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nklr - new v-strom
Posted: Wed May 28, 2003 7:10 pm
by steve pye
Just got home yesterday afternoon from a nice 3000+ km ride on my new DL-1000. I'm impressed. I think I made the right choice.
Fastest bike I've ever owned. Handles great. Excellent brakes. Comfortable on the long haul. It performed very well on the gravel Trans Labrador Highway. It's no dirt bike but I think the title "Dual-sport" could still apply.
I'm keeping my KLR for now. Don't know how long I can afford three motorcycles but as long as the bankers aren't complaining... what the heck!
For those you wondering what would make a good second bike to go with your KLR, I'd definitely recommend a look at the V-Strom.
THREE bikes in my shed now, ain't life grand?!!
Cheers,
Steve
A11
'03 Strom
TTR-125
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nklr - new v-strom
Posted: Wed May 28, 2003 8:25 pm
by kdxkawboy@aol.com
In a message dated 2003-05-28 5:11:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
spye@... writes:
>
> THREE bikes in my shed now, ain't life grand?!!
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
> A11
> '03 Strom
> TTR-125
>
>
Then I must be in paradise!
Pat
G'ville, Nv
'00 DRZ400e
'99 KLR
'85 GS1150ES x 2
'85 VR1200 x 2
'79 TT500
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nklr - new v-strom
Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 12:09 am
by kailwathne
--- In
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Pye" wrote:
>
Right on Steve, On memorial day I just got an XR50 to share with my
7 year old, He had a long jaw watching me share the new XR70 with
his 9 year old brother. Three bikes in the shed, Life is good.
Kail
A12
Just got home yesterday afternoon from a nice 3000+ km ride on my
new DL-1000. I'm impressed. I think I made the right choice.
>
> Fastest bike I've ever owned. Handles great. Excellent brakes.
Comfortable on the long haul. It performed very well on the gravel
Trans Labrador Highway. It's no dirt bike but I think the
title "Dual-sport" could still apply.
>
> I'm keeping my KLR for now. Don't know how long I can afford three
motorcycles but as long as the bankers aren't complaining... what
the heck!
>
> For those you wondering what would make a good second bike to go
with your KLR, I'd definitely recommend a look at the V-Strom.
>
> THREE bikes in my shed now, ain't life grand?!!
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
> A11
> '03 Strom
> TTR-125
>
>
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nklr - new v-strom
Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 12:11 am
by kailwathne
--- In
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Pye" wrote:
>
Right on Steve, On memorial day I just got an XR50 to share with my
7 year old, He had a long jaw watching me share the new XR70 with
his 9 year old brother. Three bikes in the shed, Life is good.
Kail
A12
Just got home yesterday afternoon from a nice 3000+ km ride on my
new DL-1000. I'm impressed. I think I made the right choice.
>
> Fastest bike I've ever owned. Handles great. Excellent brakes.
Comfortable on the long haul. It performed very well on the gravel
Trans Labrador Highway. It's no dirt bike but I think the
title "Dual-sport" could still apply.
>
> I'm keeping my KLR for now. Don't know how long I can afford three
motorcycles but as long as the bankers aren't complaining... what
the heck!
>
> For those you wondering what would make a good second bike to go
with your KLR, I'd definitely recommend a look at the V-Strom.
>
> THREE bikes in my shed now, ain't life grand?!!
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
> A11
> '03 Strom
> TTR-125
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
first solo trip : )
Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 6:23 am
by dooden
Holy Moly cornhuskerman.. you sleep with fish ?
The KLR is a blast to ride eh.. It seems as though straight flat
roads..... (ut oh.. your in Cornhusker country) are not anywhere near
as fun as twisty, hilly dirt and gravel roads thou. To me it seems
the bike begs for roads that are dirt/gravel mix, hilly and twisty as
a pigs tail, and when on them, begs to run like scared cat.
Dooden
A15 (with no real name yet, but thinking "Green Ape" since I have a
Donkey Kong ape zip tied to my handle bars, so I do not have to ride
alone all the time. He likes to ride too, his arms flop around in the
bumpy stuff and nods his head as if enough to say faster faster.
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DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "eatsleepfish30"
wrote:
> Nebraska calling -
> Hey, wow - I just finished my first solo trip on my first KLR A9. (a
> whop'in 40 miles) Holly smokes those bars/grips can vibrate.
> Another to do addition to my plans. Upon my return home, I sat
> by the chimmenea (sp?) and had a Guiness. Can life get any
> better.
>
> Thanks for being here, everyone in the KLR world.
>
> Happily - Ryan