Recent content by TANK

Im not from the coast, but I have had plenty of trouble with rust, mainly inside fuel tanks. To clean the rust out of a tank check out this link: https://www.nothingtodo.org/projects/norust.htm To keep the rust from returning, mix a cup of diesel in with every tank of fuel (depending on the...

The KLR at the moment has about 40000km on it. Bought it when it had about 30000km on it. But it seems the rings were gone already when I bought it. Didnt notice smoking when I looked at it for the first time, to be honest the only way i realised the rings were gone, was because of the...

Maybe I should get a Dakar then ;)

I commute to work each day by bike. About 40 km per day. I used to do it on a KLR until the rings went and then it overheated. R9k later, it has been rebuilt completely and is going well. But thinking that it was the commuting that killed it in the first place, I bought a cheap chinese 125cc...

I also thought perhaps valve clearances. I had a DT 125 back in high school and it also became a b1tch to start eventually, turned out it was the head gasket, would run fine once hot because everything would expand, but when cold it didnt have the compression to start. Would the same kind of...

I have a cheap chinese bike that I just use as a run around. It did really well up to the 10000km mark, gave no problems. After that it really got difficult to start. It can be push started quite easily, but if I try and kick-start it or use the electric starter, it struggles. Once its warm...

Thanks for all the input guys. This seems like its not going to be cheap, whatever I end up doing. The ball-park figure that guys have given me to do a rebore and new rings etc is about R5k. As most of you are mentioning that the valves should also be done, seems like it could be even more...

I have an old KLR 650, a '94 model. It gives no problems other than the fact that it uses an unbelievable amount of oil - about 500ml consumption every 100km or so. The consumption seems to be worse the harder I ride it. When I use thicker oils (like 25W-50 or SAE40) the consumption decreases...