Have bought it to use as a track day toy and in its short time in my ownership (bought 23-01-07) has provided a great deal of fun tinkering and researching . You guys are providing a heap of information , thanks .
She has had a few knocks along the way and the engine was a bit unknown . Needed new disc and fork seals before a day at the track could be considered .
Most dealers here don't have much for KRs and seem to treat them as a bit of trouble , so it was a pleasant suprise to find fork seals of the shelf at my local kawa dealer .
Replacing the seals was easy , once we made up out version of a kawasaki special tool
Disc are bloody expensive but got onto a bloke who re-rivets new rotors onto the original carriers .
The ride day went really well and the KR behaved bloody brilliantly . This was my first time on the track too .
The engine revs out fine to 11 grand and seems to get along pretty quick . Have removed the speedo so no idea what she is doing .
The brakes seem to pull her in well enough but lack feel and do not inspire confidence . Any thoughts ?
Next in line is to get a new set of boots , GPR 70's and some firmer fork springs . A set of "s" pipes are available so will try to get them sent from South Aus ASAP . That should stuff the budget for a while .
Oh the new graphics are contact book covering and stick on pin stripe tape , cheap and cheerfull
Cheers Billy
Bugger , wrote this expecting to post some photos , sorry will have to work on that .
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