klr650

[Oscar]

KLR's have a huge following in the States - go to ADVRider.com and search them.

Despite what our young morman friend says, they are known for their tractor-like reliability.

[RedKLR650]

being concerned about parts supply is understandable when a KLR is involved

Hi Carver, I know from our past conversation, you have a thing against KLR's, but why exactly ? For a 23 yr old, you've owned a hell of a lot of bikes, and I wonder if you gave any of them a chance, or just rode them around the block and sold them off again ?

Did you ever actually have a mechanical issue with your KLR ?

For a bike that went 20 yrs without any major design changes, the must be pretty reliable by anyones standards.

I'm on my 3rd ( Left one in England after travelling, Wrote one off, and still got the 3rd ) so after about 90,000kms in total on KLR's without a single mechanical issue, I don't know why you have such an issue with them ?

Please elaborate for the rest of us.....

Cheers, Stu

[carver]

sure stu.
my one had pathetic brakes, used heaps of oil when it had 23,000kms on the clock, used to run badly after a thrash, the colling fuse blew once, all in the space of a month.
it was a 3 year old bike then!

[pete376403]

Yes the old ones did have pathetic brakes, thats why they updated them on the '08s.
Yes they do use oil when flogged
And a fuse blew.

FFS!

[carver]

dude, my one almost seized in 1000 kms of riding

[RedKLR650]

sure stu.
my one had pathetic brakes, used heaps of oil when it had 23,000kms on the clock, used to run badly after a thrash, the colling fuse blew once, all in the space of a month.
it was a 3 year old bike then!

Cheers for clarifing that Carver.

Totally agree about the pre 07 Brakes, I imported a 320 mm SuperMotard front disc, stops on a dime now.....

But the bad running and oil burning aren't normal ?

Ask anyone on this site who rides with me, mine doesn't get babies along by any means, but is only using about 500ml per 5000kms, and runs even better after a good thrashing...

Sounds like the previous owner didn't take the time to run it in properly ? Both this one and the one I wrote off were run in by the book, working up and down the gears, loading and unloading engine with no continous long trips until after the first 5000kms. Bit of a pain, but the results paid off, goes faster the older it gets

Never had a problem with the cooling fuse ( maybe because I live in the cool south )

Cheers, Stu