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1988 klr is it worth buying
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 2:46 pm
by jeff
I found a very nice 1988 KLR 650 with 6K miles for sale locally. The
guy is the original owner, the bike has always been garaged and is
stock. He says it is in perfect condition. He suffered a stroke and
needs to sell it. The price is pretty good considering the prices of
a new KLR and the bike is local so I don't have to go pick it up. I
plan to use the bike locally here is KS riding the many unpaved roads
here.
Should I pass on the 88 and buy a 96 or newer or will a 88 do okay?
1988 klr is it worth buying
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 4:30 pm
by Arden Kysely
I'd buy it in a hearbeat. The minor changes made in '96 are just that-
-minor. My A1 had one problem in 40k miles: burned out rectifier.
Plus, the early models had better paint schemes.
What's he asking for it?
__Arden
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DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff" wrote:
> I found a very nice 1988 KLR 650 with 6K miles for sale locally.
The
> guy is the original owner, the bike has always been garaged and is
> stock. He says it is in perfect condition. He suffered a stroke
and
> needs to sell it. The price is pretty good considering the prices
of
> a new KLR and the bike is local so I don't have to go pick it up.
I
> plan to use the bike locally here is KS riding the many unpaved
roads
> here.
>
> Should I pass on the 88 and buy a 96 or newer or will a 88 do okay?
1988 klr is it worth buying
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 8:30 pm
by bigfatgreenbike
st1100_rocks@... wrote:
>I found a very nice 1988 KLR 650 with 6K miles for sale locally. The
>guy is the original owner, the bike has always been garaged and is
>stock. He says it is in perfect condition. He suffered a stroke and
>needs to sell it. The price is pretty good considering the prices of
>a new KLR and the bike is local so I don't have to go pick it up. I
>plan to use the bike locally here is KS riding the many unpaved roads
>here.
>
>Should I pass on the 88 and buy a 96 or newer or will a 88 do okay?
>
>
>
Zack and others with early KLRs will have more to say. But as far as I
know you can update the balancer to late-model spec for very little
additional effort and cost, compared to replacing the stock doohickey on
a brand new bike.
You can also fit a kickstart kit on an '88, if you can find one.
There have been very few changes over the years. If the price is right,
and the bike is good, grab it.
--
Devon
Brooklyn, NY
A15-Z '01 KLR650
'81 SR500 cafe racer
"The truth's not too popular these days....."
Arnold Schwarzenneger, in The Running Man
klr into the pickup
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 7:02 am
by glenn.kunig@verizon.net
Yeah Mark, You're right. I didn't want to spend alot of money. But I forgot I ran a 2x4 underneath at a 90 degree to form a tee underneath for extra strength. No bowing. Mark, is's called plugging.
glenn
>
> From: "Mark J. St.Hilaire, Sr"
> Date: 2004/02/19 Thu AM 05:10:47 EST
> To: "1 - KLR650 List" DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com>,
>
> Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] KLR into the Pickup
>
> > My truck is 8 ft long. I bought 2 2x12's, 8 ft long...
>
> Glenn, great minds think alike, I guess. It sounds like *I* wrote that:
>
http://klr6500.tripod.com/ramps.htm (Dad was in the Air Force, and always
> thought I might have a brother out there, could you be him?! (Laughing) Just
> for the record, not really on the "Dad" part.)
>
> Mark
>
>
>
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http://klr6500.tripod.com/
>
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