luvin my old klr still

[eddiebmauri]

OK, so the other I am at a gas station (here in San Antonio) in my cage and a (green) KLR pulls up next to me......... the plastics were in show room condition.  I figured it must have been one of the last of the old model KLRs; judging from the looks of the plastics.  I asked, "what year is your KLR", the response was, "an '02'"  - "No, really, what year is it?  (I said) "I have an '03 and my plastics went from dark green, to light green, to pitted bone white, I know better!"  So the guy tells me that he is from Minnesota, and up there you have to garage things in the winter, so his plastics remained green!   How many of you all up north have pristine green plastics?  I'd like to visit Minnesota, but I do not have a passport so I can not go to Canada......... Eddie

[calvin gardner]

Well I'm from north of Minnesota, from northern Michigan. My '06 was rattle canned when I bought it. After I stripped the paint off it, the once green was pretty white. But my exhaust is getting pretty rusty... I'm sure that isn't a big problem out west. Sent from my iPad

[Martin Earl]

welllll-if his 'green' is pristine, his bike is a garage queen, OR he only rides it in the dark. on the other hand,cough.I doubt, there is an 'on-the-other-hand' suggestion of why his bike is pristine. I once thought how I would describe my KLR if it were for sale: FOR SALE: KLR650Butt ugly, dead nuts reliable. Dual Sport patina is visible in every location: Garbage can green plastics are fully faded, melted near the exhaust and cracked in a few visible locations.Handle bars slightly tweaked, slightly crushed radiator, heavily dented skid plate, and has several small dents in gas tank when the bike fell on me. Manufactured/built to convert gasoline into smiles in remote places.Other riders will spend 3x as much money on 'other-brands' will mock you, and then fear to ride their 'superior' bike to the same places this bike will take you. Kawasaki designed it to be ridden, not admired, so I rode it as Kawasaki designed.Sorry, I didn't know any better. shrug. This is not a garage queen. If you want a garage queen, this is NOT the bike for you.Ridden in the rain, snow, sand, gravel, wind, hail, lightening. This bike is equipped with countless useful farkels, and a few not-as-useful farkels.The bike was 'built-and-improved' = hardened similar to the USMC scout bikes to take you places where you will ask, 'where is my mommy.'The bike has been dropped; several times in remote places. (The bike has witnessed the question, "Where is my mommy?" numerous times.) If you buy this bike, you will drop it as well; probably on the first day, surely within the first week.CAUTION: Owning this bike will take you to remote places, where, You will very likely endanger yourself by breaking bones, separate ribs, and sprain ankles and wrist. but ONLY if you ride it like it was designed. Orthopedic surgeons might/will suggest you will have slight discomfort for ~three years after such events. (They lied; there is not statue of limitations for painful dirt naps, as described above.) This model of bike is also known as the KiLleR: it has a documented history, and known to kill deer, pheasants, meadowlarks, rattlesnakes, bull snakes, and has attempted to murder jack rabbits, prairie dogs and an occasional tumbleweed in recent history It has provided endless miles of dependability and immeasurable satisfaction for me.It will give you the same. Bike can be seen at ~44.4103 N, 103.5186 W when the weather is adverse: = below 42F, wind greater than 45mph, snow less than 4" deep and rain fall measured at less than 4"/hour. call: 1-800-BR54949Leave a message, and/or bring a stack of Franklins at the above address. blessing- m1. [img]https://ec.yimg.com/ec?url=https%3A%2F%2Fipmcdn.avast.com%2Fimages%2F2016%2Ficons%2Ficon-tick-round-orange-v1.png&t=1571810437&sig=mBY_EpXVKf_eS_6Yv37rUw--~E[/img] Checked by Avast Antivirus. www.avast.com

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 6:30 AM, eddiebmauri@... [DSN_KLR650] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> wrote: OK, so the other I am at a gas station (here in San Antonio) in my cage and a (green) KLR pulls up next to me......... the plastics were in show room condition. I figured it must have been one of the last of the old model KLRs; judging from the looks of the plastics. I asked, "what year is your KLR", the response was, "an '02'" - "No, really, what year is it? (I said) "I have an '03 and my plastics went from dark green, to light green, to pitted bone white, I know better!" So the guy tells me that he is from Minnesota, and up there you have to garage things in the winter, so his plastics remained green! How many of you all up north have pristine green plastics? I'd like to visit Minnesota, but I do not have a passport so I can not go to Canada......... Eddie

[eddiebmauri]

Oh no, we get rust down here too. But we don't have cans that rattle, we have snakes for that..

[cycletip]

Rev - ya haven't lost your touch.