Found out why my engine is noisy :(~ UPDATED~

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After trying a few different thing's i mentioned in THIS thread and having no luck,i went to a kawasaki dealer for a quote to sort it out.
They reckon the bottom end is flucked and will cost more to repair than the bike is worth .
I'm absolutely devastated.

It runs perfect other than the noise,and fires up at the first press of the button,and i have covered quite a few miles on it,but the mechanic says i cant use it anymore.
They reckon when the bottom end fails completely,the engine will seize and lock the rear wheel up.
Obviously dangerous so that's the end of that.
Engines for this bike seem to be like rocking horses shit to get hold of so the bike is a complete loss.

Sorry no real point to this thread,just makes me feel a little better putting into writing like this.

If anyone does know of an klr650 engine for sale feel free to post up about it


There goes my scotland trip next month
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[sunnydevon-2008]

Is this any good

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KAWASAKI-KLR650-KL-650-ENGINE-MOTOR-25000-MILES-1985_W0QQitemZ380023417694QQihZ025QQcategoryZ10464QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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I seen that one.
The fact that the side covers have been taken off looks a little suspicous to me,and at £274 quid,it's a big gamble.

Allways dodgy buying an engine you cant hear running.

Thanks for trying anyway
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DRZ-400sm

[ms51ves3]

If it's still running perfect apart from the noise keep riding it until it goes bang.

You might aswell if you are just going to replace the engine.

You never know, there could be thousands of miles left in the engine.

[sunnydevon-2008]

Is this any good

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KAWASAKI-KLR650-KL-650-ENGINE-MOTOR-25000-MILES-1985_W0QQitemZ380023417694QQihZ025QQcategoryZ10464QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[cypher]

Sorry to hear about that. Yeh seizures while riding are not fun. Been there, done that. When my GY125's first engine om nom nommed its crank.

Sidecovers are often removed to be sold seperately. So I wouldnt worry about it.

Good Luck in getting stuff sorted.
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[Blau Zedong]

Another vote for covering the clutch lever while it's working hard and carrying on as normal. If it blows it blows.
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[ms51ves3]

[finpos]

I have a mate who had one - they engine has all the refinement of a tractor engine. It'll go forever and the odd knock at low revs may not be a problem. You want to see the size of the piston in there.

If it's a chain-rattly noise you are worried about, there's a manual cam chain adjuster on the back of the barrel, and you do know what that bolt right at the bottom of the bottom picture is for??

f.

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[tutton]

Just make sure your wearing your gear.
if it goes bang and locks up, youll feel it, whack the clutch in and break using the front brake i think is the best to do? someone will know better i dont get in many slides for that reason alone.

As has been said not like you can do much more damage to a engine thats "already fuckd"
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You know the shit thing about it.
I got the bike from a bike shop,and he assured me that all "thumper" engines sound like this.
I did'nt get any reciept,or any other proof that i bought it from him.Even the log book was'nt registered to a buisness,so im guessing i dont have a leg to stand on there.

I'm thinking about going up there and giving him a slap upside the chops for being a dick.
I suppose that's the risk you take when you buy an old bike,without knowing what your doing mechanically
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DRZ-400sm

[tutton]

That could be unreasonable.
he might not of known it was on its way out,
I think its how you 'abuse a engine' which shows how long its going to last pretty much.

If it was my last chance id do back to him and try it on, but probably wont get anywhere with it.
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Past: '05 Peugeot XPS '99 Aprillia RS125 '94 FZR600R
Current: '02 ZX636 A1P '51 CCM R30

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[hmmmnz]

im almost of a mind that its some how skipped a tooth on the timing chain, check your timing and see if its all correct, ive got a sneaky suspicion thats the tops been off and it hasn't been put back together correctly good luck
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[element]

knackered big end bearings will go on forever... id ride it till id died if it was the big ends.. i reckon u could get another 20k out of it..
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UPDATE:

So much for kawasaki telling me the engine is scrap

It is now fixed (by me!) and running like a dream,the engine is really quiet and smooth,and no longer pops like mad from the exhaust while decellerating.

OH man im soooo happy right now.
I know it's just a bike,and a shitty old one at that,but it's my bike and im smiling from ear to ear.
I feel like i have just won the lottery.

[hmmmnz]

lol, glad its sorted useless buggers aye
you should charge the shop for your time,
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