Just finished putting on my Krieger manual cam chain tensioner. It was pretty easy except for that back allen bolt. What a PITA that was. I ended up bending the shiznit out of a 2nd allen wrench to make it "offset" and able to reach in there better. Took a while and a few trips downstairs to the bench vice, but it's finally in there nice and snug. I didn't do a warm engine adjustment. Just installed and adjusted lightly and it sounds perfectly quiet to me.

 

Oh, and I also lowered my rear brake pedal. It just seemed WAAYYYY too high for my comfort. I loosened up the clevis on the master cylinder and spun it 1.5x and it lowered the pedal significantly. I checked to make sure the pedal doesn't bottom out on the peg mount and it looks ok. I think my shin splints will thank me.



I also had to readjust the brake light switch a couple turns to match the new pedal position.

 

Your bike looks cleaner than mine and mine's only a couple of weeks old...

Today was my first off-road adventure!

I've been racking up the miles on a 100 mile looping route through some beautiful scenery, with some tiny tight twisties, some long smooth S bends, lots of swooping hills and general fun stuff - but on the road.

So as Zippy (shut up) has already done a fair few miles and had 2 oil changes, figured it was time to get him muddy. So looked closely at the map, zooming in enough for the secretive little brown dotted lines to appear...

And there it was, a great addition to the loop! I could turn off at one village, find the dirt track behind it, head for another village 8 km away, passing a tiny village about halfway. Perfect!

In Borneo there's no telling what those brown lines signify - sometimes it's a road you could take your normal car, albeit getting it dirty, other times you'd turn back if still making payments on your 4x4.

This one started off quite innocent, though some hair-raising descents left me hoping, really hoping, that I wouldn't have to return that way.

Peering at my phone under bright sunlight I figured out a Y fork correctly and headed left...

Found the middle village, and...

Couldn't find my way out again?

There were very few options, and all seemed to be just little village tracks, leading into people's homes and gardens. The twin tracks of car or 4x4 traffic just vanished.

Eventually had no choice but to turn back, as there was nobody around apart from a stray dog, who looked at me as if to say "Why would a white man ride out here, alone, on a blazing hot day like this, on a new shiny bike that's a couple of inches too tall for him?"

Smart dog.

Happily the descents were much easier as ascents, and to make up for failing at the brown dotted line I took a different route back to town on the roads - and was rewarded with more amazing scenery, so all in all, a good first adventure

Looking at the GPS tracks at home, it's clear that I had started taking the correct route, saw the path led to someone's house and had turned back. I should have continued into the garden and turned left at the washing line...

I may well try again, but those slippery, sliding descents have convinced me I need a lowering kit before I get too serious off road.

 

Z i p p y ! LMAO..

 

Lol, all my bikes have names, started with 'Emily' (an MLE from Singapore), and my souped up little KLX150 was nicknamed 'Biglet' (a big little thing).

When my wife got a little 120 scrambler we named it Bistro, so The Adventures of Biglet and Bistro....

I asked what we should call the new KLX (Biggerlet?) and she came out with Zippy, so Zippy it is

 

Well the EFI guys in here can tell ya how to add alotta mo Zip to Zippy..

 

Installed a new iridium spark plug
Installed a new oil seal at shifter
Installed sticker on tank
went shopping for cleaning stuff

 

My bitch is naked again...

So far, this is the most i have taken off this bike. Most of the plastics, but this is the first time i have taken off the tank and carb.

Ultimate goal:

Rejet the carb (40/140[lidless]/.018"/kouba screw/), twin air filter, new IMS tank, new unabiker radiator guards, new DG-O slip-on.

Here is some bike **** for you degenerate perverts...

 

Oooh.. Nay-ked.

I'll be in my room..

 

I tack welded my rack modifications & started her up first time since it fell on my ankle over in Payson last oct. Went to the library and put a gallon of fresh fuel in it.

I got to remove the rack, finish the welding, repaint, and reinstall before heading up to Utah/CO in August. I'll post some pics... after I get it painted.

Maybe I'll wash it first, seriously do you guys ever seen .... dirt?