[CarlosDJackal]

I'll just leave this here. 😁

 

[CarlosDJackal]

As I understand, the Thermobob is just a coolant bypass that is supposed allow the engine to achieve and maintain proper operating temperatures no matter what the ambient temperatures might be. This supposedly prevents the KLR's piston from warping due to the engine coolant not being uniformly hot enough?

I'm personally still on the fence about this and the Doohickey replacement. I have heard and read about their failures but it seems that those are outliers more than the majority. I wish someone would objectively collect data and make it available. From what I also understand, Big Green did not bother to redesign the Doohickey or include a coolant bypass like the Thermobob because the number of warranty claims involving them was so insignificant that theey did not deem it worth the time, effort or cost.

Personally, I wished they committed the R&D effort they used to design and build that stupid rubber mounted footpeg and that plastic skid plate to redesigning the Doohickey and Thermobob just to be done with all of this controversy. Although, they probably had an agreement with someone not to so that someone can keep making, selling and installing these aftermarket kits. JM2CW.