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Hello, I'm getting ready to take the plunge...I'm 90% sure it's going to be the KLR. Can anyone provide me with some insight as it relates to how the bike performs on the highway at speed? What is the max speed the KLR can comfortably cruise at on the highway? Does the wind beat you up bad? Enough power to get out of trouble? Will I be able to keep up w/ a Buell Ulyses or BMW1200GS in the twistys? Any insight is appreciated... BTW: I'll mostly use the bike for commuting and weekend day trips to the desert/mountains. Dan 03XR400 73 CT70

I cruise mine hour after hour at 80 mph or so. I have rode from Pagosa Springs Colorado to Dallas in one day on it. Rode it to Moab 3 or 4 times. Rode it to Copper Canyon Mexico. Rode it to Big Bend national Park from Dallas. I have had it up 95 or so on knobby's. The wind doesn't bother me at all but does some. It has a more comfortable riding position than my Concourse. As far as keeping up with the Buell or the Beemer, it depends on how tight the twisties are and the rider. A friend took his to the Deals Gap road in Tennessee or North Carolina (I think). 300 and something turns in 11 miles. He laughed on how many Ducatis he passed ........... but he is an ex roadracer. Another friend takes his out to track day and passes CBR 600's in the turns but gets his clock cleaned on the straights. He has a 17 on the front and a big rim and tire on the rear. He has ground down his pegs doing this. It is a cheap bike that does a wide range of things reasonably well but not outstanding in any of it. And it is no speed demon. Its passing ability leaves something to be desired passing logging trucks at 7,000 feet. I speak from experience on this with my trip to Mexico. Clue, don't attempt this pass a double logging truck down there with a downhill turn approaching fast. You may have to change your shorts afterward. Criswell

On Thursday, November 17, 2005, at 06:35 AM, nitrodans wrote: > Hello, > > I'm getting ready to take the plunge...I'm 90% sure it's going to be > the KLR. Can anyone provide me with some insight as it relates to how > the bike performs on the highway at speed? > > What is the max speed the KLR can comfortably cruise at on the highway? > > Does the wind beat you up bad? > > Enough power to get out of trouble? > > Will I be able to keep up w/ a Buell Ulyses or BMW1200GS in the > twistys? > > Any insight is appreciated... > > BTW: I'll mostly use the bike for commuting and weekend day trips to > the desert/mountains. > > Dan > 03XR400 > 73 CT70 > > > > >

Ron ~ Just returned from Creel, Mexico - Copper Canyon about a month ago. KLR paradise! Great dirt roads/trails as well as awesome pavement/twisties!! What a wonderful place! Stayed in the old KOA cabins.. very nice. Randy Idaho - A17 -----Original Message----- From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ron Criswell Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 10:26 AM To: nitrodans Cc: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Almost Ready to Buy...... I cruise mine hour after hour at 80 mph or so. I have rode from Pagosa Springs Colorado to Dallas in one day on it. Rode it to Moab 3 or 4 times. Rode it to Copper Canyon Mexico. Rode it to Big Bend national Park from Dallas. I have had it up 95 or so on knobby's. The wind doesn't bother me at all but does some. It has a more comfortable riding position than my Concourse. As far as keeping up with the Buell or the Beemer, it depends on how tight the twisties are and the rider. A friend took his to the Deals Gap road in Tennessee or North Carolina (I think). 300 and something turns in 11 miles. He laughed on how many Ducatis he passed ........... but he is an ex roadracer. Another friend takes his out to track day and passes CBR 600's in the turns but gets his clock cleaned on the straights. He has a 17 on the front and a big rim and tire on the rear. He has ground down his pegs doing this. It is a cheap bike that does a wide range of things reasonably well but not outstanding in any of it. And it is no speed demon. Its passing ability leaves something to be desired passing logging trucks at 7,000 feet. I speak from experience on this with my trip to Mexico. Clue, don't attempt this pass a double logging truck down there with a downhill turn approaching fast. You may have to change your shorts afterward. Criswell On Thursday, November 17, 2005, at 06:35 AM, nitrodans wrote:

> Hello, > > I'm getting ready to take the plunge...I'm 90%

sure it's going to be

> the KLR. Can anyone provide me with some insight

as it relates to how

> the bike performs on the highway at speed? > > What is the max speed the KLR can comfortably

cruise at on the highway?

> > Does the wind beat you up bad? > > Enough power to get out of trouble? > > Will I be able to keep up w/ a Buell Ulyses or

BMW1200GS in the

> twistys? > > Any insight is appreciated... > > BTW: I'll mostly use the bike for commuting and

weekend day trips to

> the desert/mountains. > > Dan > 03XR400 > 73 CT70 > > > > >

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Utah, aye? We are planning trip to Moab this spring..... Randy Idaho - A17 -----Original Message----- From: Ron Criswell [mailto:roncriswell@...] Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 11:55 AM To: Randy Phillips Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Almost Ready to Buy...... Yep it is neat down there but I like southern Utah better. Criswell On Thursday, November 17, 2005, at 07:50 AM, Randy Phillips wrote:

> > > Ron ~ > > Just returned from Creel, Mexico - Copper Canyon

about a month ago.

> > KLR paradise! Great dirt roads/trails as well

as awesome

> pavement/twisties!! > > What a wonderful place! Stayed in the old KOA

cabins.. very nice.

> > Randy > Idaho - A17 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of

Ron Criswell

> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 10:26 AM > To: nitrodans > Cc: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Almost Ready to

Buy......

> > I cruise mine hour after hour at 80 mph or so. I

have rode from Pagosa

> Springs Colorado to Dallas in one day on it.

Rode it to Moab 3 or 4

> times. > Rode it to Copper Canyon Mexico. Rode it to Big

Bend national Park

> from Dallas. I have had it up > 95 or so on knobby's. The wind doesn't bother me

at all but does some.

> It has a more comfortable riding position than

my Concourse. As far as

> keeping up with the Buell or the Beemer, it

depends on how tight the

> twisties are and the rider. > A friend took his to the Deals Gap road in

Tennessee or North Carolina

> (I think). 300 and something turns in 11 miles.

He laughed on how many

> Ducatis he passed ........... but he is an ex

roadracer. Another

> friend takes his out to track day and passes CBR

600's in the turns

> but gets his clock cleaned on the straights. He

has a 17 on the front

> and a big rim and tire on the rear. He has

ground down his pegs doing

> this. It is a cheap bike that does a wide range

of things reasonably

> well but not outstanding in any of it. And it is

no speed demon. Its

> passing ability leaves something to be desired

passing logging trucks

> at 7,000 feet. I speak from experience on this

with my trip to Mexico.

> Clue, don't attempt this pass a double logging

truck down there with a

> downhill turn approaching fast. You may have to

change your shorts

> afterward. > > Criswell > On Thursday, November 17, 2005, at 06:35 AM,

nitrodans wrote:

> >> Hello, >> >> I'm getting ready to take the plunge...I'm 90% > sure it's going to be >> the KLR. Can anyone provide me with some

insight

> as it relates to how >> the bike performs on the highway at speed? >> >> What is the max speed the KLR can comfortably > cruise at on the highway? >> >> Does the wind beat you up bad? >> >> Enough power to get out of trouble? >> >> Will I be able to keep up w/ a Buell Ulyses or > BMW1200GS in the >> twistys? >> >> Any insight is appreciated... >> >> BTW: I'll mostly use the bike for commuting and > weekend day trips to >> the desert/mountains. >> >> Dan >> 03XR400 >> 73 CT70 >> >> >> >> >> > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: >

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> > Yep it is neat down there but I like southern Utah > better. > > Criswell

I clearly remember riding up from Guanajuato down in central Mexico toward the Moab rally a few years ago. I hit the Valley of the Gods in southern Utah an hour before sunset. A few miles out of Mexican Hat I told myself, " This is the most beautiful country I've ever seen. Bogdan

We have amazing riding here as well. Southern Idaho is a bit flat, but the Owyhees are spectacular. Anything North of Boise is excellent as well. We have a lot of Forest Service Lookouts that make for beautiful rides. Randy Idaho - A17 -----Original Message----- From: Ron Criswell [mailto:roncriswell@...] Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 2:20 PM To: Randy Phillips Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Almost Ready to Buy...... Lot of stuff to see. Canyonlands, Arches, Lake Powell, Capital Reef, Bryce, Zion, Grand Canyon, and Monument Valley. I have been going out there for the last 20 years and it would take a lifetime to thoroughly see it all. I have just passed through your state. What a nice town Coeur d Alene seemed to be. Criswell On Thursday, November 17, 2005, at 09:37 AM, Randy Phillips wrote:

> > > Utah, aye? We are planning trip to Moab this

spring.....

> > Randy > Idaho - A17 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Criswell > [mailto:roncriswell@...] > Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 11:55 AM > To: Randy Phillips > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Almost Ready to

Buy......

> > Yep it is neat down there but I like southern

Utah better.

> > Criswell > On Thursday, November 17, 2005, at 07:50 AM,

Randy Phillips wrote:

> >> >> >> Ron ~ >> >> Just returned from Creel, Mexico - Copper

Canyon

> about a month ago. >> >> KLR paradise! Great dirt roads/trails as well > as awesome >> pavement/twisties!! >> >> What a wonderful place! Stayed in the old KOA > cabins.. very nice. >> >> Randy >> Idaho - A17 >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com >> [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf

Of

> Ron Criswell >> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 10:26 AM >> To: nitrodans >> Cc: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com >> Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Almost Ready to > Buy...... >> >> I cruise mine hour after hour at 80 mph or so.

I

> have rode from Pagosa >> Springs Colorado to Dallas in one day on it. > Rode it to Moab 3 or 4 >> times. >> Rode it to Copper Canyon Mexico. Rode it to Big > Bend national Park >> from Dallas. I have had it up >> 95 or so on knobby's. The wind doesn't bother

me

> at all but does some. >> It has a more comfortable riding position than > my Concourse. As far as >> keeping up with the Buell or the Beemer, it > depends on how tight the >> twisties are and the rider. >> A friend took his to the Deals Gap road in > Tennessee or North Carolina >> (I think). 300 and something turns in 11 miles. > He laughed on how many >> Ducatis he passed ........... but he is an ex > roadracer. Another >> friend takes his out to track day and passes

CBR

> 600's in the turns >> but gets his clock cleaned on the straights. He > has a 17 on the front >> and a big rim and tire on the rear. He has > ground down his pegs doing >> this. It is a cheap bike that does a wide range > of things reasonably >> well but not outstanding in any of it. And it

is

> no speed demon. Its >> passing ability leaves something to be desired > passing logging trucks >> at 7,000 feet. I speak from experience on this > with my trip to Mexico. >> Clue, don't attempt this pass a double logging > truck down there with a >> downhill turn approaching fast. You may have to > change your shorts >> afterward. >> >> Criswell >> On Thursday, November 17, 2005, at 06:35 AM, > nitrodans wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm getting ready to take the plunge...I'm 90% >> sure it's going to be >>> the KLR. Can anyone provide me with some > insight >> as it relates to how >>> the bike performs on the highway at speed? >>> >>> What is the max speed the KLR can comfortably >> cruise at on the highway? >>> >>> Does the wind beat you up bad? >>> >>> Enough power to get out of trouble? >>> >>> Will I be able to keep up w/ a Buell Ulyses or >> BMW1200GS in the >>> twistys? >>> >>> Any insight is appreciated... >>> >>> BTW: I'll mostly use the bike for commuting

and

>> weekend day trips to >>> the desert/mountains. >>> >>> Dan >>> 03XR400 >>> 73 CT70 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> Archive Quicksearch at: >> >

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Many years ago when I was driving my '71 Datsun pickup (the 'bounce- bounce') home from my seasonal Park Service job in Monticello, I was passing through Monument Valley with a thunderstorm coming in at sunset. To the east were dark, ominous clouds and lightning, to the west was a curtain of orange from the sun setting behind the rain, on my windshield was a mixture of blowing sand and rain, and all around were silhouttes of the awesome rock formations. I pulled over and watched till the show was over. __Arden --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Bogdan Swider wrote: > > > > > > Yep it is neat down there but I like southern Utah > > better. > > > > Criswell > > I clearly remember riding up from Guanajuato down in central Mexico toward > the Moab rally a few years ago. I hit the Valley of the Gods in southern > Utah an hour before sunset. A few miles out of Mexican Hat I told myself, " > This is the most beautiful country I've ever seen. > > Bogdan >