Bought it back in December, I picked her up yesterday- 2008 leftover- put 55 miles on yesterday, temp was 45 and about 40 miles today with a temp of 50 -still plenty of snow up here but the upcoming rain should help......I have to say that I am quite impressed with the bike so far and can't...
Arai
Norm and Eric, thanks for your input -- The closest bike shop that carries Arai is 175 miles away, I should be in that area sometime soon. I am pretty much convinced that I should be in a large, making the adjustments with different inserts. I'll be sure to try them first. Hope to figure...
Arai RXQ
Norm, I'm in the market for an RXQ - two questions: did you order/buy to your exact head size (not shape) or did you go slightly bigger/or by how it fit? Also, the new inserts, were they the same size as the originals? (Reason I ask is because I own a Shoei Hornet-DS and although it...
If it's not broken..........
Let me start at the beginning, a few years ago, I wanted to get back into the bike thing......I was in the market for a Dual Sport, KLR 650 to be exact. The "New" redesigned 2008 was available for purchase... so I did my homework.
What I gathered from various...
I'll take the 2008 anytime.....the 2009 was only driven in the sun and never got halfway to redline blahblahblah, is probably what a person would be told.......the 2008 is uncontaminated....there is always a risk with buying used...the exception is your mega deal, all three players knew one...
Now I get it!!
After cutting out paper people from the L.L. Bean catalog and using Monopoly money and crayons, the flow chart is complete and I get it ---Norm got a smoking deal -- got me beat by $500+ for the '08 I bought last week..Good for you and everyone else involved....one of the...
Thanks for the Welcomes-- I grew up in Madtown and after 4 years of Army and 4 years of college, moved to Caribou where I have been for the past 23 years.....-FZ1inNH, did the Gaspe a couple of years ago on the KLR, 750 miles round trip from Caribou, some nice rides up in "The County" ---...
Been lurking here for a few months, as I researched a new purchase. My last "big bore" bike was a 1980 Kawasaki 1000 LTD. Bought in Germany while stationed there to cruise the autobohn......Fast forward 30 years - a wife two kids in college and a dog...Bought a 2007 KLR a couple of years ago...