portland klr (ds) riders?

[Steve Hersant]

I,too, am guilty of multiple motorcycle madness ! But I don't do it on purpose, I just never sell them ! I still have my Can Am, bought in 1975, my Honda bought in 1983 and the '04 KLR which is now with me 'til the end ! I haven't had the two older bikes on the road for a couple of years and was drifting more towards multiple bicycle ownership until my wife persuaded me that I needed the KLR. All of a sudden, the Bicycling magazine pile was removed from the bathroom and sequential loads of old Motorcyclist, Cycle World and Cycle Canada have been rotating up from the mustiness of the crawlspace ! My interest has been revived, but I must admit that while I like and appreciate the KLR, I like pretty well like all bikes. Riding the Honda after a toot on the KLR is really interesting and I think that if you have the space and the bucks to have more than one bike, go for it ! The biggest problem I face here in British Columbia is that you have to insure each bike separately. Now if I just had an ST 1100 and a BMW and a Concours, a Wing and at least one really old bike that works perfectly ........ Steve B.C. Canada

[robert bowman]

On Monday 17 May 2004 03:29, Steve wrote:

> I,too, am guilty of multiple motorcycle madness ! But I don't do it > on purpose, I just never sell them !

I'm glad I'm not the only one with a 'One Way' sign on my driveway! I did sell the trusty old Seca last year, but only because it was getting to be a hassle to cut the ride of the day out of the herd.

[Mike Torst]

Nice post - Your wife tells you to get a KLR? Lucky man! Mike Torst Las Vegas A16 PS: Ya, my wife was a positive influence on my purchase as well After all, it is not a 200rhp street bike :-0

> -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Hersant [mailto:shersant2003@...] > Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 9:00 PM > To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [DSN_klr650] One's Not Enough ! > > I,too, am guilty of multiple motorcycle madness ! But I don't do it > on purpose, I just never sell them ! I still have my Can Am, bought > in 1975, my Honda bought in 1983 and the '04 KLR which is now with > me 'til the end ! I haven't had the two older bikes on the road for > a couple of years and was drifting more towards multiple bicycle > ownership until my wife persuaded me that I needed the KLR. All of a > sudden, the Bicycling magazine pile was removed from the bathroom > and sequential loads of old Motorcyclist, Cycle World and Cycle > Canada have been rotating up from the mustiness of the crawlspace ! > My interest has been revived, but I must admit that while I like and > appreciate the KLR, I like pretty well like all bikes. Riding the > Honda after a toot on the KLR is really interesting and I think that > if you have the space and the bucks to have more than one bike, go > for it ! The biggest problem I face here in British Columbia is that > you have to insure each bike separately. > Now if I just had an ST 1100 and a BMW and a Concours, a Wing and > at least one really old bike that works perfectly ........ > Steve > B.C. Canada > >

[bobbywrong]

I'm looking for people around Portland, Or. that do weekend rides. I just bought a '01 KLR about six months ago and am bored to tears with following my 4x4 buddies on heavily rutted quad tracks. I haven't managed to ride kings mtn. or jones creek yet. I bought my KLR for a six week trip through Mexico in April '05 but I'm having a good time up here. There's A LOT of terrain in Oregon and Washington. BTW- Devon, I just got back from the Lower East Side/ Brooklyn and noticed there are a lot of KLR's out there, I wonder if I saw you. I talked to three different guys with KLR's in Williamsburg all on the same night. One guy had an ingenously customized klr. I already copied his pvc tool tube, just need to mount it. Bob