it's for sale, break my heart.

[KJ]

Exactly. People are the weak link with any machine. An SUV can be totally safe and perfectly capable in the right hands. Bob Boundurant of road racing and driving school fame, takes new students out on the track in a stock full size passenger van and does a few hot laps just to point out the the slowest part of any car is behind the wheel. He can probably drive that van safer and in more control than the average driver in a "performance" car. But with that, the "average" driver is far better off with a vehicle that handles better then a hulking van or SUV. How many SUV drivers do you think actually consider that their vehicle doesn't handle like a car? Most of us here are probably above average drivers and may be able to pilot a Ford Excursion just fine, but wouldn't you rather be driving a VW GTI when the need to do an emergency lane change at 75 Mph arises? I sure would. I use to drive a Jeep YJ with a lift and 31" mud tires around my favorite twisties fast than just about any other car around me, not that they couldn't they just didn't or didn't know they could. That Jeep handled pretty good for what is was but, In panic situations it wasn't so hot. Give me something lower and lighter any day. I think people feel safer in their big SUVs than they really are. I'm glad station wagons are popular again, I'd rather ride in a sea of Audis and Volvos than Navigators and Explorers. Karl A14 87 CRX

> A salad fork is dangerous, if you're stupid enough (or so I've been > told). > > The problem is you don't have to be nearly as stupid or careless to make > a mortal error with a gun. Or an automobile. Or a chainsaw. Or a wood > chipper. > > Devon > A15 > > jimsherlock wrote: >> > > It's >> just like guns and motorcycles. Machines are just tools, it is not the SUV's >> fault. It is the way MAN chooses to implement these tools, that brings about >> mayhem. > > Checkout Dual Sport News at > http://www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: http://www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >

[klrz4ever]

snip...I think people feel safer in their big SUVs than they really

>are. I'm glad station wagons are popular again,

I think that's because they figure they'll come out ahead in the squish or be squished contest. What they don't consider is that one quick little avoidance manuever will have them rolling the thing on its top. snip...>I'd rather ride in a sea of Audis and Volvos than Navigators

>and Explorers. > > Karl > A14 > 87 CRX

Me, too. It gives me back the KLR's height adavantage. __Arden

[don_detloff]

> I think that's because they figure they'll come out ahead in the > squish or be squished contest. What they don't consider is that one > quick little avoidance manuever will have them rolling the thing on > its top.

Every accident on the traffic reports in the Detroit area seems to be a rollover. Driving an Excursion ... thinking they are in a Porsche. Don Detloff Fair Haven, MI, USA

[grantcanada]

For Sale, 2000 KLR 650 23,500 kms excellent condition. Hate to do it but that's life. Comes with Kawasaki soft rear bag and saddle bags. Well cared for ready to go to the coast today. $4700 CDN. I'm in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. gpalmer@... Grant