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A few KLE mods

Greetings to everyone from Finland.

I bought the bike last spring and ended up modifying it a bit:

First of all the engine was replaced with a gpz unit since the transmission broke from the original one (flywheel...). During the summer I modified the airbox http://kuva1.kuvablogi.com/iso/img1130747.jpg and retuned the carbs. Then the winter came.

The suspension is pretty crappy and wilbers shocks cost a lot... So I took the measurements of the old shock and started looking for a replacement. I found a possible candidate from a Honda XR600R. Only problem was, that the piggy bag reservoir hit the rear swingarm. So I took the shock apart and sawed the reservoir off.

http://kuva1.kuvablogi.com/iso/img1592649.jpg The date is wrong.
http://kuva1.kuvablogi.com/iso/img1592652.jpg And the date is still off.

I fitted a hose in between the two parts and got it serviced.

http://kuva1.kuvablogi.com/iso/img1690474.jpg

And in it went. It's a tight fit, but it works.

http://kuva1.kuvablogi.com/iso/img1690475.jpg

The reservoir went in behind the battery. With a little heat I molded the rear fender to accept the reservoir.

The front I equipped with progressive Wilbers springs. I also made 4 mm shorter dog bones to the rear. A little more ground clearance and a bit steeper front sounds good to me.

http://kuva1.kuvablogi.com/iso/img1690476.jpg

The KLE with the front end off. Notice my pneumatically operated bike stand.

http://kuva1.kuvablogi.com/iso/img1690477.jpg

As everyone knows, the exhaust system isn't that good... Very unequal length primaries with a a weird collector. I looked up the laser exhaust and it was almost as bad. At least they had fixed the collector, but the pipes were still way off.

So I made my own idea of a decent exhaust. I got the end can from a Hayabusa, it's a Yoshimura RS-3. I built the exhaust so, that it's still possible to use the original belly pan.
It's not ready yet, and it still needs a little work to get it the way I want it.

A few more pictures of the thing:
http://kuva1.kuvablogi.com/iso/img1690481.jpg

http://kuva1.kuvablogi.com/iso/img1690485.jpg

Silencer flange: http://kuva1.kuvablogi.com/iso/img1690484.jpg

http://kuva1.kuvablogi.com/iso/img1690480.jpg

After the snow melts and I get the carbs retuned I'm thinking of getting the bike dynoed. I'm wondering whether to open the engine or not. I might modify the the head a bit and raise compression, but I'm not sure if I have the time since I don't wan't miss any riding time
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