I hear your pain.
I from out west and living in Jax Fl has shown me how common and
shameful many no tresspassing signs are .
I rode a KLR650 in Wichita Ks. and K.c KS. Not Indiana. Just thinking
country side. A klr250 in El Paso.
Explore. Shoot and move man. Go see what's back there.
Wave at the locals and or stop.
Use signals etc to keep John Law off your butt.
I use this tactic. Wear full black ridiing suit. White helmet.
Black KLR.
Look for entances w/o no tresspassing. I don't care if somebody else
removed the sign ! I just take advantage.
keep your stocl muffler and you can go more places than I.
But , please don't underestimate the fun of a klr on the rode!
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DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Sebasti n V lez
wrote:
> I feel your pain. I live in Northern Indiana. Bought my KLR in
January
> with the ultimate goal of riding it to the Tierra de Fuego, the
> southernmost tip on the Americas. Since snow melted I've been
riding
> every weekend and on afternoons when I get out of work early, you
know,
> trying to get some practice. [Can't commute to work, I live walking
> distance.] So far, my riding 'experience' has been riding on
asphalt on
> a straight line until I hit a corner, where I stop, make a turn and
go
> for another couple miles on another straight line, until I get to
the
> next stop sign.
>
> I don't know if the other guys who gave suggestions live in
Indiana,
> but I found their ideas a little out of our reality. You have to be
> careful when riding dirt roads on private property. The two times
I've
> done it, guys in pickup trucks have started driving fast towards
me,
> and believe me, they didn't give me a friendly smile when I passed
by
> them. On public property, you have to be crazy to cross a no
> trespassing line. Yesterday I went to the Michigan dunes, parked
the
> KLR in a car parking spot, and went to the beach for a swim. When I
> returned a couple hours later, there was a policeman blocking the
> motorcycle with his truck and taking the plate number and calling
the
> numbers over by radio. When I asked what was the problem, he
accused me
> of riding the trails, and started angrily telling me how he was
going
> to 'get my ass' and so so. After a few minutes of arguing that I
was at
> the beach, he let me go, but only after telling me what would
happen if
> they got me riding the trails. I just waited a few minutes for
things
> to cool off, and left. That's for parking the bike. I can't imagine
if
> I had crossed into the trails. Industrial areas? Forget it. Give
the
> police five minutes to arrive and give you the standard harassment.
Old
> train tracks? Farmers around here have 'claimed' them. If it goes
by
> their property, they dump dirt on the entrance and post the 'no
> trespassing' signs. Now, it's probably illegal for them to do so,
but I
> ride to have fun, not to argue with a moron on a pickup truck
packing a
> gun. I ran a few on my first weeks riding the KLR, but got tired of
the
> pickup trucks and the bad looks.
>
> Now, I have nothing against hoosiers, farmers, pickup trucks, or
guns.
> I live in Indiana, was raised on a farm, and only until recently
owned
> a pickup truck (now just the KLR), man, but do I hate being
harassed by
> hoosier farmers on pickup trucks with an "extended" view of their
> property. Just not worth it to me.
>
> Just my two cents.
>
> S.
>
>
>
> On Aug 2, 2004, at 8:50 PM, Judson D. Jones wrote:
>
> > --- In
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "cdullaghan"
> > wrote:
> >> Okay, I got the bike - a 2001 with 5K on it - back in June. It's
now
> >> insured
> > and titled and
> >> ready to go, but aside from bashing my way through nearby vacant
lots
> >> and
> > doing loops
> >> around my own yard, I don't know where to ride the thing. I've
been
> >> wanting
> > a KLR for a
> >> while now; I even sold my Vmax to buy one; it's just that unless
I
> >> use the
> > bike for its
> >> intended purpose once in a while, I basically replaced the 'Max
with
> > something taller and
> >> (a lot) slower for no reason. I've got no real off-road
experience
> >> besides