nklr - new rider .. was: smoked an f650

[spye@hvgb.net]

-----Original Message----- From: unixycle To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com DSN_klr650@egroups.com> Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 7:00 PM

>I thought about installing the moose guards on my A13 >but since most of my riding is in west central FL >the odds of ever hitting a moose seemed pretty remote. >Not only this, but you would have to just "graze" the >moose with your handlebars for the guards to have any >effect. I though the moose bashplate was pretty stupid >too. How are you gonna get the moose to crouch down far >enough to get it with the plate? Are you supposed to ride >a wheelie directly at the moose and try to BASH it with >the plate? Maybe the Canadians could help us out here. >Sorry, couldn't resist. I know you got them installed. >jimv >A13

LOL!! Good one! As a Canadian deep in moose country I offer the following info; Listed dry weight of KLR 650: 337 lbs. Measured weight of last moose I killed( gutted, skinned, quartered): 578 lbs. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT attempt to bash moose on a motorcycle....ever!!! Steve Pye ( still enjoying moose steak!)

[Dan P]

> > > Don't feel bad laughing. Was he wearing all brand new DS clothing

and a

> > shiny helmet? I laugh at him too ! > > You have proved something we all know deep down inside.. It's

the rider,

> not > > the bike...

Fall of '98 after 2 decades of riding and the last decade not, I was out in Belfair, Tahuysa Forest, on the Olympic Peninsula in WA state doing a group woods poker run with a shiny KLX 650R ( just bought a '93 in new condition) and new riding gear. I thought I must look like a drug store dirt rider! Ha! I had a great time that day and then on. Dan Paulsen Graham WA