Hi! Gotan,
Nice to hear you are coming this part of the world. I lived in Malaysia.
I have travelled Colombia down to Ushuaia and up again to Colombia in 2012 then last year cross West to East the USA, up into Canada and further up to Prudhoe Bay before ending in Nelson Canada. All on KLR 650. For the S. America trip I bought a Colombian registered 2005 KLR. The US and Canada a rented 1998 KLR. Both bikes performed superb. Only issues were the cable clutches broke and replaced, meter cables broke but I continued without replacement until I finish the trip and "vacuum" effect on the fuel line (probably due to petcock failure). At home I own a 2008 KLR.
Next year I will be travelling from the Netherland to Malaysia with my 2008 KLR with 110,000 km on the odometer. To give you an idea of my KLR preparation, I did the following:
a. Changed new sprockets and standard chain
b. Fixed Happy Trails engine guard and skid plate
c. Hepco Becker metal panniers
d. Replaced new shims for all valves and adjusted
e. New sets of standard tires (off road Dunlop)
f. Changed oil and fiters
g. Check and strengthen sub-frame nuts and bolts
h. Changed new front and rear disc plates
i. Changes new clutch cable
j. Checked all wiring and harness for chaff and bare wire insulation
k. Changed all fuses

I will bring the following spares
a. Rear tire and inner tube
b. A set of front, rear sprocket and chain
c. Clutch cable
d. Fuses
e. Bulbs

I hope to see you on the road next year and if you want to travel China together, please let me know. We can team up. In any case if you happen to meet another Malaysia bloke (Alex Wong) and his wife on a BMW GSA riding down towards Ushuaia end of this year you may want bto speak to him because I am to meet him next year in Europe to travel together to Malaysia. This would be a great opportunity for us to team up.
Hope some of the info helpful to you.

Amzah

PS - KLR spare parts in Thailand and Malaysia plentiful.
If you want a place to stay while in Malaysia, you are most welcome to stay in my rented house -free of charge.

Hi amzahsulaiman:

thanks for the information!

good to know, I'm carrying A set of front, rear sprocket and chain, but I was feeling like it was too much, now I'm more comfortable with it.

Fuses! I forgot them!! thanks!!

It would be nice to team up to do China, but becuase of the bunch of money it cost I already lost the hope of going there with the bike, we are planing to go there on foot.

By the end of this year we will not be in south america to meet your friend.

We would love to go to Malaysia, if we get there I will let you know... thanks!!
and good to know I will get spare parts in tailand

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