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After doing some more looking, pretty much committing to that Sportster. For the price it's a great bike with some nice aftermarkets on it, dependable bike, appealing look, and the guy is riding it down for me to inspect and ride it before buying so he's even delivering it to me. Now, watch it break down 20 miles into riding it because Harley-Davidson
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Safety Dance posted:Don't you live in Atlanta? It's going up on Craigslist before I move. Shoot, I gotta decide if I'm going to sell my bike or hang on to it this year.
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Crossposting from the dirtbike thread since no one goes there:AncientTV posted:http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/mcy/3712929824.html
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Coredump posted:Shoot, I gotta decide if I'm going to sell my bike or hang on to it this year. Don't do what I did and say "Oh yeah, I'll sell this bike later, after I buy that bike." Multi-biek syndrome is the best biek syndrome.
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Pokey Araya posted:Man after selling my KLR 650, I now lust over the, KLR Super Sherpa. What's that you say?!?! That's not my photo but that was my exact first bike, except the PO bolted a topcase and flat lexan windscreen to it. Pimp rear end gold rims and all. Great bike except for topping out at 110 km/h and a weird tendency to stall out under harder braking.
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Apr 24, 2013 18:36
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^^ Was that what you rode when I met you?Xovaan posted:Costco has a KLR650 for sale here. Truly the best store. Jesus, thanks for telling me Costco in Canada sucks even in more ways I didn't know. 
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Costco actually has an entire Kawasaki partnership where you can pretty much get insane rates on street and offroad motorcycles.  I mean I personally think Kawasaki is the aesthetically worst motorcycle company outside of their dual sports and newer 250's but it's still pretty great if you're in the market for a new bike.
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Xovaan posted:I mean I personally think Kawasaki is the aesthetically worst motorcycle company outside of their dual sports and newer 250's but it's still pretty great if you're in the market for a new bike.  I own this now thanks to you cunts 
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That isn't hideous at least. It could have been much better but it's not terrible. Sort of a face a mother loves.
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Apr 25, 2013 06:56
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Pregen 250s got a face only an owner could love. Slavvy's bike straight up rules. e: actually the area around the battery cover's not very aesthetically coherent, but otherwise 
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Apr 25, 2013 06:58
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Put a turbo on it.
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Apr 25, 2013 06:59
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Slavvy posted:
Well I meant outside of their newer lines, not including their newer "retro" lines, which own. Big Dogg torque bros gotta stick 2gether 
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Apr 25, 2013 07:05
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slidebite posted:^^ Was that what you rode when I met you? Naw, that was my first year with the weestrom. The sherpa would have been real interesting to try longer rides on.
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Makes more sense. I was thinking you could do some sprited highway speeds decently enough  You and I should do a Kalispell run this spring/summer.
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Not interested in sport bikes, but wanting to do some highway travel this summer in BC. Never ridden before, but taking a rather pricey zero->licensed riding course at the end of May, its the only thing available around here and they have the ICBC tests integrated. Thinking an older Honda CB500 or similar? Hoping for $1200 or less ish. Rime fucked around with this message at 01:53 on May 8, 2013 |
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Pokey Araya posted:Man after selling my KLR 650, I now lust over the, KLR Super Sherpa. What's that you say?!?! I rode one of these my first time on a dirtbike, all on nice groomed Forest Service and county roads. I'm about 160 lbs, and that thing ripped just fine. Would own one in a minute. I couldn't keep up with the bigger bikes, but I could catch them on the turns every time. Maybe over time I would think it was underpowered, but I maintain that it's an incredibly sensible bike. Slavvy posted:
You chose... wisely.
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Is this probably a scam, or is this really only worth $1400? http://kansascity.craigslist.org/mcy/3764565505.html EDIT: Oops, i read it as a '99, not a '90. Too many 9's! Dutymode fucked around with this message at 20:12 on Apr 25, 2013 |
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The "99" part of the price on a private sale gives me a little pause - that's usually a dealer thing - but the price seems right for a 23 year old Suzuki dualsport.
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Slavvy posted:
drat, that looks so good. Dutymode posted:Is this probably a scam, or is this really only worth $1400? drat, that looks so good. I think this is about the point where I start looking for an additional bike. But I don't have any garage space. 
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:I rode one of these my first time on a dirtbike, all on nice groomed Forest Service and county roads. I'm about 160 lbs, and that thing ripped just fine. Would own one in a minute. I couldn't keep up with the bigger bikes, but I could catch them on the turns every time. Maybe over time I would think it was underpowered, but I maintain that it's an incredibly sensible bike. I had never heard of them until I found an ADVrider thread about a guy going through Mexico and South America on one. He completely avoids highways, I think it's the perfect bike for that. I'll dig it up when I'm not on my phone. He's been going for 3+ years at this point. A 250 with a six speed is so loving cool I can't believe it actually made it to production. You can still buy them new, if you go to the Kawi website they aren't listed in the onsite links, but you can google the link and find up to date promo material on the site.
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slidebite posted:Makes more sense. I was thinking you could do some sprited highway speeds decently enough Yeah I could get behind that!
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M42 posted:Pregen 250s got a face only an owner could love. Slavvy's bike straight up rules. Interestingly, that isn't actually where the battery is. The air filter housing sits there and there is this giant, cavernous vertical storage space. The battery is right at the bottom by the swing arm pivot. I know this because the one thing wrong with it is the return throttle cable has a broken piece of tube and I tried to replace it yesterday thinking it would be straightforward  Xovaan posted:Well I meant outside of their newer lines, not including their newer "retro" lines, which own. You have a B12 if I remember correctly? If so, senseless big-engine naked bikes rule
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Phy posted:Yeah I could get behind that! Sending you a PM
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Pokey Araya posted:Man after selling my KLR 650, I now lust over the, KLR Super Sherpa. What's that you say?!?! I want this so bad. The gold wheels are an absolute must.
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So, the Sportster rides like a dream. New tires on it. Problem? The rear tire was too big and tore up the electrical wiring to the right rear blinker.
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Bovril Delight posted:I want this so bad. The gold wheels are an absolute must. Sherpa is like, "go anywhere" in whatever language it is they speak. Do want. It's also sometimes "leave fat stupid American to die on side of mountain". Still want.
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Pokey Araya posted:Man after selling my KLR 650, I now lust over the, KLR Super Sherpa. What's that you say?!?! So what are the differences between that, and, say, a WR250x  They're both 250 thumpers, 6 gears, about 300 pounds, disc brakes. The WR is liquid cooled, and has EFI. The SS is air cooled, and has carbs. I don't know much about either bike, but I hear so much love for KLRs, and I'd like to know why they're so magical. epswing fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Apr 26, 2013 |
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The WR250X has EFI, a radiator, bigger brakes, quite a few more lbs, and a 17" wheel set.
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Costs less, carbureted, half the power, lugged tires (not very aggressively though), very low seating position for a dual sport, front shocks narrower and right-side-up, fukken baller rimz. Not every year of Sherpa got the rimz but the ones that did are objectively the best. And in Australia, they put a high front fender and extra racks on, and sell it as a
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Would it be worth selling my 2004 Ninja 500 with 18xxx miles to get enough scratch to pick this thing up? It's been listed for a little while and I want a bigger bike (ergonomics wise) something fierce. I'm too drat big for my ninja and it's causing me back problems on rides longer than 20 minutes.  I need to install the new battery I have coming before I could actually sell it, since I can't really ask for a reasonable price on a bike you have to push start.
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The answer to "Should I buy a KLR?" is always yes. KLR KAY ELL ARR You might benefit from some bar risers at 6'6". I'm 6'1" and I love the ergos on mine.
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Safety Dance posted:The answer to "Should I buy a KLR?" is always yes. You make a compelling argument. It has swayed me. I will report back if I manage to get the bike.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YvYBwBNwhU :40 is golden.
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Great. Now I want it even more. Thanks
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DJ_Ferret posted:Would it be worth selling my 2004 Ninja 500 with 18xxx miles to get enough scratch to pick this thing up? You should bring your Ninja down to Portland and sell it to meeeeeee.
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DJ_Ferret posted:Great. Now I want it even more. Thanks KLR 650: The only bike EXTREME enough to require me to ENHANCE my left leg with TITANIUM!  (I broke my leg and took a picture of the scene because I had nothing better to do while waiting for rescue.) (Don't be dumb. You'll be fine.)
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MarquisDeCarabas posted:You should bring your Ninja down to Portland and sell it to meeeeeee. If you're seriously interested, email me at  . But there's no way in hell I'm riding the shoulder destroyer all the way down to Portland.
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I'm going to be test riding the KLR tomorrow night. Things to look out for? Any tests I should put the bike through on the test ride? Parts I should check for wear?
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The SV that i had my eye on wasn't that good of a deal after all. Was dropped that the seller "forgot" to tell me. I found a 2006 Kawasaki er-6n 650 that is in very good shape and only has 30k kilometers on it. Anyone have any experiences with these? The price is pretty good and i know the er-5 is a pretty nice bike, but i have no idea what the er-6 is like.
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I don't want to bury Barfolemew's question, but I did want to share a terrible cell phone pic I took of the KLR this morning in the company garage:
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