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Ek Het Groot K@k
7 years 9 months ago #77319
by Dieseldawie
No More Beer. Doctors Orders.
Replied by Dieseldawie on topic Ek Het Groot K@k
Nah don't worry, you ride like a girl. 
No More Beer. Doctors Orders.
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7 years 9 months ago #77349
by SarelG
Gix, Doc , Cape KLR (Could have said Pro's?)
- Is this bearing / balancer on the top right hand side of the engine as the bike is facing forward?
The reason for my question is as follow, oil manufacturers rightly claim that the most wear and friction is at start up due to all the oil flowing down while the engine is not running. (Proof that gravity sucks?) The upper parts of an engine therefore runs dry for the first few revolutions.
What has me worried is the fact that I "religiously" idle my KLR every time I want to ride. This warm up happens while the bike is on it's side stand. Is it possible that this angle might prevent oil to "splash" onto this assembly / bearing while it is idling on the side stand?
One day I will die, but on all the others I will not, so on those days I will live it to the fullest!!
Replied by SarelG on topic Ek Het Groot K@k
This one here is also a black frame model, I think 2011. 65000 km.
Havn't stripped it down completely yet.
Bearing only lubricated by oil splash?
Bottom balancer shaft gets a lot more oil so I suspect that's why never a problem there yet.
Gix, Doc , Cape KLR (Could have said Pro's?)
- Is this bearing / balancer on the top right hand side of the engine as the bike is facing forward?The reason for my question is as follow, oil manufacturers rightly claim that the most wear and friction is at start up due to all the oil flowing down while the engine is not running. (Proof that gravity sucks?) The upper parts of an engine therefore runs dry for the first few revolutions.
What has me worried is the fact that I "religiously" idle my KLR every time I want to ride. This warm up happens while the bike is on it's side stand. Is it possible that this angle might prevent oil to "splash" onto this assembly / bearing while it is idling on the side stand?
One day I will die, but on all the others I will not, so on those days I will live it to the fullest!!
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7 years 9 months ago #77385
by capeklr
This bearing is at the top left of the motor. It is splash feed only, in other words it does not get oil pressure fed into it from the oil pump.
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Replied by capeklr on topic Ek Het Groot K@k
This one here is also a black frame model, I think 2011. 65000 km.
Havn't stripped it down completely yet.
Bearing only lubricated by oil splash?
Bottom balancer shaft gets a lot more oil so I suspect that's why never a problem there yet.
Gix, Doc , Cape KLR (Could have said Pro's?)
The reason for my question is as follow, oil manufacturers rightly claim that the most wear and friction is at start up due to all the oil flowing down while the engine is not running. (Proof that gravity sucks?) The upper parts of an engine therefore runs dry for the first few revolutions.
What has me worried is the fact that I "religiously" idle my KLR every time I want to ride. This warm up happens while the bike is on it's side stand. Is it possible that this angle might prevent oil to "splash" onto this assembly / bearing while it is idling on the side stand?
This bearing is at the top left of the motor. It is splash feed only, in other words it does not get oil pressure fed into it from the oil pump.
"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page."
St Augustine
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