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[monahanwb]

I have finally formulated my personal policy on riding in the rain, and not speaking of any kind of pleasure riding: Bandit - still kind of new looking. Too nice and too easy to start rust, riding this thing in the rain. Too much power, also, for wet corners and heavy bitchy traffic. Steering too twitchy, as well. Triumph - it's been ridden in the rain plenty, but too old and dear for that sort of thing. KLR - Good on wet pavement, but the motor doesn't like the rain. You never know when heavy water will make it cut out or do something irritating. You all already know this. It also soaks your feet with it's spray and knobbly tires. R1100RS - best rain bike. Weather protection, ABS, the motor seems to like the moist air. Glued to the road like a 911 or something. Superiorespecially to the psyche, when heading out into traffic. Good luggage and carrying capacity (even better than the KLR in that respect, and the KLR is like having a pickup truck to me).

[Devon Jarvis]

R1100- great bike, too expensive when you drop it, therefore not as much fun. I enjoy learning flattrack cornering on my KLR in the rain, the slimier the road the better (NOTE: this is done places with no immediate traffic, and open racetrack-style runoff area) My KLR motor likes the rain just fine. I have practically ridden it underwater in water crossings, never mind HOURS in heavy downpours, rainy muddy trails, etc. You need to spend 15 minutes and $.50 and do the mod to the carb vent. If you've already done it, have you modified your airbox at all? http://www.devonjarvisphoto.com/posted/KLR650/why_no_holes_in_airbox.jpg Devon A15 monahanwb wrote: KLR - Good on wet pavement, but the motor doesn't like the rain. You

> never know when heavy water will make it cut out or do something > irritating. You all already know this. It also soaks your feet with > it's spray and knobbly tires. > > R1100RS - best rain bike. Weather protection, ABS, the motor seems > to like the moist air. Glued to the road like a 911 or something. > Superiorespecially to the psyche, when heading out into traffic. > Good luggage and carrying capacity (even better than the KLR in that > respect, and the KLR is like having a pickup truck to me). >

[monahanwb]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Devon Jarvis wrote: If you've already done it, have you modified your airbox at > all? The issue is the rain, it makes my legs wet. Not in a good way. I've dealt with its many stalling problems, wet and dry.

[Anthony Verno]

Best rain bike........R100RS. EXCELLENT weather protection. Motor doesn't mind the rain a bit. On my last trip out, in an all day rain, my buddy, riding an R1100RS, at a gas stop, looks over at me and says, "I hate you, even your shoes are dry". Need I say more ......Anthony

[Zachariah Mully]

Dunno about that Devon-- The PO of my KLR modded the air box and I've gotten wet plenty without any trouble (and no carb mod either on the bike). I don't see how the stock airbox is going to prevent getting water into it any more than a modded airbox. If you dump in deep water, you're f***ed one way or the other. I too have ridden through torrential downpours, water crossings and the like with nary an engine problem. Mebbe it's just us right coasters... Those lefties have to deal with all those droughts and forest fires, when we have to deal with rain at 37 degrees on a day late in May. Their KLR's are used to it. Yes I'll admit that my Connie is a better rain bike, but the KLR is much more fun Z

> > My KLR motor likes the rain just fine. I have practically ridden it > underwater in water crossings, never mind HOURS in heavy downpours, rainy > muddy trails, etc. You need to spend 15 minutes and $.50 and do the mod to > the carb vent. If you've already done it, have you modified your airbox at > all? > > http://www.devonjarvisphoto.com/posted/KLR650/why_no_holes_in_airbox.jpg > > Devon > A15

[Steve Culbertson]

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