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Posted: **Thu Oct 05, 2000 8:54 pm**

I read somewhere that Kawasaki will no longer make the VENERABLE KLR after 2001............ sumthin' 'bout emisions too tuff or something....... does anyone know about this? if its true then I must take action!! OJ New Orleans Louisiana 2001 6000+ miles 2.5 months Iron Butt contestant.... hopefully......... _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com

Posted: **Thu Oct 05, 2000 11:05 pm**

> I read somewhere that Kawasaki will no longer make the >VENERABLE KLR after 2001............ sumthin' 'bout emisions >too tuff or something....... does anyone know about this? >if its true then I must take action!! > > OJ

OJ, the KLR is slated to be as dead as Nicole Simpson. There's always a chance that if enough good souls such as yourself make their voices heard that Kawasaki will find a way around the emission requirements and continue to produce the KLR! Even if Mother Kawi doesn't head our cries all is not lost. The KLR is just too ubiquitous a model to disappear from the landscape in the near future. There will still be plenty of accessories and support for our beloved _used_ bikes for years to come. Hiro A. Watanabe - let your voice be heard!

Posted: **Fri Oct 06, 2000 9:42 am**

This floats around every year. They were also rumored to not be doing a Connie this year either and that has turned out to also be wrong. Who knows, maybe one of these years it might be true. Also, I just got back on list since taking a break at the end of June and was wondering if I was planning to ride trails through soon to be closed BLM land and circumstances forced me to run SJ oil, what would be the best kind of gun to carry? : > I read somewhere that Kawasaki will no longer make the VENERABLE KLR after > 2001............ sumthin' 'bout emisions too tuff or something....... does > anyone know about this? if its true then I must take action!! > > OJ > New Orleans Louisiana > 2001 > 6000+ miles > 2.5 months > Iron Butt contestant.... hopefully......... > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com > > 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

Posted: **Fri Oct 06, 2000 11:21 am**

It's a crisp, fall morning and Mark McCoy, apparently seeking to conserve valuable, and pricey, natural resources, stokes the fires of Dual-Sportdom:

> Also, I just got back on list since taking a break at the end of June and

was

> wondering if I was planning to ride trails through soon to be closed BLM > land and circumstances forced me to run SJ oil, what would be the best kind

of

> gun to carry?

As a taxpaying American, you are planning to ride any (established) trail you damn well please, anytime you choose. Of course you're running SJ oil. And deeply thankful to have it, too. I believe the Glock 40 mm is currently favored, except in bear country, where list wisdom now suggests you stand no chance of survival with anything less powerful than a .460 Weatherby Magnum. I was keeping track for you, Mark, because I knew you'd want to know. Chris Lawson

Posted: **Fri Oct 06, 2000 2:57 pm**

>I read somewhere that Kawasaki will no longer make the VENERABLE KLR after >2001............ sumthin' 'bout emisions too tuff or something....... does >anyone know about this? if its true then I must take action!!

BMW has just created a 'new' model (F650GS) to target buyers that Kawasaki would be leaving!!! However, KHI knows the numbers better than we do...... Very strange (if true) Tom -- +---------------------------------------------+ | CycoActive Products | 701 34th Ave | Seattle, WA 98122 USA | | Design/Manufacture of Motorcycling Accessories | Products website: http://www.cycoactive.com/mc | e-mail: moto@... | tel (206) 323-2349 fax (206) 325-6016 | trail tips website: http://www.cycoactive.com/mc/trail_tips +---------------------------------------------+

Posted: **Fri Oct 06, 2000 3:14 pm**

At 12:18 PM -0400 10/6/2000, LawsonCL@... wrote:

>I believe the Glock 40 mm is currently favored....

Shit...were do you find ammo for that!? Isn't it a little heavy to be dragging out to the trails unless you're sure you'd need to shoot down an aircraft or take out a tank? Mark B2 A2

Posted: **Fri Oct 06, 2000 3:41 pm**

mjv2@..., writes:

> >I believe the Glock 40 mm is currently favored.... > > Shit...were do you find ammo for that!? Isn't it a little heavy to > be dragging out to the trails unless you're sure you'd need to shoot > down an aircraft or take out a tank?

Wotta' dope! A man of my caliber should never have let that slip through. I meant to say .40 S&W. Recognizing this failure to feed correct information could portend future problems, I will now field strip my brain and give it a good cleaning. Chris Lawson

Posted: **Fri Oct 06, 2000 3:59 pm**

i had a similar bike to the f650gs, but then i boosted the low end power on my klr, and sold the 50lbs of bricks for $3000. Now it's more like a klr again, and less like a beemer (hahahahaha). seriously, who cares. if they stop making them, just buy a different bike. with a little wind protection, i could easily get by with a honda. heck, where most people ride their klrs (street and dirt roads) i could get by with a 750 nighthawk. then i wouldn't have to check my valves at all. mw

> -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Myers [mailto:TomMyers@...] > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 12:02 PM > To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com; OJ Salinas > Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Is the KLR DEAD? > > > >I read somewhere that Kawasaki will no longer make the > VENERABLE KLR after > >2001............ sumthin' 'bout emisions too tuff or > something....... does > >anyone know about this? if its true then I must take action!! > > BMW has just created a 'new' model (F650GS) to target buyers that > Kawasaki would be leaving!!! However, KHI knows the numbers better > than we do...... > > Very strange (if true) > > Tom > -- > +---------------------------------------------+ > | CycoActive Products > | 701 34th Ave > | Seattle, WA 98122 USA > | > | Design/Manufacture of Motorcycling Accessories > | Products website: http://www.cycoactive.com/mc > | e-mail: moto@... > | tel (206) 323-2349 fax (206) 325-6016 > | trail tips website: http://www.cycoactive.com/mc/trail_tips > +---------------------------------------------+ > > 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 > >

Posted: **Fri Oct 06, 2000 4:11 pm**

At 1:52 PM -0700 10/6/2000, Weaver, Mark wrote:

> heck, where most people ride their klrs (street and dirt roads) i >could get by >with a 750 nighthawk. then i wouldn't have to check my valves at all.

LOL....I think some folks would do better if they got a GoldWing and slapped semi-knobbies on it. Mark B2 A2

Posted: **Fri Oct 06, 2000 4:55 pm**

Someone explain to me why you take guns on trails anyway? "Damn tree-huggin hippies!" *BLAM BLAM BLAM* "Thats for the spark arrester crap!" DXK

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, LawsonCL@a... wrote: > mjv2@p..., writes: > > > >I believe the Glock 40 mm is currently favored.... > > > > Shit...were do you find ammo for that!? Isn't it a little heavy to > > be dragging out to the trails unless you're sure you'd need to shoot > > down an aircraft or take out a tank? > > Wotta' dope! A man of my caliber should never have let that slip through. I > meant to say .40 S&W. > > Recognizing this failure to feed correct information could portend future > problems, I will now field strip my brain and give it a good cleaning. > > Chris Lawson

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