KLR650 MC mod.

[EddiebKeymaster Location: Hamilton, New ZealandBike: Suzuki DR650 ADVRank: 1200cc Rider]

Who’s done it, @mark-claasen?

I Googled it and it’s moving the exhaust cam 1 tooth forward. Apparently it give a 7-10% performance increase.

[Mark ClaasenParticipant Location: Auckland, NorthShoreBike: 1200GSA KLR650NE WR450 RMX250, DR750,Rank: 400cc Rider]

Yes Edward its free power, it is most noticeable from the bottom end tapering off as you get to peak revs.

huge change in Ride-ability and makes it much easier to ride both on the road and the gravel, made my KLR feel more like the DR750

IMHO a must do mod

[EddiebKeymaster Location: Hamilton, New ZealandBike: Suzuki DR650 ADVRank: 1200cc Rider]

Interesting, what is it about the stock setup that causes the change to make such a difference, would it work on other bikes like the DR?

We must swap bikes one day.

[Aaron MartinParticipant Location: HamiltonBike: 2016 Africa TwinRank: 650cc Rider]

Apparently the factory setup is aimed at getting the best emissions rather than the best performance, so by doing the MC Mod, you are probably killing a few more baby seals per 100km (or whatever unit they use to measure emissions, I don’t recall)

[Mark ClaasenParticipant Location: Auckland, NorthShoreBike: 1200GSA KLR650NE WR450 RMX250, DR750,Rank: 400cc Rider]

I think it’s whales per 1000km and it would be about 0.0056 by my very accurate calculations 🙂

[ss2flyParticipant Location: TaurangaBike: KTM 540exc - modifiedRank: 250cc Rider]

Hope your valves don’t kiss your piston….

[Mark ClaasenParticipant Location: Auckland, NorthShoreBike: 1200GSA KLR650NE WR450 RMX250, DR750,Rank: 400cc Rider]

Not an issue for a KLR as about a Zillion people have done this mod with no problems.

Its surprising how much of a difference it make to the bottom end really wakes it up and gives it the old school chug feel, IMHO also makes it quite a bit quicker on the gravel as pulls out of corners a lot harder

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