Bandit Alley
GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MOTORCYCLE => Topic started by: B12Teuton on September 15, 2005, 12:45:26 AM
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No, I haven't bought a new bike (yet :wink: )
But the guy next door bought a '88 Virago 250 and asked me to fix it up and get it running. No big deal.
What a funny little bike. He thinks it's great, and it does get 80mpg, but getting it over 60mph is a task in and of itself. No matter, it's actually a fun little machine for about ten minutes! Not bad for a few hundred bucks.
Seriously though, I might get a KLR650 to run around on.
I love those things!
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Seriously though, I might get a KLR650 to run around on.
I love those things!
I hear they're equally lousy at being a street bike and a dirt bike. :wink:
And the ugliest of the 650 dual sports.
What puzzles me is that they seem to be the most popular.
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I think the attraction of the KLR is its "adventure touring" abilities at a low cost. Plus, these things have been around for over 2 decades so they're stone reliable and there's a huge aftermarket. Trying to be everything is its downfall. Kawa sells a ton of these and are grinning all the way to the bank. They sell and sell every year with only color and graphics changes. Heck, when I was at the big Seattle M/C show last year, the KLR had a small crowd around it. The only thing really similar is from KTM or BMW, and they start at around 10 grand.
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Do the Honda XR650L & Suzuki DR650S not count because they're air-cooled?
Rumor has it the DR650 won't be in Suzuki's '06 line-up. At least not in the US. Pete, you may have a colector's item on your hands. :wink:
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Do the Honda XR650L & Suzuki DR650S not count because they're air-cooled?
Rumor has it the DR650 won't be in Suzuki's '06 line-up. At least not in the US. Pete, you may have a colector's item on your hands. :wink:
Yeah, the DR is gone for '06.
The XR is still the old air cooled one. If they built a DP bike around the new liquid cooled 650R, it would be a great bike.
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And the ugliest of the 650 dual sports.
Have you seen the '06??
It's Kawi lime green :duh:
(http://members.shaw.ca/mtf2006/images/klr650.jpg)
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And the ugliest of the 650 dual sports.
Have you seen the '06??
It's Kawi lime green :duh:
(http://members.shaw.ca/mtf2006/images/klr650.jpg)
What's your point??? :stickpoke: :monkeymoon:
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Check the VIN plate, Manny, the KLR650 has been built in Thailand for the last few years.
It's an OK bike, but I'm happy with the DR. Quite a few guys on my DR board have had both bikes, and prefer the DR.
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I'm on a Bandit today!!
My buddy has an '03 B12S (in the faster SILVER color, just like mine was). He's on his Honeymoon, so I am bike sitting this week!
Feels like home! :motorsmile:
My 32 mile commute to work this morning went notably quicker than usual! :banana:
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Manny's got the itch... Manny's got the itch!!!!!!!!
:banana:
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It's been nice commuting.
Some friends of mine just moved down here from CT and they are selling a Bandit 400! :motorsmile:
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There you go! You'd have fun with that. :motorsmile: