gps on klr - my selection is... streetpilot colormap

[Tumu Rock]

On Tue, 8 Aug 2000 16:49:26 -0700 (MST), Ye Wilde Ryder wrote: ... >Sometimes people just don't understand how we can be so crazy about a bike that's overweight and underpowered. try me. i've yet to purchase a DP bike, but i'm mightily interested in the venerable KLR. why should i be looking @ an "overweight and underpowered" motorcycle? gears, ye wilde ryder - I, too, fell for the large tank and widest stock seat of the DP bikes. But this was only the beginning. Is it the fastest? No, but it's power can be improved. Is it the lightest? No. Is it the prettiest? Hell no. Will it get me everywhere I want to go and back? Hell yeah. I've had this bike only since January and already had it in places where people said, "What's that thing doing here?" That includes rocky steeps, off-camber single track, city streets, and highway gas stations. It all depends what you're looking for, and from the looks of your stable, the KLR should fit right in. But be careful, the other bikes might start to get jealous of all the attention the new overweight, underpowered kid gets. dat brooklyn bum Did it get stolen like the BMW in front of work last night? No. _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html

[Mike Awesome]

> > i've yet to purchase a DP bike, but i'm mightily interested in the > venerable KLR. why should i be looking @ an "overweight and > underpowered" motorcycle?

have you ridden a KLR yet ? < Will it get me everywhere I want to go and back? Hell yeah. this bike will go anywhere and everywhere < But be careful, the other bikes might start to < get jealous of all the attention the new overweight, underpowered

[Ed Boyd]

Mike, I have a KLX 650 R, I love it. Its great in the dirt, and its not bad on the road. I'd like to get a KLR for road work and touring, but for now I'm primarily dirt riding and doing the occasional ride to work and the KLX rocks. Lets see, after I secure a KLR, I'll need a VTR, and a GB500 would be fun... Ed Duvall, WA '96 KLX 650 R '82 Katana 1000 > Message: 1 >    Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 11:07:47 -0000 >    From: "Mike  Awesome" > Subject: Re: DSN_klr650] Got Some Funny Looks/doubting Thomas [NKLR] > > >   > >   i've yet to purchase a DP bike, but i'm mightily interested in the > >   venerable KLR.  why should i be looking @ an "overweight and > >   underpowered" motorcycle? > > have you ridden a KLR yet ? >  > < Will it get me everywhere I want to go and back? Hell yeah. > >    this bike will go anywhere and everywhere >  > < But be careful, the other bikes might start to > < get jealous of all the attention the new overweight, underpowered > > > >  so true!My cbr600f3 has seen little road since the KLR has been > purchased. Going to try and trade it for another klr or klx 650. > You ride at the same height with all the SUVs where with the cbr I >  am easily swallowed and lost in the SUV jungle. Yeah sure I can > rocket through and by them at 140+ mph on the CBR but a couple of > $150 tickets is enough. >  And the cbr doesn't handle single-track so well either.(no I haven't) > > Mike Awesome > A1klr650 > 95cbr600f3 .gone soon

[Tom Vervaeke]

Hello: I already had a Garmin StreetPilot Colormap and the Touratech mount on my BMW R1100GS and just tried it on the KLR. Works great. The StreetPilots are much bigger than the III+'s or the EMAP but we live in a color world and I wanted a color GPS. In the past I have owned a Garmin 40 and then a III (not the +). I have the 16MB data cartridge and the Roads and Rec CD. I loaded almost all of the counties in the state of Colorado into the Garmin and go ride. Garmin is soon coming out with 32, 64, and 128 mb data cartridges for the Emap and StreetPilots. The Touratech mount for either the III/III+ or StreetPilot is great. An 8mm wrench to tighten up 4 small nuts and the mount is onto the crossbar. The power cable gets wired directly to the battery and up to the Touratech mount. No use in powering these things with batteries as it's too expensive. In fact, remove the batteries so they don't jingle around. The Streetpilots uses 6 AA batteries and they don't last long. The III+ only uses 4 and lasts a lot longer. The GPS just snaps into the mount and then out if you need to remove it. It will NOT come out while riding. I think one would need to jump off a cliff with the KLR to get it to come out of the mount. The StreetPilot Colormap has a nice, big, color screen. In very direct sunlight, while wearing sunglasses it can get a big washed out. However, for 90% of the time it works just fine. There is also a black and white version of the StreetPilot that is the same size but has 25% higher screen resolution. A bit cheaper too. I got my GPS, maps, and mount from Cycloactive: http://www.cycoactive.com/gps/default.htm I have mounts for our cars as well as the GPS gets a lot of use in 4WD-ing here in Colorado. For lots of good reviews about GPS and stuff try: http://joe.mehaffey.com/ I do have a digital camera so if there is some place you all place pictures for the rest of us to see just let me know and I can send a few pictures of how the mount and gps look on the klr. Tom A13 ===== ========================================================= Tom Vervaeke, Colorado, USA |Email: tom_vervaeke@... '99 Kawasaki KLR-650, 1.6K |Ph: 719-495-2152 (home) '96 BMW R1100GS, Black 59K |Ph: 719-590-2133 (work) '95 Honda F3 MRA Novice #718|Ph: 719-650-4578 (cell/riding) '95 Honda Cub EZ90S Pit Bike|Ph: 800-539-8361 (pager) ========================================================= __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/

[Ye Wilde Ryder]

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>It all depends what you're looking for, and from the looks of your >stable, the KLR should fit right in. But be careful, the other bikes >might start to get jealous of all the attention the new overweight, >underpowered kid gets.

they're all so much fun, it's hard to neglect any of them. y'know how a bike will sometimes whisper in your ear? my bikes shout loud enough to make me ears ring.

>dat brooklyn bum >Did it get stolen like the BMW in front of work last night? No.

fugly has its virtues, kinda like that song with the line that goes something like "if you wanna be happy for the rest of your life, then marry yourself an ugly wife..." or summat. gears, ye wilde ryder -- wallace@... 99 zx-9r "blue bayou" 98 vtr-1000f "stormy" zwallace@... 86 cr-250 "dirt devil" 00 sv-650 "zipper" "& you were using your friends as a berm." -- RP 83 v65 magna "nasty" FoJ#002...AMA#456832...JHLO#002...COP#000...CCS#SW969...Support the RKBA