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Hey again everyone. IT seems the recent increase in my questions is coming to a head. I jsut stopped by my local dealer who jsut took in a 1993 KLR 650 on trade last week. I was planning to buy a new/lightly used on in the spring but . . . IT only has 15,800 km on it (about 1500 km/year!!) and looks pretty clean. No major dings or scratches I saw with a 5 minute inspection. No upgrades done really, new looking tires but no bash plate or SS brake line. Tool kit is missing and it is the while plastic with blue seat and a bit of pink graphics. I may just buy it!! Oh, they are asking $3000 = tx ($3450) saftied. Maybe give her a coat of KRYLON Fusion black? Are there any things I should look for specoifically to the klr or the 1993 KLR? I know a few changes were made in 1996 but this biek is about 1/2 the price of new and even the wife sez buy it!! This is my first street bike and my last biek was a DS 80 so any buying info/things to look for etc are welcomed. I ahve read a lot of stuff on the net but any specific info would be great. By this time next week I may be a REAL KLR guy (instead of just reading about all the fun you guys are having ) Thanks Josh kayak_shack@...

O.k., just .02 here, I think for a ten year old bike with that many miles and in that color scheme...they are at least a grand too high in price. You're only $1600 from a new one with a warranty. I bought used, and got mine for about a grand less than that one at the dealer and it's a newer model in one of the more tolerable color schemes. As far as differences, the last mechanical change was in '96, the FAQ lists the breakdown or a link to it.

On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 09:52:55PM -0000, kayak_shack wrote: > Hey again everyone. > > IT seems the recent increase in my questions is coming to a head. I > jsut stopped by my local dealer who jsut took in a 1993 KLR 650 on > trade last week. I was planning to buy a new/lightly used on in the > spring but . . . > > IT only has 15,800 km on it (about 1500 km/year!!) and looks pretty > clean. No major dings or scratches I saw with a 5 minute > inspection. No upgrades done really, new looking tires but no bash > plate or SS brake line. Tool kit is missing and it is the while > plastic with blue seat and a bit of pink graphics. > > I may just buy it!! Oh, they are asking $3000 = tx ($3450) saftied. > Maybe give her a coat of KRYLON Fusion black? > -- ___ ______ _____ __ ________ ___ / _ |< < / == / ___/__ / /_ /_ __/ / __ ____ _ ___ /__ \ / __ |/ // / ****/ (_ / _ \/ __/ / / / _ \/ // / ' \/ _ \ /__/ /_/ |_/_//_/ == \___/\___/\__/ /_/ /_//_/\_,_/_/_/_/ .__/ (_) 8100 miles*Russel Lines*Supertrapp Race* /_/ http://www.panix.com/~cesser/mybike/

Is that $3000 canadian? I spent $1850 on my 1993 with 7000 miles in similar condition. --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "kayak_shack" wrote:

> Hey again everyone. > > IT seems the recent increase in my questions is coming to a head.

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> jsut stopped by my local dealer who jsut took in a 1993 KLR 650 on > trade last week. I was planning to buy a new/lightly used on in

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> spring but . . . > > IT only has 15,800 km on it (about 1500 km/year!!) and looks pretty > clean. No major dings or scratches I saw with a 5 minute > inspection. No upgrades done really, new looking tires but no bash > plate or SS brake line. Tool kit is missing and it is the while > plastic with blue seat and a bit of pink graphics. > > I may just buy it!! Oh, they are asking $3000 = tx ($3450)

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> Maybe give her a coat of KRYLON Fusion black? > > Are there any things I should look for specoifically to the klr or > the 1993 KLR? I know a few changes were made in 1996 but this biek > is about 1/2 the price of new and even the wife sez buy it!! This

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> my first street bike and my last biek was a DS 80 so any buying > info/things to look for etc are welcomed. I ahve read a lot of

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> on the net but any specific info would be great. > > By this time next week I may be a REAL KLR guy (instead of just > reading about all the fun you guys are having ) > > Thanks > > Josh > kayak_shack@h...

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "kayak_shack" wrote:

> IT only has 15,800 km on it (about 1500 km/year> I may just buy

it!! Oh, they are asking $3000 = tx ($3450) saftied.

> Maybe give her a coat of KRYLON Fusion black?

Price seems a bit high too me. 2 weeks ago I picked up a 93 KLX650 the local dealer got on a tradein for only $1925usd out the door, tax and licence. And it only had 3900 miles on it.... Spent another 60 bucks on a new seat cover as I was having some trouble dealing with the stock 'teal' color..... Justed posted a pic of it in the photos section here. Look for '93 KLX650 with black CEET' pic.

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Judson D. Jones" wrote:

> Too bad you didn't like the aqua seat cover. I think that black KLX > with the aqua frame and seat is a great-looking bike; You have to > pull the graphics off to see how cool it looks. You might be > changing the seat anyway, though, for reasons of comfort. > > ! !@

Hmmmmm..... Now you got me wondering what it would look like with the graphics ripped off. All black except for the aqua/teal frame. what to do ?