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Hello everyone, I don't know if any of you guys read Dual Sport News, but the editor has claimed there's a new 650 single Dual Sport on the horizon that will be the best Dual Sport ever. He won't say what it is yet because he's been sworn to secrecy. Have any of you caught wind of such a tale? So far all I've dug up are rumors that Kawasaki might throw a v-twin in the KLR frame. Obviously that wouldn't be a single - but it's something I've from a dual sporter who was in a Kawasaki shop and looking at a v-twin engine on a different when a sales rep asked him if he needed help. He said, yeah how about putting this engine in the KLR frame. The sales rep responded by saying, "just wait, it'll be here." Now that doesn't address the "New best ever single," but it's something to think about. And I've read that Suzuki might revamp their 650 after the success of their DRZ400 for release within two years. I've been searching the net trying to find everything out that I can, so if any of you have any news or rumors of something new and better coming our way, I'd love to hear it. Thanks, James Beatty

Hi All Checked with a buddy of mine who works for Kawasaki... he says the new bike is essentially a KLR with new 48mm forks, EFI and a 6 speed transmission. The head has been redesigned for better airflow and has dual sparkplugs. He expects the bike to be officially announced 4/1/2005. HTH Randy from Burbank --- Mark Sampson wrote:

> > > > > Hello everyone, > I don't know if any of you guys read Dual Sport > News, but the editor > has claimed there's a new 650 single Dual Sport on > the horizon that > will be the best Dual Sport ever > > > > Hooray--Hooray---Whooopppeeee---they put a KLR > motor in a KTM > 640 adventure frame. I'll take two please !! > > Mark Sampson > www.bigdogadventures.com > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: >

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If its true, that release date sounds legit. You can't sit on a release once the public hears about it, because sales of the old model starts drying up. R -----Original Message----- From: Randall Marbach [mailto:remarbach@...] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 6:10 PM To: KLR Group Subject: RE: [DSN_KLR650] Up coming Best Dual Sport 650? Hi All Checked with a buddy of mine who works for Kawasaki... he says the new bike is essentially a KLR with new 48mm forks, EFI and a 6 speed transmission. The head has been redesigned for better airflow and has dual sparkplugs. He expects the bike to be officially announced 4/1/2005. HTH Randy from Burbank --- Mark Sampson wrote:

> > > > > Hello everyone, > I don't know if any of you guys read Dual Sport > News, but the editor > has claimed there's a new 650 single Dual Sport on > the horizon that > will be the best Dual Sport ever > > > > Hooray--Hooray---Whooopppeeee---they put a KLR > motor in a KTM > 640 adventure frame. I'll take two please !! > > Mark Sampson > www.bigdogadventures.com > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: >

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Wow!!! Now, do we believe this? West

----- Original Message ----- From: Randall Marbach To: KLR GroupDSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 6:09 PM Subject: RE: [DSN_KLR650] Up coming Best Dual Sport 650? Hi All Checked with a buddy of mine who works for Kawasaki... he says the new bike is essentially a KLR with new 48mm forks, EFI and a 6 speed transmission. The head has been redesigned for better airflow and has dual sparkplugs. He expects the bike to be officially announced 4/1/2005. HTH Randy from Burbank [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I don't know - how do you believe anything slated for release on April 1st? -----Original Message----- From: WEST HOVLAND [mailto:whovlands@...] Wow!!! Now, do we believe this? West

----- Original Message ----- From: Randall Marbach Hi All Checked with a buddy of mine who works for Kawasaki... he says the new bike is essentially a KLR with new 48mm forks, EFI and a 6 speed transmission. The head has been redesigned for better airflow and has dual sparkplugs. He expects the bike to be officially announced 4/1/2005. HTH Randy from Burbank [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Russell Scott wrote:

> If its true, that release date sounds legit. You can't sit on a release > once the public hears about it, because sales of the old model starts drying > up.

That may be true of "ordinary" vehicles. But I suspect that, as with the Jeep Cherokee (another long-running vehicle -- 20 years!), the result of people hearing that their beloved classic is going to be replaced with an inferior poseur is to drive up sales during the last days of the old classic. The KLR isn't like a crotch rocket, where a "new and improved" model comes out every four years on the dot that obsoletes the old one. When you have a model that's been on the market for close to 20 years, it has an inertia all its own that doesn't stop just because a replacement has been announced. -E

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, WEST HOVLAND wrote:

> Wow!!! > Now, do we believe this?

Well, we know that any replacement for the KLR will need EFI and a dual-sparkplug head in order to pass the new emissions standards. We know that this replacement will have to be introduced before 2010, when the most stringent of the new standards will take effect. The rest... such as the timing of this replacement... well, who knows? -E

> ----- Original Message ----- > From: Randall Marbach > > Checked with a buddy of mine who works for Kawasaki... > he says the new bike is essentially a KLR with new > 48mm forks, EFI and a 6 speed transmission. The head > has been redesigned for better airflow and has dual > sparkplugs. He expects the bike to be officially > announced 4/1/2005.

"inferior poseur" That's quite an assumption for a bike we know very little about. R On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Russell Scott wrote: > If its true, that release date sounds legit. You can't sit on a release > once the public hears about it, because sales of the old model starts drying > up. That may be true of "ordinary" vehicles. But I suspect that, as with the Jeep Cherokee (another long-running vehicle -- 20 years!), the result of people hearing that their beloved classic is going to be replaced with an inferior poseur is to drive up sales during the last days of the old classic. The KLR isn't like a crotch rocket, where a "new and improved" model comes out every four years on the dot that obsoletes the old one. When you have a model that's been on the market for close to 20 years, it has an inertia all its own that doesn't stop just because a replacement has been announced. -E Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Yahoo! Groups Links