[dsn_klr650] nklr: night vision goggles

[Conall O'Brien]

>From: "John Hart" >To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com >Subject: [DSN_klr650] KLR Price Update >Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 03:11:08 -0000 > >Just thought I would let you all know some more deals I found. A >dealer Baton Rouge just took a 2000 in on trade. Bike has 659 miles >on it. The guy wanted a road bike. I have bought 3 bikes from this >dealer so I have faith in what he tells me. Un-like my BMW dealer who >is full of *^$&. Anyway I can get the 2000 used for 3900+tax. He will >have a 2001 in 4 weeks and he will sell me that for 4350+tax. What do >you all think is the better deal. Thanks >

John, Those are both good deals. I'd ask yourself this, which color scheme do you want to own? Any preference? Is the dealer offering warranties on both bikes? If you decided on the 2000 you could take the extra $450 and pay off the loan early, or if paying cash invest the money in a Roth IRA. I'd say they are equally good deals, the 2000 is still "New" in my opinion. Go with what you want. Conall ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

[InWoods13@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/21/00 11:11:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bmwk1200lt@... writes: << ----snip------I can get the 2000 used for 3900+tax. He will have a 2001 in 4 weeks and he will sell me that for 4350+tax. What do you all think is the better deal. Thanks >> Both sound like great deals & far better than you could find in my region. Have been told that the 2001's look alot better in person than they do in the pics, and they don't look bad in the pics. So long as the 2000 is mint & still under factory warranty....you could get it & use the savings towards mods or gear. Hard to go wrong, sound like good deals, both. Scott A14 "thunderdog"

[Janek Rebalski]

I've just seen the 2001 at the dealer... looks rather funny with that snowmobile tank paintjob.   Janek KLR650 '00

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] InWoods13@... [b]To:[/b] DSN_klr650@egroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Saturday, July 22, 2000 4:25 PM [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [DSN_klr650] KLR Price Update In a message dated 7/21/00 11:11:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bmwk1200lt@... writes: >    Both sound like great deals & far better than you could find in my region. Have been told that the 2001's look alot better in person than they do in the pics, and they don't look bad in the pics.       So long as the 2000 is mint & still under factory warranty....you could get it & use the savings towards mods or gear. Hard to go wrong, sound like good deals, both.  Scott A14 "thunderdog"      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

[Jim Jackson]

Brian, While in the Marines I used NVG's quite a bit. I understand that they have new-and-better ones now but those are bound to be more expensive than your bike... anyway, here are my observations: - NVG's magnify the light so much that if someone shined a flashlight or another bike approached you would be temporarily blinded. Your entire field of vision would turn yellow or bright green depending on the type of glasses. - NVG's are very sensitive. If bumped around too much you they would either present double vision or they would just stop working. - The batteries we used wore out in about 12 hours of use and were not standard type. Something to check out if you're going with russian surplus. - Everything is like looking at a tv. Two-dimensional. The only way you can tell how far away something is is by comparing it to everything around it. Try driving for a minute in town with one eye closed. Same thing only monochrome. While on ops driving a HMMWV I remember a number of times bumping into the guy ahead of me or getting bumped. Not the kind of thing you want to have happen on a bike. As I recall, folks who use NVG's for hunting at night generally have ranges marked out because of the depth perseption problem. - Your night vision goes away. It takes 20 minutes (or so???) to get your night vision back after shining light into your eyes. So you pass a bike and get blinded. So you take off your glasses to continue riding. You are effectively blinded for quite a while. VBTH (very bad things happen) For my money I would get some good high-power lights and HO stator assembly and run that at night. Just my opinion. If anyone has used more high speed gear since 1994 when I got out please let me know where I'm wrong. Too bad Jeff's not on the list right now. Thanks, Jim Jackson II A13 - South Carolina

>Anyone ever used/use night vision goggles while riding a motorcycle? I was >just wondering how practical it would be at night on dark rural wooded area >roads. There are many deer around areas I like to ride and sometimes I >loose track of time and find myself riding home at night in these rural >wooded areas. I was thinking I could just wip out some night vision goggles >from my back pack for these occasions. Would the light from my head light >interfere with the vision? Any thoughts? > >Check out some night vision goggles here: >http://www.russianoptics.com/page3.html > >-Brian Shepard >

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