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nklr/f650
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2002 6:46 pm
by JJNeet1@aol.com
I have a friend that rides aboiut a 2000 F650.He absolutely loves
his....but not as a true dual-sport.He has a 1999 KLR250 for that use.He
rides his F650 on the street only.We have ridden our KLR250's places where
that F650 would never had been able to make it safely.They would be okay for
easy dirt roads or fire service roads,but not really a dual-sport machine in
our opinion.As a street bike/camping bike/even a touring bike it is really
good.But not for the rough stuff.
Just our opinion
Jon Neet
2001 KLR250
2002 Suzuki Marauder
nklr/f650
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2002 8:35 pm
by klr6501995
> We have ridden our KLR250's places where
that F650 would never had been able to make it safely.
Sooo true. I rode my 86 klr250 in rocky desert mountains in El Paso
and snow in colorado. Gone staight up mountains with 2 up on that
250. Haul two up the Transmountain pass in EL Paso at 65mph and a
100 down.
Rode that thing from tx to ks. I MOST certainly could ride that 250
in places I WOULD NEVER ride my klr650. I wish there were klr400's.
masterlink clip, the nklr side
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2002 9:10 pm
by RM
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, Bogdan Swider wrote:
>on masterlink clips. Could this be the reason that some of us - even a
>knowledgeable and carefull wrench like RM appears to be - loose clips
Which careful and knowledgeable wrench is that? The one who stripped some
threads in his ZR-7's engine block?
Or is it the one who can't change oil without getting it all over himself
and the garage floor?
Just checking,
RM
nklr/f650
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2002 9:48 pm
by Judson D. Jones
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "klr6501995" wrote:
> > We have ridden our KLR250's places where
> that F650 would never had been able to make it safely.
>.....
> Rode that thing from tx to ks. I MOST certainly could ride that
250
> in places I WOULD NEVER ride my klr650. I wish there were
klr400's.
Well, there is the KLX400.
nklr/f650
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2002 11:35 pm
by timberrr59
Question: Can the KLX400 18 inch rear wheel fit a 2002 KLR650? IT
would yield a little more ground clearance and a slight gearing-up;
also, the tire is more narrow, and might be better for street use.
From the gravel roads of Nacogdoches County, Texas, timberrr59
I MOST certainly could ride that
> 250
> > in places I WOULD NEVER ride my klr650. I wish there were
> klr400's.
>
> Well, there is the KLX400.