klr carb aftermarket

[Mark S. Jennings]

Anyone compare this bike with the KLR for shorter-distance, more dirt-oriented adventure touring? Except for limited range (hopefully solved in the aftermarket), it appears that the Suzuki might be a fresher design that would be close to the KLR in comfort on the pavement, but much more dirt capable. I need a casual trail bike and an adventure touring bike and am wondering if there is any way I might be able to just get one motorcycle. - Mark

[Toby 'Slide' Lampson]

Just an opinion....the 400's are better as trail machines....dualsporting out to 100mi out, okay. Even though the 400's are totally reworked and better in many way from the 350's......the 350's had a gearing spread much more conducive for the longer range. 400's are a bit light, with smaller tanks, to tall in first, to low in fifth. How far out were you thinking in terms of adventure tour miles? Mark S. Jennings wrote:

> Anyone compare this bike with the KLR for shorter-distance, more > dirt-oriented adventure touring? Except for limited range (hopefully solved > in the aftermarket), it appears that the Suzuki might be a fresher design > that would be close to the KLR in comfort on the pavement, but much more > dirt capable. > > I need a casual trail bike and an adventure touring bike and am wondering if > there is any way I might be able to just get one motorcycle. > > - Mark > > 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 > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

[Mark S. Jennings]

> Just an opinion....the 400's are better as trail machines....dualsporting > out to 100mi out, okay. Even though the 400's are totally reworked > and better in many way from the 350's......the 350's had a gearing > spread much more conducive for the longer range. 400's are a bit > light, with smaller tanks, to tall in first, to low > in fifth. > > How far out were you thinking in terms of adventure tour miles?

I don't know really, but maybe 150 a day. I'm a 300-mile/day guy on pavement tours, so I'm thinking about half of this would be about right for dirt road, forest service road, etc. touring, especially with camping. A start by 8, shut down by 3PM sort of deal. I'm a novice at this adventure touring thing so I really don't know what I'm talking about. But I know that I've got a big lug of a bike for all-pavement touring (a R1100S), so I don't want a big, expensive lug of a machine like a R1150S that will eat up the pavement. That's why I was headed down the KLR track and will probably still get one. The emphasis will be on the boonies and dirt roads/forest service roads/logging roads, etc. although little or no single-track. My question is whether the DR-Z400 might be 90% as good as the KLR on the wide-open stuff, yet be a decent trail bike for casual trail riding on weekends at home. My garage is full and if I could sell my true dirt bike (a KTM 300) with a combo dirt/adventure touring bike, then I'd much prefer this. I know I'd have to solve the DRZ's range problem which is totally unacceptable. Thanks for any advice. - Mark

[guymanbro@excite.com]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Mark S. Jennings" wrote:

> The emphasis will be on the boonies and dirt roads/forest service

roads/logging roads, etc. although little or no single-track. My question is whether the DR-Z400 might be 90% as good as the KLR on the wide-open stuff, yet be a decent trail bike for casual trail riding on weekends at home. My garage is full and if I could sell my true dirt bike (a KTM 300) with a combo dirt/adventure touring bike, then I'd much prefer this.

> > - Mark

Just another opinion of course, but I don't think the DRZ is gonna be anywhere close to the KLR in the arena you're describing. A little closer in terms of matching the KTM 300 (but still a world away). If you're gonna do camping/touring with the bike I think the KLR will pull it's weight better (pun intended) in the getting to/from and on anything other than single track. So you gotta decide which side of the fence you want to sit on....touring or trail riding? I'd look at some of the other 650s out there before going with the DRZ, if you wanted something a little more dirty than the KLR... dat brooklyn bum

[iambwfox@yahoo.com]

For what its worth, I've owned the KLR, DR and XRL. The DR probably comes closest to doing what you're trying to do. I spent alot of years riding and racing off road motorcyles, so the offroad quotient to the "Adventure Touring" thing is important to me. But, I also want acceptable comfort, range, and fit. The DR is not perfect either. If you have a long inseam, you will need to do a lowering of your pegs. It will need a seat and a tank. However I have ridden dirt bike seats for so long, that a sheepskin pelt over the stock saddle does pretty good for me. Also at 50 plus mpg, I can add the Super Enduro Jug on the bars and still do 165 to 175 miles between fill ups with the stock tank. That allows me to slide up front and weight the front wheel in the high speed corners off road. All in all, I would not want to give up the displacement for an even harder and narrower saddle and the gearing or torque of the 650 motor. Bert Fox DR650 KLR650

[jakec500@yahoo.com]

Only thing left is the Mikuni Carb Kit $155 And a 2000 KLR 650 with 3100 miles Jakec50@...