If you rode with my XR buddy's and myself on a KLR, in about two minutes,
we would either be specks of dust in front of you, or you would be flat on
the ground. I own both bikes, and I know both of their capabilities well.
Let's not get ridiculous overstating the KLR's dirt capabilities.
R
-----Original Message-----
From: coolmaduro [SMTP:coolmaduro@...]
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 2:53 PM
To:
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re: Surprised at KLRs off road ability
> XL's and XR's. The XR600R was a lot better in the dirt, but the KLR
is more
> comfortable on the street. I found out it doesn't take much to
bottom the
> front forks on the klr, and I only weigh 150 lbs. Very steep hills
were
> also a problem, I was scared of dropping it because I would never
get it
> back up again.
>
> I was able to do most of the same trails as I could with the XR600R,
not all
> of them though. I had to go slower and choose my routes more
carefully.
> Here's the other side to this. I rode the KLR on the highway out to
the
> trailhead. I usually hauled the XR on a trailer.
>
Sounds like the ride I had on Saturday. I rode at Rock Creek, outside
of Georgetown, CA. This is about an hour away from my house so I rode
my trusty green machine there. I met up with a brother and friend who
were both riding XR650R's. What a fun day - 95% of the ride was on
technical single track trails. This ride gave me a new appreciation
for the TKC80's that I'm running. They worked BEAUTIFULLY! The funny
thing about this ride is that I was leading the three of us all day
and I didn't go down one time. My brother went down big time once
(and hurt his hand) and our friend went down a "few" times. Oh, I
almost forgot to mention, both my brother and our friend had to truck
their bikes to our riding spot. I even rode my bike home when we were
all done. A great day!
-cm
p.s. - I'm definitely looking at getting some Progressive fork
springs. I bottom out the front on any slightly significant jump.
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