why a klr650?

[Mark Wilson]

I've dropped my bike a time or two with the highway bars taking most of the hit, and never had the shifter bust the case, so it must be true..

> Is this true? That would be great. Want to aviod futre > probs. > Matthew > > kind of case guard > now(?

[Brent Bacon]

> These are just a few of the things I've picked up from this list. I have > never owned a KLR650 nor have I ridden one. I have sat on one if that

counts.

> taf

When are you gonna get one. Then you can look forward to all of this stuff. brent

[Mark St.Hilaire, Sr]

> > It was a bare bones Goldwing........ > And.......I never did find a puddle of oil under it.

And you probably never would have. The bike that I had before this KLR was a 1986 1200 GoldWing Aspencade with something like 223,000 miles on the clock. The only reason I don't still have it is that I neglected to attend to the maintenance as I should have, and one of the valve timing belts, (or whatever those belts are called in the horizontal cover at the lower front of the engine), broke and ruined engine stuff beyond the point *I* could fix, and was willing to spend to have somebody else fix. For the record, *I* thought it was pretty clear that you had just sort of indexed all the stuff that comes up on this list. I mean, dang, unless I read the post too quickly and missed something, everything you said is all stuff that has come up in list Emails from time to time... Oh well, maybe we're just cranky because Gino asked us to call it quits on the gun thread. (Which reminds me of an Army marching song - Marshall, are you reading this!? Although, maybe you Cav. guys didn't walk anywhere. "...my weapon's for pleasure, my gun is for fun...whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... etc., etc.") Wise men still seek Him... Mark St.Hilaire, Sr A15 HomePage: http://home.adelphia.net/~msaint/index.html KLR650 Pages: http://klr6500.tripod.com/ Valve Check & Adjustment Guide: http://klr6500.tripod.com/valves.html

[Klx650rider@aol.com]

As much as we hated to "hump", 7th Cav, baddest boys on foot in the bush. Yeah, I remember the rest of that cadence..., but I don't want to get kicked off this list for finishing it!!! grinning Marshall in Slidell, La

[Matthew]

Does dual star have a case guard? Matthew --- Mark Wilson wrote:

> I've dropped my bike a time or two with the highway > bars taking most of the > hit, and never had the shifter bust the case, so it > must be true.. > > > > Is this true? That would be great. Want to aviod > futre > > probs. > > Matthew > > > > > kind of case guard > > now(? > > > > Checkout Dual Sport News at > http://www.dualsportnews.com > Be part of the Adventure! > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >

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[Ted Palmer]

taffrail wrote: [...]

> Now see how you guys are? Everything in that post came from the > experienced riders of the list. But you make it appear to be my > ideas. They are not. They are your own thoughts gentlemen, slightly > paraphrased.

Yeah, not a bad troll at all, the level of research was admirable. Mister_T Melbourne Australia

[klrz4ever]

Taf, When they make the perfect, maintenance free dual-sport for around 5 grand, please let us know. Over the last 12 years of owning one I've found it to be a dead reliable, reasonably comfortable, dirt-worthy, street-smart, canyon-carving, fire-roading, long-ranging, heavy- hauling, adventure-touring, cheap-to-own, easy-to-maintain, fun, fun, fun workhorse of a motorcycle. There's simply nothing that will touch it for range, ability and price. Arden Kysely

[taffrail]

>Tom, >....blah, blah, blah....

That is not at all nice....

>Taf - > >Sounds like you hit the nail on the head, got all the facts right, >and are not a candidate for KLR ownership.

Well Spurt, or is that Sport, maybe Dual Sport, that makes you wrong twice. 1. It's taf, not Taf 2. You don't get to determine what kind of Scoot I am a candidate for.

>It's dual-sport, complete >with all the attendant compromises.

Yes, I know, my first bike, in 1970, was a CL350. (Look it up.)

>ANY road bike is better on the >road,

Really?? Well gee what WILL they think of next?

>and ANY dirt bike is better in the dirt,

No.....you don't mean it!!!!

>but the KLR does a >pretty fair job of balancing the two (although it IS a bit hefty in >the rough stuff).

So in your own private, personal line of reasoning how does it compare to the XR650L, F650GS, KTM640LC4's (several of these), DR650SE, KLX650, and others? All too expensive? The Honda lists for $500 more. The Suzuki is the same price. Hmmmmm........

>"Snip" > >Best of luck in finding The One True Motorcycle. Sitting on one >doesn't count......RIDING one (a lot!) does.

The one I buy will be the one true motorcycle to me at that point in time. And thanks. (Must be a #$*^%*&* canadian!!!) taf

[taffrail]

>Yeah, not a bad troll at all, the level of research was admirable. > >Mister_T >Melbourne Australia

Trolling is something done from the back of one's 22 foot Hydrasport. Trust me on that one. taf

[taffrail]

>When they make the perfect, maintenance free dual-sport for around 5 >grand, please let us know.

Are you crazy? I'm keeping that one all to myself.

> Over the last 12 years of owning one I've >found it to be a dead reliable, reasonably comfortable, dirt-worthy, >street-smart, canyon-carving, fire-roading, long-ranging, heavy- >hauling, adventure-touring, cheap-to-own, easy-to-maintain, fun, fun, >fun workhorse of a motorcycle.

Congratulations!

>There's simply nothing that will touch it for range, ability and >price.

Hmmmm....let's take it one at the time. 1. Range. Yep, I'd say you have a winner 2. Ability. To do what? The Honda has it beat in the dirt and several others are rated higher on the road. 3. Price. Suzuki same price. Honda $500 more........ So yes, it does win one point out of three. And I admit it is an important point to me. But is it easier to put an IMS tank on the Honda or larger forks on the KLR650? taf