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Kreb_Cycle · 05-15-2007, 10:17 AM

Thanks, I'm confident it will be ok. I've got the best traffic lawyer in the city. The Ferrari club here uses her almost exclusively.

JoelReiter · 05-15-2007, 12:01 PM

This is tragic. All good changes, but I totally agree with Dean Hight about the missing 6th gear. The KLR doesn't even have a wide-ratio 5-speed. A motorcycle that weighs over 400 lbs. and still buzzes its rider on the interstate is vulnerable. I predict the other members of the big four will reenter the adventure touring market without making the same mistake. When the inevitable comparison tests are done, Kawasaki will finish low because they were too cheap to modify the crankcase castings. Bad move, Kawasaki. You could have made it really hard for the others to compete.

XB12X · 05-15-2007, 12:05 PM

Kawasaki did that. They call it the Versys. Europe only.

lefty337 · 05-15-2007, 01:15 PM

that's a goofy looking bike but I like it. If only it were here

gas_pig · 05-15-2007, 01:19 PM

..the Versys is also available in Canada.

The_Aerodynamic_Head · 05-15-2007, 06:14 PM

Fair enough, but you don't work at a workingman's shop; you work at ATD (right?), the local Church of All Things Shiny and Exotic, where there are no prices posted because, "If you have to ask, you can't afford it."

You guys, with yer red paint, and yer unobtainum, and yer sexy foreign accents that steal my girlfriend (humbug)!

Seriously, though, there honestly is a middle range between Euro-chic and bargain-basement. Not every Jap bike has to be $5-6k in order to sell.

The_AirHawk · 05-15-2007, 07:54 PM

You make me smile when you say that!

SRMark · 05-16-2007, 04:57 AM

Then by all means go get this thing. The old one served me very well and I dearly miss it. There are so many KLR groups out there that you can find an answer to every question that'll pop up. There are accessories available that will take you to the far reaches of the world reliably. Screw the fantasy. For a few bucks, they will be a reality. Plus, you can use the bike for normal, every day stuff. Just realize that the seat is way-T-F up there and the valve cover & radiator shouds are gonna ***** you off from time to time.

SRMark · 05-16-2007, 05:06 AM

Oops! I said *****. But I did get 5 stars for only four letters. Pretty good deal. ***** is such a strange word. Will pee work any better? Will urinate convey the same raw emotion? ***** on it.

SRMark · 05-16-2007, 05:09 AM

One can only imagine how a Ferrari club would use a woman.

05-15-2007, 10:17 AM	#71
Kreb_Cycle Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 872	Re: Riding With the Winds of Change: The 2008 KLR Thanks, I'm confident it will be ok. I've got the best traffic lawyer in the city. The Ferrari club here uses her almost exclusively. __________________ He was a fattish but active man of paralyzing stupidity, a mass of imbecile enthusiasms—one of those completely unquestioning, devoted drudges on whom, more even than on the thought police, the stability of the Party depended. - George Orwell _1984_

05-15-2007, 12:01 PM	#72
JoelReiter Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 15	The 2008 KLR -- no six speed? This is tragic. All good changes, but I totally agree with Dean Hight about the missing 6th gear. The KLR doesn't even have a wide-ratio 5-speed. A motorcycle that weighs over 400 lbs. and still buzzes its rider on the interstate is vulnerable. I predict the other members of the big four will reenter the adventure touring market without making the same mistake. When the inevitable comparison tests are done, Kawasaki will finish low because they were too cheap to modify the crankcase castings. Bad move, Kawasaki. You could have made it really hard for the others to compete.

05-15-2007, 12:05 PM	#73
XB12X Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2	Re: Riding With the Winds of Change: The 2008 KLR Kawasaki did that. They call it the Versys. Europe only.

05-15-2007, 01:15 PM	#74
lefty337 Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 18	Re: Riding With the Winds of Change: The 2008 KLR that's a goofy looking bike but I like it. If only it were here

05-15-2007, 01:19 PM	#75
gas_pig Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 138	Re: Riding With the Winds of Change: The 2008 KLR ..the Versys is also available in Canada. __________________ "Of course, don't ever tell anybody they're not free 'cause they're gonna get real busy killin' and maimin' to prove to you that they are..." -George Hanson

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05-15-2007, 06:14 PM	#76
The_Aerodynamic_Head Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Nash Vegas, Tennessee Posts: 446	Re: parallel twin power to the people. Fair enough, but you don't work at a workingman's shop; you work at ATD (right?), the local Church of All Things Shiny and Exotic, where there are no prices posted because, "If you have to ask, you can't afford it." You guys, with yer red paint, and yer unobtainum, and yer sexy foreign accents that steal my girlfriend (humbug)! Seriously, though, there honestly is a middle range between Euro-chic and bargain-basement. Not every Jap bike has to be $5-6k in order to sell. __________________ Headlight Fluid?! How dumb does he think I am? When I get back to base with that Elbow Grease, I'm gonna have a talk with the Sarge.

05-15-2007, 07:54 PM	#77
The_AirHawk Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Leanin' Tower O' P-P-P-P-POWAAAAAAAAA!!!! Posts: 11,430	Re: Riding With the Winds of Change: The 2008 KLR You make me smile when you say that! __________________ *Parfois, on fait pas semblant* Sometimes, it's not pretend Oderint Dum Metuant Let them hate so long as they fear политики предпочитают безоружных крестьян Politicians Prefer Unarmed Peasants Nothing to see here, Citizen. Move along now...

05-16-2007, 04:57 AM	#78
SRMark Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,465	Re: Riding With the Winds of Change: The 2008 KLR Then by all means go get this thing. The old one served me very well and I dearly miss it. There are so many KLR groups out there that you can find an answer to every question that'll pop up. There are accessories available that will take you to the far reaches of the world reliably. Screw the fantasy. For a few bucks, they will be a reality. Plus, you can use the bike for normal, every day stuff. Just realize that the seat is way-T-F up there and the valve cover & radiator shouds are gonna ***** you off from time to time.

05-16-2007, 05:06 AM	#79
SRMark Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,465	Re: Riding With the Winds of Change: The 2008 KLR Oops! I said ***. But I did get 5 stars for only four letters. Pretty good deal. * is such a strange word. Will pee work any better? Will urinate convey the same raw emotion? *** on it.

05-16-2007, 05:09 AM	#80
SRMark Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,465	Re: Riding With the Winds of Change: The 2008 KLR One can only imagine how a Ferrari club would use a woman.