I've got one lurking in the shed somewhere. I would have put it in but I refuse to butcher the front of the frame to clear the electric boot.
While I can still kick stuff I have no yearning for a modern disease  :D Look what it's done to modern bikes !
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Re: KLX's - a shared disease
« Reply #257 on: April 23, 2013, 02:54:30 PM »
Where would you put a battery, big enough for electric start, on a KLX ?
Would it be 12v or 6v ?
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« Reply #258 on: April 23, 2013, 03:33:05 PM »
Yeah Grouty I forgot there was also the roady version too :),Stroker if you look in the Ebay listing you will see where he keeps the battery,In a car :D,it would be 12v ;)
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Re: KLX's - a shared disease
« Reply #259 on: October 29, 2013, 09:42:37 AM »
Ok .... today's piece of (probably) useless information.
I have had endless trouble with kickstarts on the KLX since rebuilding the motor. Even with new knuckles (old lever) they destroy themselves fairly quickly.
I have just fitted a nos genuine Suzuki TS185 lever complete. Part # 26300-29302. Perfect fit on the splines, and a better shape both in fit and use.
Hopefully I will be back sometime soon to tell you it has not bent, and has not destroyed itself.
Next time I rebuild a motor, I will leave the compression as it was meant to be !
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Re: KLX's - a shared disease
« Reply #260 on: March 14, 2014, 07:39:31 AM »
So what has everyone done about their stock blown klx shocks? I want to rebuild mine and put a schrader valve in it? anyone else done this?
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Re: KLX's - a shared disease
« Reply #261 on: March 14, 2014, 09:51:51 AM »
Quote from: grouty on June 01, 2012, 08:03:51 AM
Barbera even told me which oil to use. If I wasn't so old, senile and forgetful I would be able to remember which one it was. I have a sneaky feeling we cannot get it in the UK. So maybe that's why it didn't register. I do remember it was a diesel oil though. Helpful eh !

Since I've got a few cans on hand it was probably Kendall GT-1:

http://lubeoil.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Kendall-GT-1-Diesel-ti-15-40-CJ-4.pdf

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Re: KLX's - a shared disease
« Reply #262 on: March 15, 2014, 06:44:09 AM »
No Michael, it wasn't that one. I think it was Shell Rotella. Not available in the UK  :(

As an update to the kickstart  issue ..... the Suzuki one is perfect. Holding up well after several good outings. I have even bought two more as spare ..... just in case. I know they will eventually wear on the knuckle joint due to the compression !
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Re: KLX's - a shared disease
« Reply #263 on: March 15, 2014, 10:30:00 AM »
I guess their recommendation changed from the early 1980s when it was the Kendall.  That was why I had the GT-1 on hand.

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Re: KLX's - a shared disease
« Reply #264 on: March 15, 2014, 04:47:04 PM »
buttons on bikes (especially two strokes) are the best invention since beer!
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Re: KLX's - a shared disease
« Reply #265 on: October 05, 2016, 04:11:12 PM »
YES! Omg this bike is so bad for bending kickstarters. I'm on my third... I will try this thanks!



Quote from: grouty on October 29, 2013, 09:42:37 AM
Ok .... today's piece of (probably) useless information.
I have had endless trouble with kickstarts on the KLX since rebuilding the motor. Even with new knuckles (old lever) they destroy themselves fairly quickly.
I have just fitted a nos genuine Suzuki TS185 lever complete. Part # 26300-29302. Perfect fit on the splines, and a better shape both in fit and use.
Hopefully I will be back sometime soon to tell you it has not bent, and has not destroyed itself.
Next time I rebuild a motor, I will leave the compression as it was meant to be !
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Re: KLX's - a shared disease
« Reply #266 on: October 05, 2016, 04:30:40 PM »
Hey guys figured I'd share my klx and get some insight. I upgraded to a vm34 and the change is amazing. Pulls wheelies easily. the throttle response and acceleration is awesome. My problem is cold starts. It takes forever to start it cold. It floods with choke EVERYTIME then I have to let it sit and start it with the throttle cracked. Main jet is 230 pilot 25 needle is at the leanest point.
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Re: KLX's - a shared disease
« Reply #267 on: October 05, 2016, 07:22:58 PM »
float too high??
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Re: KLX's - a shared disease
« Reply #268 on: February 12, 2017, 08:52:33 PM »
Sorry to jump on this post but would anyone know what gear levers fit the KLX 250. It's really hard to find a genuine lever
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Re: KLX's - a shared disease
« Reply #269 on: May 23, 2017, 07:43:00 AM »
KLX GUYS,


Have an option to buy a tidy running very standard KLX 250 about 1981. What should be done to a bike like this to keep it reliable for vintage trail/vinduro work?

I had one in the day and it seized the cam for some reason. Is this still likely to happen? Or is there a good fix

Thanks
Pete
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