my KR1S

[SFSR]

a few of you may remember my quest to find a "basket case" to restore but as that seach wasn't yielding many results I ended up doing a deal with a breaker on this KR1S



It needs a few bits and bobs doing but I'll be happy just to get out on it.

[hardtosellto]

Looks great,green wheels are the way to go.

[garye345]

My favourite colour 1S.
Enjoy .

[SP_BOTT]

That looks good, certainly too good to break, or did he just have the bike to sell as a whole?

[SFSR]

the guy i bought it off bought it in to sell on.

unfortunately my "new bike" happiness has been taken a battering as whilst warming the KR1S up this morning, the engine developed a very nasty rattle. stopped and appears to have shat itself

I'll strip it next weekend and see how bad the damage is. How much is a piston kit?

[Howie]

unfortunately my "new bike" happiness has been taken a battering

Yep, but that is the beauty of owning an old stroker

I effing hate these Kr1s at times bloody things!
Nothing but trouble, expensive bloody trouble..........

But then, when its all working sweetly & the sun is out & the bike clings to the road & handles like nothing else, not even modern tackle.........

You remember why you bought one.

Wouldn't be without mine

Stick with it SFSR they are worth it

[SFSR]

left hand pipe removed today, this little lot fell out:

yes thats part of the ring

a quick look up the barrel revealed one badly marked piston and a big gap where the top ring should have been. apologies for the quality of the next pic, i was lying on my shed floor using my phone to take the pictures:


so that's a bit of a minor set back. once there's a bit more space in the workshop I'll drop the motor out and strip it down and get it sorted.
I suppose it's more of a project now so when i have something else to report i'll start a new thread in there.

one final thing though, I've never seen this done before:

lot of effort there to save a few grams

[hardtosellto]

I had a 400S3 triple many years ago, it was very reliable until setting off for work one morning it sort of fired for half a second and then just stopped.When I stripped it down it had bent a conrod............

[pablo]

Bad luck At least after you've rebuilt the motor you'll know it's right.

I would respectfully suggest that whoever drilled your footrest hanger 7u<k3d it good and proper

I'm sure someone will have a pair, although they can be hard to get hold of.

[hardtosellto]

I might have a set in the garage if you want to replace them

[SFSR]

I might have a set in the garage if you want to replace them

yes please.

[hardtosellto]

Me again,
just had a look at the spare ones I have, one side has been repaired, so it's not perfect.

Keep your eye on ebay etc, you'll find better ones there.

[SFSR]

fair enough, thanks for looking.

[tescr500]

Hi TOP TIP just looking at the chain i take it someone had a death wish using a link in a bike like this, always use linkless chains, at least this link was on correctly cheers wayne

[Garry]

I always used to avoid split links but have used them last few times and not had any problems

I don't see them being any more dangerous than a badly fitted rivet link - if you buy a bike with an endless chain you don't how it was fitted