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Good on ya pudding! Rip out the snorkel and stick a 14 tooth front sprocket on the wee beasty, it'll feel more resplosive around town. Mine has bar risers, TAG bars, tupperware gas tank, 14 tooth sprocket, stebel Mutha fooker horn, bash plate, acerbis hand gaurds, no snorkel, D606 dunlop skins on the wheels. A bloody good fun package for the back roads of the Waikato.
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Oh fuck off carver a 179 km tank range is not an adventure bike. the KLR has far more adventure features than a DR stock and if I wanted to I can also modify the KLR to blow the DR away even further than I can nowOriginally Posted by carver
For example of stock standard specs that make it better
- Better luggage carrying
- Better fuel range 428 kms
- Better wind protection
- Better headlights
Thats stock !! if you want any of the above on a DR get out your cheque book.
If you want a DR you MUST modify it alot to be in the same league, the DR standard is a lame attempt for a Adventure bike end of story.
The 2008 KLR is perfect for the road it has been modified extensively to improve the on road ride.
bring something to the table, some facts that tell me the DR in standard trim is better, what its a bit lighter ? is that it ? its a Adventure bike sonny not a MX bike lol
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Armature speller
My Stebel died a dust and water death
Armature speller
But the tank, seat, springs, DJ kit, screen is only about $1k on top of the purchase price and it's things you've done to it - personalised.
What is the purchase price of an '08 KLR?
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I Paid $8500 for mine new, spent nothing on it so far, its good out of the crate, I will however buy a centre stand and some panniers at some stage soon.
I will rest on the fact that both are good bikes cause they are, one needs more mods and thats all thats in it.
Carver typically was fishing so a reply was needed with some gusto.
Ive run out of fucks to give
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Hey Quasi,
YOu are probably right about having to mod the DR to get it close to the KLR in some respects. But for me, like for a lot of us, the couple of k different in the purchase price can make a heap of difference. And modding it over time if fun and rewarding and doesnt seem so hard.
So DR for me.. but as others have said.. both bikes are great. But for me the DR wins on a bang for buck level
Armature speller
They are both good at what they do.
They both need mods to cross over into the territory of the other.
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With a little cheese sauce and freshly baked bread.
Not just another revolutionary
Yep I agree. They both good but slightly different. For my purposes the DR is a little better but I don't do long distances. Lets be frank if we were richer the DR is more like the KTM and the KLR more like the BMW, both do a similar job for an HUGE amount less money. Kinda like the Holden v's Ford thing really - only those enthusiasts can see big differences - to me they are the same thing, just a car.
If it's of interest the DR has done over 25 speed events, a year and a half of commuting daily, a couple of trips and has never missfired or behaved badly, never cost anything but oil, brakepads, tyres and plugs and has been picked up off the tarmac, gravel and dirt at least a dozen times after the rider had a wee lie down with no real damage.
Starting to think the DR is a keeper!
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Of course its a keeper, its a Suzuki !!!
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wow...
sounds like a wonderful road bike.
i always got 200k to reserve on my DR...
wind protection? cause you ride those sorts of bikes so hard eh...
A DR would dick on a KLR on any gravel road, especially my old one.
headlights on the DR are all good.
the KLR is a whale anywhere but on the seal, a shit adventure bike, but a ok road bike in drag
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Unless you owned the '08 KLR then your comparison is no longer valid. Kawasaki listen to the owners, looked at what was wrong and made the changes. The '08 is not the same bike as the '07 and earlier models. Brakes, wheels, suspension, fairing, seat, engine, exhaust, lights, electrics have been improved. All for around $150 over the cost of the previous model.
Meanwhile Suzuki changed the colour, but kept the price the same.
FWIW, my mates DR bought about 6 months before my KLR, cost $7995 at WMC. So far he's spent about $2k5 to add the same sort of features that the KLR at $9890 has as standard
it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
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Could do, but imagine the GSXR with the DR wheels!You could whip the wheels off your gixxer & put them on the DR to make it a motard.
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Wind Protection is a good thing even at 100kmph especially if covering a distance say Picton to Franz Joseph in one day (as I have twice) along with the wind comes rain protection this also is a good thing if travelling long distance ie welly to hammy in the rain (as I have twice) it is also good on the desert road at 6.30 am in June in icy conditions (as I have once) the KLR wind protection is also good for high speed runs of 140-150kmph for a hour n half on the western by pass (as I have three or more times) all that made wind protection of the KLR superior to no wind protection offered on the DR, that my friend is a qualified opinion.
saying (I quote) "a dr would dick a KLR on any gravel road" is talking out your arse as it depends on many things, that is not a qualified opinion, saying the KLR is a (I quote) " a shit adventure bike but a ok road bike in a drag" TRULY displays you havent got a clue what so ever, so you can now withdraw from the debate, you just lost.
Ive run out of fucks to give
stormrider
Or even better , a gixxer with a frame that doesn't breakCould do, but imagine the GSXR with the DR wheels!
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