KLR handling badly

[NordieBoy]

Get a DR650 for the gnarly bits

[buggsubique]

Maybe you want to look at what bias of riding you want. For me, I'm happy enough sitting on a buzzy little trailbike for the sealed ride to the rough stuff. Not to say I wouldn't like a more road worthy bike, but I know if I only had one bike I wouldn't want to give it a rough workout off road like I do on my dizzer. Never felt bad about spilling off it, only thing I ever broke was a $60 rad shroud.

Generally I find works etc put the additional gravel on corners and hills so that @ssholes like me can lean the bike down a bit more and chew out our MT 21's a bit faster

[Woodman]

Maybe you want to look at what bias of riding you want. For me, I'm happy enough sitting on a buzzy little trailbike for the sealed ride to the rough stuff. Not to say I wouldn't like a more road worthy bike, but I know if I only had one bike I wouldn't want to give it a rough workout off road like I do on my dizzer. Never felt bad about spilling off it, only thing I ever broke was a $60 rad shroud.

Generally I find works etc put the additional gravel on corners and hills so that @ssholes like me can lean the bike down a bit more and chew out our MT 21's a bit faster

You are possibly right . Am I expectin too much outa the KLR?? I like it, it is a great bike and until recently it did everything I wanted. Was doing mostly long day trips about 50/50, now I seem to be riding to forestry areas etc and tryin to ride it like a dirt bike, which really it is not. In sayin that the rear tyre is still gonna go . Might try one of them mitas e07 or e09 whichever is Knobblier. Also gotta start plannin rides a bit better instead of going on a whim by myself, especially when goin to really gnarly hilly places. Aaaahh its a hard life isn't it???

[NordieBoy]

E-09 is the knobblie.

[Padmei]

KLRs are a great bike to ride anywhere and there are very few limitations to them. If you are happy to get your bike in hard core situations then go for it - everythings replaceable. The main problem is the weight of the bastards as you probably found riding it backwards down a hill.

What I feel has happened is the styles of motobikes are so diverse now you have to have the right bike to fit a particular niche. I thought of getting a light dirt bike for blasting around but realise that with time restraints one bike will be gathering dust.

Look at some of the epic journeys oer the years & most of them would have been done by the 'wrong bike' in somebodies eyes.

Keep going hard & having fun.

[buggsubique]

Also gotta start plannin rides a bit better instead of going on a whim by myself, especially when goin to really gnarly hilly places. Aaaahh its a hard life isn't it???

Yeah, I ended up passing the point of no return a few weeks back, rolled back into town on fumes. LImitations of a small tank and no fuel stations in the boonies... haha. Best ride though - awesome feeling.

[Woodman]

KLRs are a great bike to ride anywhere and there are very few limitations to them. If you are happy to get your bike in hard core situations then go for it - everythings replaceable. The main problem is the weight of the bastards as you probably found riding it backwards down a hill.

What I feel has happened is the styles of motobikes are so diverse now you have to have the right bike to fit a particular niche. I thought of getting a light dirt bike for blasting around but realise that with time restraints one bike will be gathering dust.

Look at some of the epic journeys oer the years & most of them would have been done by the 'wrong bike' in somebodies eyes.

Keep going hard & having fun.

Trust me, I know its all part of the fun, and yes I really think the KLR is a great bike. My new radiator guards worked too. Will have to hook up for a hoon soon with some of the locals on here, unfortunately I cannot fit the db1k in .

[Ally67]

unfortunately I cannot fit the db1k in .

Keep waitangi w/end open then

[Woodman]

Keep waitangi w/end open then

ok whats happening waitangi weekend?

[NordieBoy]

ok whats happening waitangi weekend?

Dusty Butt 2 dayer - rinse and repeat

[Woodman]

Dusty Butt 2 dayer - rinse and repeat

oooo need to plan

[marks]

Get a DR650 for the gnarly bits

bite your tongue you nasty subversive person


I am continually amazed where these big lardy sluggish poorly suspended oil burning pigs will go. There really is a trail bike buried deep down inside that excess of plastic and steel.

Put a mitas E09 or Dunlop 606 on the back and a Dunlop 606 on the front and keep fanging the crap out of that 2 wheeled hummer.

I never intended to do anything other than all road touring on mine and now I've just put serrated pegs on and am looking at serious bash plates and knarly tires. It doesn't make any sense at all but its just so much fun

[Padmei]

I never intended to do anything other than all road touring on mine and now I've just put serrated pegs on and am looking at serious bash plates and knarly tires. It doesn't make any sense at all but its just so much fun

I was wondering how long it would take

[MXNUT]

Dusty Butt 2 dayer - rinse and repeat

Excellent, couldnt make the early January date but would be veeeeeery keen for a waitangi weekend re run.

[warewolf]

There really is a trail bike buried deep down inside that excess of plastic and steel.

Correction:

"There really is a trail RIDER sitting atop that excess of plastic and steel."

It's the Indian, not the arrow. Yonks ago (umm, like 20-ish years) I used my CBX250 roadie as an adventure bike... didn't know "adventure" or "adventure bikes" existed, per se. I simply went places on it. It took me & my gear everywhere I wanted to go, no matter the surface or the weather. No trail bike hiding in that sucker (it even had a 16" front wheel) but it did have an XR250-based engine.