87 klr 650 - should i buy?

[George Basinet]

Dennis Angus wrote:

> You know your getting old when: > > 1-You only ride on Sunday when everyone's in church. > > 2-Your bikes three years old with 200 miles on the odometer and 30 layers of > wax on the tank. >

8-You fall over "doing dirt" but take a nap before getting up.

[billmonahan]

 

  Dennis Angus wrote: > You know your getting old when: > > 1-You only ride on Sunday when everyone's in church. > > 2-Your bikes three years old with 200 miles on the odometer and 30 layers of > wax on the tank. > George Basinet wrote: 8-You fall over "doing dirt" but take a nap before getting up.     I must be ever the non-conformist.... .........my bikes, one is three years old with 29,000 on it, and the other is two years old with 15,000 on it. The klr has never had any wax....beemer finally got a light coat of wax earlier this spring.... .........gettin old is when the girls call you "sir" and nobody asks you for your ID except the cops....or when you surprise the cop who pulled you over when you take off you helmet and it was obvious the copper was expecting to see some young hooligan, not a grey-haired old man.....   Bill turning 49 this summer I think I'll ride all of Highway 49, to recognize (not going to use the word "celebrate") it.   

[Denzfeat@aol.com]

I'll give you old. If you'd told me 30 years ago that I'd be driving around in an air-conditioned automatic six-cyclinder four-door station wagon, I'd have said, "YEAH, RIGHT!" Just got a Cherokee to replace my aging Wrangler (speaking of off-road vehicles) and it is SO NICE to be able to hear a decent sound system rather than having a leaky canvas top flapping in the breeze. Automatic's nice on my bum left knee, too. And I still have 4wd to hit the trails and get through snowdrifts, and a Class 3 hitch if I wanted to tow a REAL dirt bike. Pete the well-aged Streak 53 yrs old, still w/2 motorcycles

[Dennis Angus]

-----Original Message----- From: George Basinet [mailto:geobas@...] Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2000 7:51 AM To: Dennis Angus Cc: Dual Sport News Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Nklr old age Dennis Angus wrote:

> You know your getting old when: > > 1-You only ride on Sunday when everyone's in church. > > 2-Your bikes three years old with 200 miles on the odometer and 30 layers

of

> wax on the tank. >

8-You fall over "doing dirt" but take a nap before getting up. 9-You wake up one morning, roll over and notice your childhood beauty queen, the one you married, now looks like your grandmothers sister. 10-Your idea of a big hunt is tracking down snails in your wife's vegetable garden. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Never lose a file again. Protect yourself from accidental deletes, overwrites, and viruses with @Backup. Try @Backup it's easy, it's safe, and it's FREE! Click here to receive 300 MyPoints just for trying @Backup. http://click.egroups.com/1/4936/5/_/911801/_/960126706/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the KLR650 archives at http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... Let's keep this list SPAM free! Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com

[Jeff Walker]

> > > Dennis Angus wrote: > > > You know your getting old when: > > > > 1-You only ride on Sunday when everyone's in church. > > > > 2-Your bikes three years old with 200 miles on the odometer and 30

layers of

> > wax on the tank. > > > > 8-You fall over "doing dirt" but take a nap before getting up. > >

Hopefully that's not a "dirt nap" from which you will never get up. Jeff

[Brad Davis]

I would like some advise from listers on what I think may be a good bike/purchase for me. I have located an 87 KLR 650 which appears to be well maintained and in very good mechanical and cosmetic condition. It has 16k miles, good rubber and no outstanding mechanical problems. I may be able to purchase it for less than $1800. I had in my mind a 95 to 97 model but would, of course, pay much more than that. My gut reaction is that placing more importance on the condition of the bike rather than the year is the right way to go. There should be a lot of miles left in this 87 model as other listers report having high miles on their odometers. Also, since the cost of the bike is less, I would have money to spend on riding jacket/pants/ etc. Oh, I didn't mention that this would be my first bike. Am I missing anything in my reasoning? Are there problems with the early models that might make me reconsider the purchase of this bike? Thanks all and I look forward to your replies. Brad Davis A1 (maybe) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com