any military people here get to ride diesel version of the klr

[kdxkawboy@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/10/2005 8:43:51 AM Pacific Standard Time, Krgrife@... writes: There is just little incentive for Kawi to make updates as long as sales continue to be good which they seem to be and as long as the bike is meeting emission requirements. Another lister recently speculated on sales volume based on the VIN numbers and I contacted Kawi's PR dept to see if they would confirm those numbers. They would not but did tell me that the KLR 650 is the biggest selling dual sport model on the US market. Kurt Grife Lets hope it continues to be the best selling DS model on the US market as it increase the likelihood that Kawasaki will provide an updated version targeted to it's established niche. For myself, while I can see room for so many improvements, I'm not all that unhappy with what I've got. If we are stuck waiting for an updated KLR, at least the KLR we are stuck with ain't bad. A good number of listers have been riding KLRs for 7, 8, 10 years or more and we've watched this bike evolve into a cult classic. Yep, that is what the venerable, totally old school KLR has become, a cult classic. You look around and an increasing number of owners hav e found the KLR to be THE bike in their stable. As I've read folks ideas on how to make it better I think the best way to sum up my wishes is I'm not looking for a radical new bike, I want something you could better describe as an evolutionary change. Just what we got today, just more so. Pat G'ville, NV [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[The Mule]

From: "Fred Hink"

> We have had enormous interest in > the bike since we collected the speed records on it at Bonneville last > September."

.......hehe...hehe........heh. The Mule

[dooden]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Silverstein" wrote:

> I'd really like to see a creeper gear added, while leaving the rest of > the gears alone. Many of my rides include riding on interstate highways > in order to get to the single-track. One more gear down low would really > help span both environments. > > Mike A18

Add a 14t sprocket on the front and a 45 or so on the rear.. Pretty close to a high strung creeper gear, but the ride there is going to be buzzy if you expect more than 55 mph or so... plus I have Kenda 270's which add to the excitment. Going straight on pavement is about as boring as it gets to me anyway. Dooden A15 Green Ape