Super Sherpa mods
 

I know - slightly off topic, but hey it's the KLX250's little cousin - the KL250 Super Sherpa.

I finally got around to putting a pumper carb and aftermarket exhaust on the wife's Super Sherpa.

It's a standard Mikuni TM33-8012. It was a perfect drop-in replacement for the stock BST34 (Mikuni) that came with the bike.
I discovered this thanks to this guy who did the same swap but on an XT225:
http://www.xt225.com/projects/mikuni.htm

Here's what the bike used to look like with the stock exhaust (pretty sharp I must say).
I really like that stainless stock exhaust, but it's got a cat in it, and it's a boat anchor just like the KLX.


http://lh4.google.com/KawiWawi/R-Kun...ling%20134.jpg

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Here's the new carb fitted in the frame. Glad I could eliminate the old remote choke cable and now have the choke where it belongs, on the carb.

http://lh4.google.com/KawiWawi/R-Kup...TM33%20002.JPG

http://lh4.google.com/KawiWawi/R-Kur...TM33%20013.JPG

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It comes with a push/pull setup, but due to space issues I had to modify the bracket for the cable assembly.
I made it much smaller and it only accepts the pull cable now.
The spring is very strong, the push cable is totally unnecessary.

http://lh3.google.com/KawiWawi/R-Kut...TM33%20005.JPG

http://lh5.google.com/KawiWawi/R-Kuu...mods%20010.JPG

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And the new exhaust pipe...

http://lh3.google.com/KawiWawi/R-Ku1...mods%20021.JPG

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Fits nicely now under the tank.

http://lh6.google.com/KawiWawi/R-Kuy...TM33%20023.JPG

http://lh5.google.com/KawiWawi/R-Kuz...mods%20016.JPG

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Oh yeah, and I learned an important lesson in all this.
DON'T ALLOW YOUR WIFE'S GAS TANK TO FALL OFF THE WORKBENCH AND LAND HEAD FIRST ON THE CONCRETE!
(actually I wouldn't recommend it for any gas tank)

http://lh6.google.com/KawiWawi/R-Ku4...TM33%20017.JPG

http://lh6.google.com/KawiWawi/R-Ku5...TM33%20021.JPG


Guess I got some body work to do, and some painting. [&:]

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My friend helped me fabricate the mid-pipe. It's the stock header, and a SuperTrapp IDS2 muffler.
Maybe not quite as pretty as the stocker, but it sounds sweet and the best part...
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It lofts the front wheel pretty easy now.

http://lh6.google.com/KawiWawi/R-Ku3...mods%20023.JPG


I haven't had a chance to take it for a good ride yet, just fooling around in the yard.

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thats gonna want to pool water down to the fuel fill now - have to pull the fill cap back up out of the tank. no real easy way to fix it.

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Your trailer has some serious suspension!

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Nice job and sorry to hear about the gas tank, I would have sat there crying, but that's just me, and then on to e-bay looking for a replacement, but that's just my sickness talking.:D