Make sure to check your chain slack every 600 miles on your KLR 650. Kawasaki calls for 1.2-1.6 inches of slack or 30 to 40mm. Connect with me on Facebook! / getlostbrandon
Another excellent video for the new KLR650 owner. Your approach is no nonsense, all information. It’s great to see someone do these jobs with some serious mechanical empathy. Thank you for posting!
I enjoyed watching you tighten the axle nut once again so tight that the next sucker that comes along to adjust the chain will struggle just as much as you did especially when dirt and rust and grit migrate into the threads. Just kidding. However a group of guys out there that always over tighten every bolt or break the head off lurking in every town. great video.
The adjusters on the gen3 bikes is a stupid design compared to the previous gen. Those two brackets that are supposed to be for measuring on the marks on the swing arm move so much it’s hard to get a correct reading from both sides. I ended up measuring the center of the axle shaft to the end of the swing arm with a tape measure to get the axle lined up centered on both sides to double check the notch marks with those brackets.
you're supposed to find the lowest point in the chain. I measured top of chain at bottom of slack to top of chain at top end of slack. Works the same with the bottom of chain to bottom of chain.
