I am sure you are right. But any bike, and I have had touring bikes
(Concourse, Goldwing), is the pits in crosswinds. Also, the KLR is not
intended to a cushy long distance tourer.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark King [mailto:markking_2000@...]
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 11:44 AM
To: Weaver, Mark; Enlow, Kyle S;
DSN_klr650@egroups.com
Subject: RE: [DSN_klr650] KLR and the Highway
IMHO the KLR can be a miserable creature for long
Freeway hauls. Recently, riding back from Vegas to the
Bay area up the I5 with strong crosswinds/headwinds
was worse than anything a Japanese game show could
dream up.
The worst thing about that kite of a front fender and
those "Moose horn" handguards is the batterring you
get from other vehicles turbulance. Get the bike in
clean air, lay on the tank, relaz your grip on the
bars and things are bearable at 70-80MPH+ even on I5.
I have done 650 miles in a day on the KLR at 60-80MPH
(not on freeways) and had a great time.
The bike still rocks and it is the ultimate all
rounder so buy one if you can.
Mark
KLR650 99
ZX6R 00
http://www.geocities.com/markking_2000/bike/klr.htm
--- "Weaver, Mark" wrote:
> to add to this, many of us rode our klr's from
> california (and various other
> places) to utah last month for the get-together. 10
> hrs in the saddle each
> day at 60-80 mph was no real problem. my bike is
> good.
> mw
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