my new baby!

Just paid a deposit on a (soon to be mine) Kawasaki KR1S. I'm so fucken
excited! I'll be picking it up during the week. New engine 400km ago,
starts easy, and is as light as a feather. Needs a few things for
roadworthy (indicator cover, Speedo needs fixing), but she goes well! (All
she needs is a name)

Heading up to winton for the hangmore ride day next weekend, which should
be an absolute blast on this thing. Hopefully its not too hot as i heard
some strokers dont like working in the heat.

An amusing story from the seller, he was riding it, stopped at a set of
traffic lights, and a couple of guys stuck their head out of the car and
asked "Hey mate, is that the new R1?".

Cheers,
Derek

 

My KR1S never had an issue in the heat at Winton, or Shit Creek etc..

You will enjoy.. Theres a few good easy things you can do to get more
neddies if you want.

 

Congrats and welcome to the club - the little buggers are an absolute scream on
a tight road or a racetrack. Crap for commuting on

JL

 

Do tell.

JL

 

Maybe he just misheard (k)R1?
Clem

 

The (cant remember what they are called) Square things on side of the
barrels (held on with 1 bolt each end), make 1-2cm 'spacers' thus
making the volume of that thing bigger..

Bore out the carbs, but thats old, I think it was 135 mains stock
change them AFTER plug chop after first mod, I think I had 130's in
mine..

try that see what you think, I'll think of the others then.. Greg Ball
from Greg Ball engineering in Suth did lots of work on mine.

 

The racers in Pommie land used to jet em with (depending on atmos and
state of tune) 140's from memory. I've got a set of 138's which didnt
help stop mine running like shit. I think some people were fitting 38mm
carbs off CR125's or something too. There used to be a great web forum
over at bravenet but I cant find it now. One bloke on there bored his
out to 300cc, reckoned the 2nd gear power wheelies were awesome...Till
he cracked the barrel...Twice...Went back to 280cc after that.

 

Have fun, make sure all the powervalve linkages are tight. Mine (KR-1
not S) had been loose for a long time before I got it and wore most of
the way through a powervalve. It snapped when I was replacing the
screw, 4 days after I bought it :-( Then the voltage regulator failed 2
days after I'd replaced the powervalves, powervalve seals, pistons+rings
and little end bearings.

That blew up the tacho and two CDI units (the first one was while the
bike shop worked out that the voltage reg was stuffed, fortunately they
copped it on the chin and paid for a replacement CDI). Oh and then the
water pump seal shat itself, but dont worry, you can replace it without
removing the RH side crankcase cover... Its the only bike I ever owned
that I was glad to see the back of, some people just thrash and crash,
(the gearbox oil capacity was worn off the side of the motor thanks to
it going down the road) poor little two strokes and I didnt have the
cash to do it justice. Hope yours is a good'un.

Manual is here if you need it: http://mcs.une.edu.au/~ashley/kr1/

Cheers,
Ash