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I don think I've seen one mention of the KLX250SF here. http://www.kawasaki.com/Products/product-specifications.aspx?id=417 Anyone have one?
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Olde Weird Tip posted:I don think I've seen one mention of the KLX250SF here. There are a couple in CA. they are never recommended because CA considers them underpowered and overpriced, if anyone asks everybody chants DRZ DRZ DRZ DRZ DRZ DRZ
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Mar 12, 2012 03:10
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Vork!Vork!Vork! posted:everybody chants DRZ DRZ DRZ DRZ DRZ DRZ As they should
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Mar 12, 2012 04:15
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Olde Weird Tip posted:As they should Agreed, after lusting after one for almost 3 years I am not disappointed.
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Mar 12, 2012 05:10
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Olde Weird Tip posted:As they should maybe i am too much of a kawasaki fan boy, because the first time I saw a KLX 400 in a parking lot I had no idea what it was, but I thought it was perfect. I was so disappointed to come home and look it up on the internet to find out it was a re-badged suzuki. Oh well maybe a lime green suzuki is what i need after all.
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Mar 12, 2012 05:37
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The Yamaha would also be better if you wanted a 250 or a 'newer' bike. The kawa's just in a kinda of odd place with the other two common bikes.
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Mar 12, 2012 06:15
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Vork!Vork!Vork! posted:i have never ridden a drz and I am sort of scared to because I don't want anything to come in between my first love, an overweight dualsport, the klr Come to the dark side! We have(had) bagels! In all honesty go try a DRZ out, why be afraid of falling in love? Don't be brandist man!
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Mar 12, 2012 06:42
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Vork!Vork!Vork! posted:i have never ridden a drz and I am sort of scared to because I don't want anything to come in between my first love, an overweight dualsport, the klr Best of both worlds. As a former klr owner, I can tell you you'll never look back. Similar horsepower, but 100 pounds lighter, and it'll rev to the moon compared to that tractor motor you're sitting on right now. (seriously... I think the soft limiter on my 2000 DRZ E is 11,500?)
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Mar 12, 2012 10:42
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I rode a KLX250 in motard trim and was pretty underwhelmed. Definitely underpowered, as I couldn't even get the thing to wheelie while redlining and dumping the clutch in first. What kind of supermoto can't do that?
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Mar 12, 2012 14:59
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FuzzyWuzzyBear posted:I rode a KLX250 in motard trim and was pretty underwhelmed. Definitely underpowered, as I couldn't even get the thing to wheelie while redlining and dumping the clutch in first. What kind of supermoto can't do that?  Though that bike will always have a special place in my heart. That's what I took the MSF on...yeah, my MSF place was  .
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Mar 12, 2012 18:51
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Vork!Vork!Vork! posted:i have never ridden a drz and I am sort of scared to because I don't want anything to come in between my first love, an overweight dualsport, the klr Pretty much beaten, but cut like 100 lbs off your KLR and also give it a better frame and suspension and you're at the DRZ supermoto, basically. KLRs have their advantages though. I'm sure its more comfortable eating up highway miles on a KLR than a DRZ
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Mar 12, 2012 19:12
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I don't think you can compare any 650cc thumper with a 7500rpm redline to a small-bore single with a 11500rpm redline. You can gear the KLR super high and have it lope down the highway at 75 or 80mph, but still pull stumps coming out of turns in 2nd. It's a different riding experience. The question is not whether one bike is better than the other, but whether your needs as a rider are more aligned with one bike or the other.
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Mar 12, 2012 19:42
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I got my DRZ for a few reasons over a KLR. I wanted to be able to hop curbs in town, do smallish 5-7' distance jumps over speed bumps, ride the dirt trails at a good clip, pop wheelies, stoppie and back it in. Yes, I bought a DRZ to ride like a Dong, and it's awesome! 
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Mar 12, 2012 21:36
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MotoMind posted:I don't think you can compare any 650cc thumper with a 7500rpm redline to a small-bore single with a 11500rpm redline. You can gear the KLR super high and have it lope down the highway at 75 or 80mph, but still pull stumps coming out of turns in 2nd. It's a different riding experience. The question is not whether one bike is better than the other, but whether your needs as a rider are more aligned with one bike or the other. Aint nobody doing this with their KLR, son 
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Mar 12, 2012 22:03
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Olde Weird Tip posted:Aint nobody doing this with their KLR, son Oh sweet sweet forbidden love...
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Mar 13, 2012 00:27
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If it was a Husky it would have nocturnal emissions.
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Mar 13, 2012 00:52
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Olde Weird Tip posted:Aint nobody doing this with their KLR, son ...because picking the drat thing up in the morning would likely cripple them for life.
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Mar 13, 2012 02:42
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Jabs posted:Know why nobody does that with their KLR? but nobody could come up with a joke about fat ones being more fun?
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Mar 13, 2012 03:43
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Hold on... is that... A PETCOCK AUGH
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Mar 13, 2012 03:57
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sigtrap posted:Hold on... is that... A PETCOCK AUGH Did you blow your fork seal there Siggy?
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Mar 13, 2012 04:00
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Vork!Vork!Vork! posted:but nobody could come up with a joke about fat ones being more fun? They're less flexible. They cost a bit more to feed in the long run. You're never going to show pictures of her to your friends and expect them to go "DAYAM, that's sexy! Where did you get her?" Fewer dress up parts, and the ones that are available are mostly aimed at carrying more stuff for you, not jumping you more frequently - primarily because they don't put out as much relative to their displacement. They are, however, somewhat less likely to run off with some other dude in a van. With seriousness, though - as far as the seat comfort thing goes - I had hayden.'s old KLR for a season after riding it back DFW to Denver. I've had the DRZ for about a year. I'm good for about an hour and ten on either seat before I find myself in need of a walkabout... Kenny Rogers fucked around with this message at 04:09 on Mar 13, 2012 |
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sigtrap posted:Hold on... is that... A PETCOCK AUGH Thats some Crying Game poo poo right there.
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Mar 13, 2012 04:14
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http://denver.craigslist.org/mcy/2901196234.html Is this a decent deal? I don't know much about "older" KTMs - but it's one of the few supermoto bikes that's come up on CL in Denver recently.
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Mar 14, 2012 07:23
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Vork!Vork!Vork! posted:i have never ridden a drz and I am sort of scared to because I don't want anything to come in between my first love, an overweight dualsport, the klr The first time I saw a Vstrom rebadged as a kawa I couldn't believe it, now you're saying that they've done this to the drz too? Bootstraps, Kawasaki. Bootstraps.
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Mar 14, 2012 10:37
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KARMA! posted:The first time I saw a Vstrom rebadged as a kawa I couldn't believe it, now you're saying that they've done this to the drz too? Where did you see a V-strom rebadged as a Kawasaki?
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KARMA! posted:The first time I saw a Vstrom rebadged as a kawa I couldn't believe it, now you're saying that they've done this to the drz too? That whole parts/bike sharing thing permeates Kawasaki. The rear seat cowl on the Z1000's is the same as the 04-05 GSXR-600's for example. Little things, but they're everywhere.
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Snowdens Secret posted:Where did you see a V-strom rebadged as a Kawasaki? http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/kawasaki/Kawasaki_klv1000%2004.htm
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2ndclasscitizen posted:http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/kawasaki/Kawasaki_klv1000%2004.htm What in the gently caress?
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Mar 14, 2012 16:00
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invision posted:What in the gently caress? My thoughts exactly... Where do I get one?
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Suzuki and Kawasaki have had collaborations on bikes for a long time. When the first KX250F / RMZ250F and the 450F dirt bikes rolled out they were pretty much identical IIRC. It may have only been the 250's now that I think about it but they definitely scavenge back and forth.
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The whole automotive industry is incestuous like that, my Suzuki wagon-r is also an Opel Agila, Opel being a division of GM. My DRZ is a KLX, My BMW f650 is an Aprilla Pegaso, my SV650 shares a lot of its DNA with various Hyosungs. My mothers Ford Galaxy is essentially the same car as her old VW Sharan. her husbands Audi A4 is pretty much the same as my gfs dads VW Passat. What i'm saying is vehicle designers be lazy yo.
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Mar 14, 2012 17:16
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echomadman posted:various Hyosungs poorly violated the DNA of my SV650 Fixed 
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Bought a new house...commute has a section of road about 3 miles long with over 500 feet of elevation change, a switchback, blind hills and the longest straight section is ~500 feet. I think I'm going to commute on the CRF. I think I'll die happy.
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NitroSpazzz posted:Bought a new house...commute has a section of road about 3 miles long with over 500 feet of elevation change, a switchback, blind hills and the longest straight section is ~500 feet. This. This is it. This is the dream we've all been dreaming.
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Radbot posted:http://denver.craigslist.org/mcy/2901196234.html No this is not a decent deal. Probably worth closer to $3,000 or less. I wouldn't really buy it because the Duke II has the less reliable LC4 engine and for a little more than what that guy is asking you could get yourself a much superior 625 SMC or something.
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NitroSpazzz posted:Bought a new house...commute has a section of road about 3 miles long with over 500 feet of elevation change, a switchback, blind hills and the longest straight section is ~500 feet. Awesome, I live about 1/4 mile from a road with double switchbacks and an almost 900' elevation change through a small mountain range. I take it every day on the way to work and every day on the way home. It's fantastic.
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needknees posted:This. This is it. This is the dream we've all been dreaming. http://g.co/maps/htrj5 This is in my backyard, gently caress a muholland and rnickeymouse. Tuna Canyon: Elevation change, about 2000 feet in 4 miles, one way, downhill. Yep.
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SaNChEzZ posted:http://g.co/maps/htrj5 You need to find a creek road to follow man, check this one out. http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=O...&t=m&z=12&via=1
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http://g.co/maps/sjwd2 0 to 4000 in 20 miles, surprised I haven't killed myself on it yet.
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FuzzyWuzzyBear posted:I rode a KLX250 in motard trim and was pretty underwhelmed. Definitely underpowered, as I couldn't even get the thing to wheelie while redlining and dumping the clutch in first. What kind of supermoto can't do that? Would a few upgrades fix it you think? I'm asking cause this popped up and maybe I could get him down a bit on the price. I've been looking for a good deal on a WR250x for awhile and nothing is around under 5k.  
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