Wilsons Sandbox

Posted: **Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:22 am**

111k on my 87 KLR. Just rings so far, but engine quite noisy. Keep thinking it will stop running any time soon, but it doesn't. Begin forwarded message: From: "Jud Jones" Date: 24 August 2007 1:56:33 PM To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: How long-lived? --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Peplinski" wrote:

> > If you can put up with an airhead you'll get along fine with a

KLR. I loved

> my R90/6 til I got the KLR. Old technology? Its a 4 valve, dohc

liquid

> cooled engine. Whats old fashioned about that? My observation is

this. With

> proper break in, a minimum of abuse, good solid maintenance

(including

> adjustments and oil changes) and a bit of good luck, you should be

able to

> see 70k. Some even report 100k miles. Take a look at Eldon Karl's

website,

> multisurfacemotorcycling.com. This fellow wrings incredible miles

from his

> KLR's and Suzukis and he literally rides the wheels off of them.

You're

> going to love this bike. It has a lot of the "soul" that the

beemers have.

> >

This is probably about right. I got pretty close to 200k out of a /5. My KLR has just over 40k, and looks ready to keep running happily into the indefinite future. I change the oil reasonably frequently, without being anal about it. I would guess that the major impediment to high mileage on a KLR is lack of use. If it gets used, somewhere between 60k and 100k it will either be wore out, or no longer interesting enough for the owner to keep it going.. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Posted: **Fri Aug 24, 2007 11:45 am**

Caponfred, did your mommy neglect you? are you afraid to spout your little screed in public?? or are you the purple kool aide drinking vassal of the "other camp"??? Oh yeah, you must an impugned "guru". At least I don't hide behind some ornithological visage of pulchritude, pal. And it appears that we primates have a better grasp of the English language than your avian contemporaries. And another thing, yes I am fat............and I've lost 40 lbs in the past year, with 60 to go. You, on the other hand, seem to suffer from a 40 point IQ deficit with no hope of recovery. 'scuse me, whilst I thump my chest. To the rest of the list, wanna see what liddlefreddie sent me???? I'm just happy to be here. Buddy bseifert71@...

Posted: **Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:09 pm**

On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 09:45:29AM -0700, Harry Seifert wrote:

> did your mommy neglect you? are you afraid to spout your little screed in > public?? or are you the purple kool aide drinking vassal of the "other > camp"???

Did you get a personal "Eff you" email from Freddieboy last night too? I was really crushed by a rebuff like that from a 12 year old. Michael -- "Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID he just whipped out a quarter?" --Steven Wright San Francisco, CA

Wilsons Sandbox

[dsn_klr650] how long-lived?

[dsn_klr650] how long-lived?

whassamatter liddlefreddie???? a public response to your drivel.

whassamatter liddlefreddie???? a public response to your drivel.