2022 kpr200

[herbie]

I received my bike about 5 days ago and put it together that night,
sometimes other things just have to wait!
I ran the engine through a couple of heat cycles and dropped the oil and cleaned the screen, and refilled with T4. Also I checked the coolant level in the radiator per owners manual after blipping the throttle a few times then letting it cool down. Then I took it out and seated the rings for about 25 miles and dropped the oil again. What I found out is the bike is geared a little too low so I took the rear wheel off and removed both rear and front sprockets and ordered new ones. I am going with a 16 or 17 front and a 42 rear.

GEARING STOCK 15t front 46t rear
Front sprocket is a JTF259
Rear sprocket is a JTR269

The sprockets that Megadan posted in his resource thread for the hawk also work on the KPR.

[JerryHawk250]

And the mods began. I think that's the best part of ownings a new bike. I think that's why I have been buying a new bike every year. It's a sickness I tell you, but somebody has to do it.

[herbie]

Yeah, I love tinkering on the bikes too it’s a lot of fun! The only thing I want to do after the sprocket change is gutting the cat and wrap the pipe up the muffler. I really like the stock sound and will probably keep the exhaust.

[2LZ]

Originally Posted by herbie

Yeah, I love tinkering on the bikes too it’s a lot of fun! The only thing I want to do after the sprocket change is gutting the cat and wrap the pipe up the muffler. I really like the stock sound and will probably keep the exhaust.

Awesome herbie! Keep s posted on your adventure and of course....lots of pics!

[herbie]

Thanks 2LZ, I appreciate that! Yeah you never know where all the tinkering will lead you, Probably in trouble with mama.

[herbie]

I decided to change my sprockets again, 17f 42r was too tall of gearing. I went with the stock 46 tooth rear sprocket and the 16 tooth front sprocket and this seems to be the sweet spot for my style of riding. At 65mph I am running 7k rpms as that is acceptable to me. The bike has little to no vibrations which is great, no tingling hands
I absolutely love the instrument cluster on this bike, it has all the stuff I like, analog tach, digital speedo, fuel gauge, gear indicator, clock and even a shift light
The bike is getting broke in and I am running at some higher rpms, for a 200cc this thing is a lot of fun. Not super fast but fun none the less. Its light and cruises 65mph just fine. It's fun riding a bike that will rev in the upper regions.

The seating position is comfortable and the seat itself is pretty good. The front suspension absorbs the bumps pretty good but the back is super stiff, I'm going to have to address this in the future. All in all the KPR200 is a great bike and to me after wrenching on it a little seems pretty on par with the Japanese, maybe not quite but close. I feel it's well worth the money.

[herbie]

I changed the oil again because I wanted to change the oil filter as well this time. I chose the hiflo filter, I've had good luck with them and they are cheap enough for us frugal riders

[herbie]

Man this little 200cc engine is really impressive, in 4th gear I hit 68mph and the rpms were still rising, I believe it would do 70mph in 4th! Of course that's speedo not gps but still impressive none the less!

[herbie]

Time to gut the cat! First step is to make my reference mark

[herbie]

Next cut it in half, I cut in it in the center where there was a weld, look how thick the metal is! Easy welding this

[herbie]

Material removed, man what a pain in the hootie. If you are going to do this job be sure to wear appropriate protection, this stuff is bad juju. I wore my painting resperator, long sleeve and gloves.

[herbie]

welded back together

[herbie]

Wrapped the pipe

[herbie]

Attached to the bike, I had to dremel out the holes with a metal file as neither bolt hole was aligned. It wasn't off much but needs a little touch up

[herbie]

While I have all the tupperware removed it's time to check the valve clearances. If you take the tupperware off you have to remove both seats, the smaller side panel with 2 screws and 1 bolt. The front plastic piece has to come off that's in front of the radiator. The small plastic piece up by the triple trees has to come off, 3 screws. Then the large panel, I didn't count how many screws but just search them out, some are inside the opening by the triple trees. The hard part once all screws were out is knowing what else held it in place, so I took a pic of the tank so you can see what's behind it. It has a pop pin you have to pull out on then you push the fairing piece towards the rear wheel and it will come off.