new scoot for wife, 2000 super sherpa

[John Shepherd]

Mark, I followed the thread about your search for a bike for your wife with great intrest as I was on the exact same search at the same time. I decided to go the Super Sherpa route though instead. I will be picking up her new bike from the dealer next Saturday. I would look forward to comparing notes with you (anyone else) on the "wife" bike experience as well as the general capabilities of these bikes. My (our) reasons for picking the Sherpa: 1) More cc's in the same size package! Important because my wife will probably do more road riding than off road. 2) Styling. Neither of us was thrilled with the green paint too much but the gold and chrome accents are way cool. Also being something of a trials bike fan I'm a sucker for anything with a low front fender! 3) My experience with my KLR650 and my local dealers. They've both been very good to me (so far). A question for Arne: Should posting about the Sherpa be labled NKLR? John Shepherd "Rider" 1996 KLR 650 A10 2000 KL 250 Super Sherpa 1986 Montesa COTA 123 1979 Yamaha DT125

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, "Weaver, Mark" wrote: > wasn't someone just extolling the virtues of the "light" klr?? on saturday, > i drove up to sacratomato to pick up a very slightly used (850 miles) '98 > yamaha xt225 for my wife to learn on and play on and go camping with me up > in the sierras and mendo nat'l forest and so on. talk about light! if you > don't like where it's parked, just pick it up and move it! i took the > liberty of taking it for a spin when i got back, to get gas and so forth > (doing her a favor, really), and it's so easy to ride in the dirt it's like > cheating. i'm hoping she outgrows it really soon and wants a bigger bike so > i can steal it and go singletracking. > > admittedly, it has nowhere near the power or carrying capacity of my klr, > but since it weighs 100 lbs less, i can cut it some slack. it still has more > get up and go than my nissan sentra, even at freeway speeds. i'm hoping > she'll get comfortable enough on it this week to maybe go for an overnight > trip up the coast this weekend, then try an off-road camping trip the > weekend after. > > anyway, thanks to all listers who responded to my earlier queries. many of > you recommended this bike as a great starter, and stacia is tickled pink > about it. > > -mark weaver