October Update

Well, it's been a while due to work and boring stuff like that, but here goes again.


After still no sparks, I have tested coil, which is new (2nd hand)  and seems ok, Ignition switch, which is pretty basic and smacks of clutching at straws!! No joy, ie no faults, so unfortunately, it looks like the CDI units, which I have two of, supplied by the idiot. I assumed, though with no real reason, that at least one of them was ok, but have tried both and tested both as best I can, and It looks like they are faulty. Bugger.
So, forlornly, I scanned my good and trusted friend E-Bay once again for said units. After much searching and fruitless watching, I saw that they were going for lots of silly money, or were only available from Slovakia(WHY?)
So, after a break from it all spent researching my family tree, which was good fun, I resumed my E Bay searching, and found a bloke called Steve, in Swansea, who was selling bits from a KLR 650 Tengai.
I sent him a message asking if he had the rectifier / regulator and CDI unit, and if so, how much would it be, and lo and behold he got back to me and said yes, make me an offer. I offered £40, and amazingly, he said yes!! Eureka!!
I paid him immediately, and today, Saturday 15/10, he has posted them .I actually gave him £45 for it all, still a great bargain.
When they arrive, I'll wire it all up as a straight 650 machine, and hopefully I will get many many sparks!!
Then I will set about getting the wheels on, and sorting out a side stand. I have bought an after-market short bolton one, which I reckon I can adapt using the original KLR long stand leg. Time will tell!
Right, that's it for now, off to get ready now for a celebratory beer or 3, although Wales lost at rugby today, and Grimsby Town lost at York City, but I'm used to the latter, and the former was just bad luck!