help me win a bet- klr vs. klx

[Mark]

Ya, I ran into this punk kid with an all-orange '97 during an AMA DualSport ride. He said he'd take $4,000 for it, but he's not actively advertising. Still out of my price range at the moment and probably for the next 6,307,200 moments to come. Mark B2 A2 At 2:33 PM -0700 7/12/2000, The Squasher wrote:

>Have any of you seen or road the KTM dual sport 640 adventure R? > >Good point is 7.5 gal gas tank > >Bad point is $3000 more than KLR MSRP. > >You can get a 2 gal plastic gas can and some bungee cords for the KLR and be >1 gal and $2985.00 ahead of the KTM. > >The KTM still looks like a nice bike. > > >Here is some info from there web site. > >www.ktmusa.com >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >640 Adventure R > >Engine type single cylinder, 4-stroke, liquid cooled, 4-valve, OHC, >w/electric start > >Displacement / Bore x Stroke 625 cc / 101 x 78 mm > >Exhaust / Silencer Supertrapp USFS spark arrestor > >Transmission 5-speed E/XC wide-ratio > >Clutch wet, multi-plate > >Final drive 16:42 / 520 O-ring chain > >Fuel capacity 7.5 gallons / 28 liters > >Carburetor Mikuni CK 59 mm > >Ignition Kokusan digital DC-CDI > >Frame type chromoly mainframe / chromoly subframe > >Fork / front wheel travel WP 50 mm Extreme / 280 mm, 11.02 in > >Shock / rear wheel travel WP 4681 BA / 320 mm, 12.6 in > >Brake / front 300 mm / 11.8 in disc, double piston > >Brake / rear 300 mm / 11.8 in disc, single piston > >Seat height 930 mm / 37.2 in > >Wheelbase 1510 +/- 10 mm / 59.5 in > >Ground clearance 320 mm / 12.6 in > >Dry weight 154 kg / 339.4 lbs > >MSRP $8098.00 U.S. >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Get a NextCard Visa, in 30 seconds! >1. Fill in the brief application >2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds >3. Get rates as low as 2.9% Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR >http://click.egroups.com/1/6630/6/_/911801/_/963437765/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Visit the KLR650 archives at >http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 >Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... >Let's keep this list SPAM free! > >Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > >Attachment converted: Performa 6400:advr.jpg (xxxx/JVWR) (00014B74)

[Krgrife@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/12/00 7:26:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mjv2@... writes: << >Seat height 930 mm / 37.2 in >> I did a brief ride on the Adventure R. I'm 6'2" but only have a 30" inseam and it was a real challenge. You certainly need longer legs than I've got to ride that bike. Kurt Grife

[Seiler, Kevin]

SO, this weekend I made a bet of $1 over the differences between a KLR 650 and a KLX 650. He claims the engines are identical. I say BS. What exactly are the differences between the two? Which theoretically should last longer? The KLX has gear operated valves, right? Kev