KLR riders out there

[marks]

http://www.davidcohen.co.nz/

nice to read a review by someone who really 'gets it'

The Derek Zoolander Bike For Riders Who Don't Want To Ride Fast And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too

[Big Dave]

That's the copy I submitted to KR.
With some nice photos that yo'll need to buy the next edition for.

[Woodman]

Agree, and said it before that if I had the internet before I got a new bike I wouldn't have got one.

[marks]

any of you ladies know where I could buy a klr bashplate locally or in aussie?
B&B don't make one and nor do Whipps

plenty in the states but postage is expensive

and yes I know i can get one made but I would prefer to buy one if possible

[JATZ]

http://www.davidcohen.co.nz/

Unless you bought the Big as a fashion accessory, purely for what it looks like without regard to how it performs,

I'd never even seen one before when I bought mine online, without even seeing it in the flesh, Purely on the way it looked, just lucky it fitted and suits my riding style

its a dog that stopped before it ran over a downed dr big in the gold fields and its a dog that did a half pie reasonable charge over the Takaka Hill

Yeah O.K. point taken, BUT I didn't have sparks flying from the bottom of mine, it was jhust a leisurly cruise

The DR Big is sooo ugly it's gone out the other end of ugly and into cool.

Yay, I've got a cool bike I'm not gunna let you forget you said that

[warewolf]

http://www.davidcohen.co.nz/

Nice. I think a source of the friction between the factions is 'horses for courses'.

Agree, and said it before that if I had the internet before I got a new bike I wouldn't have got one.

Internet, schminternet.

The internet is just a communication tool. I've bought bikes of all persuasions with research on the internet - and elsewhere. Lots of static - lots of ppl claimed the orange machines were unreliable, but it doesn't take long to find plenty of examples of machines labelled "as reliable as grandfather's axe" with, ah, let's just say broken handles and blunt blades.

Buy the one you lay awake at night dreaming about...

[CrazyFrog]

I admit it, I'm a closet KLR owner (or was one for a while anyway).
Owned this one from 1998 to 2000, it was a 1997 model. I liked the styling of these earlier ones, they were more like the dirt bike KLX650 variant, than the newer model KLR's chunky lines that seem to have evolved.
I rode just about everywhere on road tyres or Deathwings, and must admit, it went just about anywhere I chose to take it, no problems. It did have a bloody hard seat though, which was comparable to the DRZ I've got now.
I sold it to buy a BMW F650 (bah, blasphemy!!) which was simply a short comfortable pig. It never did anything wrong so to speak, but it just didn't light my fires. BMW - Boring Man's Wheels I called it. For a while there, I regretted selling the KLR, because it was such fun and had a nice crackly exhaust note. I think someone in Nelson still has it tucked away somewhere, I see it every now and then.

[marks]

Buy the one you lay awake at night dreaming about...

hmmmmm.....

I'm not so sure that is always a good idea

I admit it, I'm a closet KLR owner

That's a nice looking bike - better looking than the pre 08 models

[Woodman]

hmmmmm.....

I'm not so sure that is always a good idea



That's a nice looking bike - better looking than the pre 08 models

Always wanted one of them.

[twotyred]

hmmmmm.....

I'm not so sure that is always a good idea

Always wanted one of them.

don't read this then,it might push you over the edge
Neduro waxes lyrical

[Woodman]

don't read this then,it might push you over the edge
Neduro waxes lyrical

Basatrd, that made me feel like I feel when I look at the blanked out switches in me work car. This one does the job but if i was prepared to work a bit harder I could have the model where all the switches work.

Those 950 se's would be the ultimate for me but the klr goes through tyres pretty rapidly, what is a 950 gonna do?

I like neduros comment that it feels like you are riding down hill all day (nice).

[bart]

Basatrd, that made me feel like I feel when I look at the blanked out switches in me work car. This one does the job but if i was prepared to work a bit harder I could have the model where all the switches work.

Those 950 se's would be the ultimate for me but the klr goes through tyres pretty rapidly, what is a 950 gonna do?

I like neduros comment that it feels like you are riding down hill all day (nice).

Don't do it Woodman. No one would keep up to you (with all that plastic falling off).

[Woodman]

Don't do it Woodman. No one would keep up to you (with all that plastic falling off).

Would have to train a flock of homing keas to look for orange plastic bits and fly them home.

[NordieBoy]

You could train the Keas to find and bring back KLR parts.

Pretty soon you'd have enough for a spare bike!

[Eddieb]

don't read this then,it might push you over the edge
Neduro waxes lyrical

You should read that whole thread. He manage to put into words what goes often through my head when riding.

Except the one time i tried to express it to Paladin was a fair bit shorter and blunter than how he puts it.