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All KLRs will burn oil when spun up over 5K. It's a 4-inch-bore thumper thing. @pdwestman's oiling system mods will fix that.
Most '08 and '09 KLRs are oil burners due to ring/piston/bore issues. Not all of them, but most of them. 100% of the '08 and '09 KLRs I have owned have been severely affected by Ring/piston/bore issues. OK, truth be told, while that sounds like I go through a lot of KLRs I have only owned one of each. I am not a smart man. An '08 or '09 can go through 2.5 liters of oil in half a day.
Hindsight is 20/20. Had I known then what I know now I would have bought the best KLR ever made instead of an '08. That would be the '07 black and silver. I probably could have bought one new at the time.
Too soon old, too late smart.
Most '08 and '09 KLRs are oil burners due to ring/piston/bore issues. Not all of them, but most of them. 100% of the '08 and '09 KLRs I have owned have been severely affected by Ring/piston/bore issues. OK, truth be told, while that sounds like I go through a lot of KLRs I have only owned one of each. I am not a smart man. An '08 or '09 can go through 2.5 liters of oil in half a day.
Hindsight is 20/20. Had I known then what I know now I would have bought the best KLR ever made instead of an '08. That would be the '07 black and silver. I probably could have bought one new at the time.
Too soon old, too late smart.