Well, I personally have found this group to be a great source of
information and opinion. The members here were a great help
before and after I bought my bike. As far as discussing the
merrits, mechanicals and faults, let's do that quickly shall we?
Merits: Go any where, any time, long range, comfortable, bulet
proof. Faults: Not A VFR and not a RM250 (but a strange hybred
created by some illicit experamenting on a far away tropical
isle?), vibrates, ugly, week front brake. Mechnicals: Doohickies
fail, not often, but that's the only thing that ever seems to go
wrong, so it get's obsessed over. Every thing else discussed is
kinda secondary and petty, like what oil to use and are skid
plates or highway pegs a better accesory.
If you want a reliable, comfortable bike that CAN (perhaps not
SHOULD) go anywhere that you want to, any time that you do,
and don't care that it is descidedly un-cool get a KLR-650.
Ken
kveader@...
Haverhill MA
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Arden Kysely"
wrote:
> --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "heretofly2000" wrote:
> > I just joined this group as I am a potential customer for a new
KLR
> > 650. The bike looks like it is a winner! I thought the sight may
> > provide good insight into the workings and benefits (and
faults
> > perhaps) of Kawasaki's 650. Buy for crap's sake, if the
discussions
> > keep focusing on gay stuff and dumb ass SUV's then I am
wasting my
> > time! Other groups I belong to are more intent on discussing
the
> > relatives merits of particular bikes. What gives here?!-
>
> The KLR is a great bike. We nitpick it to death here (as we do
each
> other), yet 2500 of us still ride one. If there's any detail of its
> functioning that you need to know, you came to the right place.
If
> you want a little entertainment with your mechanical info, you
also
> came to the right place. But how long can you expect us to talk
about
> the mechanical merits of a 17-year-old bike without getting a
little
> off-topic? Yesterday it was SUV's, today it's gay sheep. Just be
glad
> it isn't politics--or oil(!). Got a question? Just ask. I guarantee
> you'll find what you need.
>
> __Arden
That's OK, it keeps it
all fun.
To be honest, I'd rather be reading the Gay Sheep thread than posts whining
about the content of the group. If you don't like it, post something useful
yourself, or simply don't read this group.
You obviously haven't been reading the group if you can't find anything
useful here. I've been lurking for about 3 months, and know LOTS of stuff
about the KLR that I didn't know before.