Hey, I'm in the market for my first real bike (been drivin my scooter for 5 years now haha I love it to death) and I found an 1987 KLR 250 for sale, I havn't got to look at it yet, but the description says it's in perfect condition runs great, and when I called he said everything is fine on it just like it was new. I asked if he could do 1000-1200 and he said since he needs it gone he can do it. So my questions are:

Is that a good price for it? if it's as good as he's described.
and
are there any Mods I can buy to Up the speed a little? after years of driving a scooter I just want to go fast now haha.

So any help would be appreciated, I'm new here and really hoping to learn a lot seeing as I know nothing about Engines. Thanks.

-Jeff

 

i dunno about the price, nada says a 95klx250 goes avg $900 so i think you could talk him down a bit more.
as for running and looking new, unlikely. unless youre buying from a deej its prob seen some ware n' tare, but what bike hasnt.
make shure to check the fluids,e****ally the oil (i dunno if this year has a raidaitor but if it does check that to).
and yes there are things like exhausts, jets and air filters to give your accel a kick, and you can change it all (top speed/acel) REAL quick with different sprockets.

as for help, theres loads of ppl here that know oodles and oodles of things about bikes n' engines (im one of em)

so welcome to kf and good luck with the bike.

 

Hey, Thanks for the Welcome and the help.

So yea you tihnk I could talk him to 900? and yea in the pic it looked to be a little worn, so when I go to look at it I'm actually bringing two of my friends who are Bike experts (one is a Mechanic and one is a Racer, so my guess is they will come in very handy) And if I do get the bike beleive me I'll be abck immediatly asking on what performance parts you'd recomend buying. Thanks a lot.

 

Yea trust me if I ever sold anything it would be in top notch shape, I still have a Boom Box from 1982 that I bough from Radio Shack that looks new. Whoops........I just gave TMI again didn't I?

 

mmhmm 900 easy e****ally it its roughed up a bit.
and the easiest performance dohickey you can get for a bike (and one of the most effective for the $) is an exhaust.

i buy all of my parts from here--> bikebandit.com
ive been using them for almost 6 years and they've never failed me

 

big gun exhaust sells a full system for 479.95 on their website its the EVO-X
fmf has the muffler only for 359.99 Q-2
cobra exhaust discontinued
i've seen jetson exhaust on a klr 250 cant find on their website
super trapp makes a tunable muffler
...you might want to double check but i think u can use a mojave racing cam

 

jet kit use k&n or dyno jet research stage 1 jetkit for a mojave WITHOUT the airfilter (there are 2 differnt stage 1's) ... oh and cobra might make an exhaust check the cobra series "ISDE"