Hi there!
I am from South Africa and am mostly on a South African adventure riding forum called Wild Dog. Adventure riding has quite a big following over here. The perfect country for that type of riding. It's kind of a world in one country. See here: Wild Dog Adventure Riding - Index
I just changed my sprockets and chain last month. I went for genuine OEM. It's 17 front and 44 back. I didn't bother with aftermarket sprockets because the price differance was not that big. I went to my local tyre/exhaust shop and they used an inpact socket to get the front sprocket nut off as it was very tight.
I made my own luggage plate and pannier rack. I used it last year on a 4000 km round trip up to Namibia and it worked perfect.
Here's the link to the post on how I made it: KLE 500 D.I.Y. Soft Pannier Frames
Here is the link to the section that has KLE specific information: http://www.wilddog.za.net/forum/index.php?board=115.0
Engine rattles: My bike is a '07 model with 64 000 km on the clock. My tappets also rattle a bit on cold start-up. It's normal. Rather have loose tappets (not too loose) than tight ones. The bike still goes like stink!
You can download a parts manual here (it's for a '07, but most of the parts are the same): https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5Z...thkey=CITBvpsN
Workshop manual here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5Z...thkey=CITBvpsN
I've attached a few pictures of my recent Namibia trip.
Cheers
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