Home | Community | Message Board


This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.


Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: Kraken Kratom Red Vein Kratom   PhytoExtractum Maeng Da Thai Kratom Leaf Powder

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1 | 2  [ show all ]
OfflinePDU
travel kid vs.amerika
 User Gallery


Registered: 12/03/02
Posts: 10,675
Loc: beautiful BC
Last seen: 8 years, 6 months
Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04.
    #10340633 - 05/14/09 10:11 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

So im super looking forward to getting into motorcycle riding.

My search for a bike to be my new commuter/offroad adventure tool, and hopefully a long distance hwy/touring machine, has lead me to conclude that a Kawasaki KLR 650 is what i need.

I've pretty much wrapped my mind around buying this model of bike. - its known as one of the best all around machines.

Yesterday, i was disappointed to find out a 2000 w/ high milage and all the necessary upgrades, was "promised" to a priest...

So i was looking around and found this:

In a nearby town. an 04 with 4096kms on it, some upgrades, and all original paperwork. The bike is pretty much brand new! $4500, but he said he'd knock a few hundred bucks off and throw in a helmet!

The guys a nurse but kept on saying "buddy, dont worry about it." real friendly though, says he bought a harley. - always feel sketchy buying stuff privately :S

Going to check it out on Monday!


--------------------
GO OUTSIDE.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineCountry1
Ehhh
Male


Registered: 03/11/09
Posts: 544
Loc: Canada Flag
Last seen: 2 years, 2 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: PDU]
    #10340643 - 05/14/09 10:13 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

Personally not my style but if you like it why not?

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflinePDU
travel kid vs.amerika
 User Gallery


Registered: 12/03/02
Posts: 10,675
Loc: beautiful BC
Last seen: 8 years, 6 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: Country1]
    #10340664 - 05/14/09 10:17 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

Yeah, it looks a bit pussy all shiny and plasticy!

The 00 i was looking at looked a bit tougher:



--------------------
GO OUTSIDE.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineCountry1
Ehhh
Male


Registered: 03/11/09
Posts: 544
Loc: Canada Flag
Last seen: 2 years, 2 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: PDU]
    #10340692 - 05/14/09 10:22 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

The red I think would look nicer i'm just not into the dirtbike look it's got going on. A harley or that bike are what i've been looking into recently.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflinePDU
travel kid vs.amerika
 User Gallery


Registered: 12/03/02
Posts: 10,675
Loc: beautiful BC
Last seen: 8 years, 6 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: Country1]
    #10340717 - 05/14/09 10:27 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

This is more what im going for:



Im pretty stoked - amazing price for that many KM's + condition.

Alot better than alot of the ads i've seen, anyways.


--------------------
GO OUTSIDE.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineCountry1
Ehhh
Male


Registered: 03/11/09
Posts: 544
Loc: Canada Flag
Last seen: 2 years, 2 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: PDU]
    #10340732 - 05/14/09 10:31 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

Ahhh a traveling bike that is legit. If I needed a bike to pack all that shit onto I would choose that model as well. Or a nice new BMW cycle.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinemoe.phan
listening for the secret
Male User Gallery


Registered: 10/15/08
Posts: 2,592
Loc: searching for the sound
Last seen: 6 years, 10 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: Country1]
    #10340763 - 05/14/09 10:36 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

KLR's are good bikes. i'm sure you'll be happy with it.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineFuzedBox
Male User Gallery


Folding@home Statistics
Registered: 07/20/08
Posts: 1,724
Loc: FL
Last seen: 9 years, 5 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: Country1]
    #10340777 - 05/14/09 10:39 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

The KLR is an amazing machine. I was looking into buying one for years because of gas mileage and that especially nice offroad capability (I live in north Georgia, tons of gravel and dirt roads/trails). I wound up getting an '07 Kawi ZZR600 for speed and fun over the other two advantages of the 650, but I had two dirtbikes anyway. Go for one, even get a new 08/09 model; sexiness.

My ZZR:


--------------------
“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong”  -Voltaire

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineMrBump
Third prize is you're fired
 User Gallery


Registered: 10/01/02
Posts: 4,263
Loc: Denver, Colorado
Last seen: 4 years, 8 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: PDU]
    #10340783 - 05/14/09 10:40 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

I am not a dirtbike person either. but Kawasakis are good quality bikes.


--------------------
If it weren't for the bloody corpses, I wouldn't have any corpses at all.

There are two ways to get to the top of an oak tree: start climbing or sit on an acorn.

Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineFuzedBox
Male User Gallery


Folding@home Statistics
Registered: 07/20/08
Posts: 1,724
Loc: FL
Last seen: 9 years, 5 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: MrBump]
    #10340797 - 05/14/09 10:42 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

Kawi's are indeed great, I always either ride green or ride red; Honda can make a hell of a bike engine. Speaking of which, there's also the Honda XR650, overall same feel and style of the KLR, just uglier by a longshot.


--------------------
“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong”  -Voltaire

Edited by FuzedBox (05/14/09 10:43 PM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflinePDU
travel kid vs.amerika
 User Gallery


Registered: 12/03/02
Posts: 10,675
Loc: beautiful BC
Last seen: 8 years, 6 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: FuzedBox]
    #10340861 - 05/14/09 10:52 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

you know, im a fan of the Ugly bike. Im actually quite turned off by the sparkly newness of the top one i posted...

I was looking at a used 2004 honda xr650 last night when i thought the klr was sold out from under me. It seems to be alot more trail oriented than road oriented...

Another benefit of the KLR is the amount of aftermarket parts available + like you were saying great milage with power and onroad off/road capabilities.


--------------------
GO OUTSIDE.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineFuzedBox
Male User Gallery


Folding@home Statistics
Registered: 07/20/08
Posts: 1,724
Loc: FL
Last seen: 9 years, 5 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: PDU]
    #10340886 - 05/14/09 10:55 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

Aftermarket for the win, but I do prefer the red's tourqier engine. I only looked for KLRs because both of my aforementioned dirtbikes were Honda. If I was to get an on/off road bike now, I have to say that I adore the new KLX 250.



--------------------
“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong”  -Voltaire

Edited by FuzedBox (05/14/09 10:57 PM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflinePDU
travel kid vs.amerika
 User Gallery


Registered: 12/03/02
Posts: 10,675
Loc: beautiful BC
Last seen: 8 years, 6 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: FuzedBox]
    #10340931 - 05/14/09 11:05 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

There are several of those for sale, used, around here.

Certainly cheaper to insure and gas up, however - definately not capable as a long distance touring bike + quite a bit more uncomfortable for long hwy rides.


--------------------
GO OUTSIDE.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinehpi
Tsar Bomba
Male User Gallery


Folding@home Statistics
Registered: 01/17/07
Posts: 11,922
Loc: Montreal, Canada Flag
Last seen: 10 months, 22 days
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: PDU]
    #10340974 - 05/14/09 11:19 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

OP, I wouldn't ride that bike with a gun to my head.

Honestly I wanna push people off their bikes when they ride those ugly contraptions!

I'm also 110% against buying something that's used so another reason I wouldn't buy it.

That's just me though :shrug:


--------------------
Tohu Tehom Theli Than Leviathan Tanin'iver Taninsam!
Tohu Tehom Theli Than Leviathan Tanin'iver Taninsam!


There exists one lie that is the absolute worst. A lie that has successfully infiltrated many of the Western governments. This lie is Christianity, and it must be fought in every way, shape and form. Burn the churches and kill the priests. The abomination that is Christianity must be wiped from this Earth.





4-Methyl-Aminorex

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflinePDU
travel kid vs.amerika
 User Gallery


Registered: 12/03/02
Posts: 10,675
Loc: beautiful BC
Last seen: 8 years, 6 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: hpi]
    #10341044 - 05/14/09 11:33 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

You made a convincing argument hpi - i guess ill buy a triumph or buell, or maybe a yamaha, instead.


--------------------
GO OUTSIDE.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineMrBump
Third prize is you're fired
 User Gallery


Registered: 10/01/02
Posts: 4,263
Loc: Denver, Colorado
Last seen: 4 years, 8 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: PDU]
    #10341075 - 05/14/09 11:41 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

i dont know, I like the Triumph Bonneville but I hear that Triumphs are
prone to mechanical problems. I would really like a Moto Guzi but I fear
that mechanical issues would make it costly to maintain b/c the bike is
Italian and parts therefore would be expensive.

I dont see the problem with used cycles. I am in the market for a used
Yamaha, Honda, or Kawasaki.


--------------------
If it weren't for the bloody corpses, I wouldn't have any corpses at all.

There are two ways to get to the top of an oak tree: start climbing or sit on an acorn.

Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflinePDU
travel kid vs.amerika
 User Gallery


Registered: 12/03/02
Posts: 10,675
Loc: beautiful BC
Last seen: 8 years, 6 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: MrBump]
    #10341120 - 05/14/09 11:53 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

Totally - used is the way to go.

The second the bike leaves the lot, it depreciates nearly 50% unless its something in hot demand/specialty bike.

Lots of rich folk buy bikes and then figure it's "not for me" and sell them cheap. - which sounds like is what happened with the bike i am looking at.

From what i know, motorcycles are pretty dependable, especially the lowertech ones.

Why buy new, when you could buy used? Do you like throwing out money hand over fist for the tinsy bit of security buying new MIGHT buy you, hpi?

Being an informed consumer is the most important part of buying used..

I dont know why you'd want to push people off "ugly" dualsports - they're functional + extremely practical.

I suppose we all have our own reasons for wanting to ride...

Me: I want to go to remote places, i want to commute cheap, i want to not be insulated in a car. I want to beat around the bush + go far pff places, without breaking the bank. I want to not be reliant on a gas guzzling car.


--------------------
GO OUTSIDE.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineMrBump
Third prize is you're fired
 User Gallery


Registered: 10/01/02
Posts: 4,263
Loc: Denver, Colorado
Last seen: 4 years, 8 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: PDU]
    #10341286 - 05/15/09 12:28 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

wow, I had no idea had no idea bikes depreciated that fast.

bikes in general are pretty dependable, but I have decided to
stay away from the Italian and British bikes b/c parts cost more,
plus the amount of people knowledgeable enough to fix them
is smaller so it would probably cost more in the long run.

just like cars, you cant go wrong with Jap bikes.

I dont mind dual sports at all, but my main reasons for riding are cheap
commutes and to be out of my car. lol, I have put about 5k on my 2005 Subaru 
in the past 2 yrs b/c I prefer to ride my motorcycle or scooter everywhere ( i work
downtown and can park my scoot right in front of the building on the sidewalk for free
instead of paying $100 a month to park in the garage)

I dont like Harleys b.c I view the bike as more of a cultural phenomenon. I dont want
to have to start cutting the sleeves off all my t shirts just to fit in w. that crowd. 

I am looking for a bike w. a sidecar, actually. Anyone have any experience w/ sidecars?


--------------------
If it weren't for the bloody corpses, I wouldn't have any corpses at all.

There are two ways to get to the top of an oak tree: start climbing or sit on an acorn.

Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineFuzedBox
Male User Gallery


Folding@home Statistics
Registered: 07/20/08
Posts: 1,724
Loc: FL
Last seen: 9 years, 5 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: MrBump]
    #10341316 - 05/15/09 12:33 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

MrBump said:
i dont know, I like the Triumph Bonneville but I hear that Triumphs are
prone to mechanical problems. I would really like a Moto Guzi but I fear
that mechanical issues would make it costly to maintain b/c the bike is
Italian and parts therefore would be expensive.

I dont see the problem with used cycles. I am in the market for a used
Yamaha, Honda, or Kawasaki.




Maybe on some of their conventional bikes, but I can find no fault with the sexy 3-cylinder Daytona 675 (And neither can the toughest critics). My next bike, btw.



--------------------
“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong”  -Voltaire

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlineunretarded
Tick and poisionoak collector
Male User Gallery


Registered: 02/20/08
Posts: 4,401
Loc: Cali
Last seen: 8 years, 10 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: MrBump]
    #10341323 - 05/15/09 12:34 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

Dual sports are where it`s at......big bang for the bux......

Street bikes are nice ,but limited.


--------------------
I love our leaders and the feds ,they are great people and the laws they make help us!:rofl2:

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineFuzedBox
Male User Gallery


Folding@home Statistics
Registered: 07/20/08
Posts: 1,724
Loc: FL
Last seen: 9 years, 5 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: unretarded]
    #10341337 - 05/15/09 12:36 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

unretarded said:
Dual sports are where it`s at......big bang for the bux......

Street bikes are nice ,but limited.




I find dual-purpose highly attractive, but hate the overall compensations they have for sake of balance. Might as well get task specific bikes, which has always suited me just right. Forest trails and tracks for my off roaders. While the curvy ass roads that go over Blood Mountain, about 15 minutes from where I live, plus daily transportation, go to my ZZR

Edited by FuzedBox (05/15/09 12:46 AM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinehpi
Tsar Bomba
Male User Gallery


Folding@home Statistics
Registered: 01/17/07
Posts: 11,922
Loc: Montreal, Canada Flag
Last seen: 10 months, 22 days
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: FuzedBox]
    #10341393 - 05/15/09 12:48 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

FuzedBox said:
Quote:

MrBump said:
i dont know, I like the Triumph Bonneville but I hear that Triumphs are
prone to mechanical problems. I would really like a Moto Guzi but I fear
that mechanical issues would make it costly to maintain b/c the bike is
Italian and parts therefore would be expensive.

I dont see the problem with used cycles. I am in the market for a used
Yamaha, Honda, or Kawasaki.




Maybe on some of their conventional bikes, but I can find no fault with the sexy 3-cylinder Daytona 675 (And neither can the toughest critics). My next bike, btw.






That's my kinda bike! I;m dead set on getting a Ducatti 999R in the next couple years. I wouldn't mind owning a Triumph but Ducattis are the shit :eek:


--------------------
Tohu Tehom Theli Than Leviathan Tanin'iver Taninsam!
Tohu Tehom Theli Than Leviathan Tanin'iver Taninsam!


There exists one lie that is the absolute worst. A lie that has successfully infiltrated many of the Western governments. This lie is Christianity, and it must be fought in every way, shape and form. Burn the churches and kill the priests. The abomination that is Christianity must be wiped from this Earth.





4-Methyl-Aminorex

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflinePDU
travel kid vs.amerika
 User Gallery


Registered: 12/03/02
Posts: 10,675
Loc: beautiful BC
Last seen: 8 years, 6 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: FuzedBox]
    #10341394 - 05/15/09 12:48 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

$$$ for task specific bikes :O

dualsport will be a good introduction to motorcycling anyways... although street bikes + dirt bikes just dont appeal to me at all.

Maybe a harley or burly cruiser oneday...


--------------------
GO OUTSIDE.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlineunretarded
Tick and poisionoak collector
Male User Gallery


Registered: 02/20/08
Posts: 4,401
Loc: Cali
Last seen: 8 years, 10 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: FuzedBox]
    #10341403 - 05/15/09 12:50 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

I will take a little inconvenience over double taxes/double fees on plates /double insurance and double price and double the matinence....:grin:

You really cant go wrong on any type of cycle ,they all rock...

It just starts to get out of hand after awhile.

I have a 5.0 mustang for a sports car ,a 66 chevy as a hotrod,a 93 mustang 4 banger as a economy car a one ton truck as a work truck and a 20 foot car trailer to haul shit and bring home the broken ones and a 37 foot motorhome to vacation in....2 seadoos ,the trailer for those and a jetski....then add 2 motorcycles....

Thats 9 plates every year and 12 oil changes and 12 tanks to fill and 12 things to insure and that takes up a 100 foot driveway a second 30 foot driveway and one on the street.One of always needs tires /plugs /oil change something ,it seems like a bill comes every month for something auto related,if it`s not insurance or plates ,it`s smog or one breaks down.:wow:


--------------------
I love our leaders and the feds ,they are great people and the laws they make help us!:rofl2:

Edited by unretarded (05/15/09 12:51 AM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineFuzedBox
Male User Gallery


Folding@home Statistics
Registered: 07/20/08
Posts: 1,724
Loc: FL
Last seen: 9 years, 5 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: PDU]
    #10341470 - 05/15/09 01:01 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

PDU said:
$$$ for task specific bikes :O

dualsport will be a good introduction to motorcycling anyways... although street bikes + dirt bikes just dont appeal to me at all.

Maybe a harley or burly cruiser oneday...




You mention price being an issue and bring up Harley as something you may want in the future. :rofl:

I don't blame you though, someday when I tire of being fast and uncomfortable, I want a cruiser... but fuck my ass before I get a Harley.


--------------------
“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong”  -Voltaire

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineMrBump
Third prize is you're fired
 User Gallery


Registered: 10/01/02
Posts: 4,263
Loc: Denver, Colorado
Last seen: 4 years, 8 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: FuzedBox]
    #10341489 - 05/15/09 01:05 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

I am past the point where going fast is the most important thing
Quote:

FuzedBox said:
Quote:

PDU said:
$$$ for task specific bikes :O

dualsport will be a good introduction to motorcycling anyways... although street bikes + dirt bikes just dont appeal to me at all.

Maybe a harley or burly cruiser oneday...




You mention price being an issue and bring up Harley as something you may want in the future. :rofl:

I don't blame you though, someday when I tire of being fast and uncomfortable, I want a cruiser... but fuck my ass before I get a Harley.




:lol:  :thumbup:


--------------------
If it weren't for the bloody corpses, I wouldn't have any corpses at all.

There are two ways to get to the top of an oak tree: start climbing or sit on an acorn.

Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflinePDU
travel kid vs.amerika
 User Gallery


Registered: 12/03/02
Posts: 10,675
Loc: beautiful BC
Last seen: 8 years, 6 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: MrBump]
    #10341552 - 05/15/09 01:27 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

well, im 23 and living off student loans right now. aka broke

Oneday ill be financially secure and old and have a beard.

(the beard goes with the harley.)

JK - im really not into harleys, but i do like the laid back style of cruisers, although they would certainly bore me at this point on my life. - however, i do like those old minimal 60's and 70's bikes, like the triumphs.

The only bikes that dont really interest me at all and i would probably never want to ride are sportbikes or superbikes like HPI posted.

Id rather ride to mexico, than look cool (like a prick) setting of car alarms with my exhuast, outfront of the coffeshop. 120km/h is plenty fast for me..

Ya know?

(jeeze, unretarded, thats alot of vehicles. - right now, learning my trade, i am having visions of $$ in the future, property, a cube van for festivalling, a minibike for burningman, artcars,, etc.... lookin' through buy'n'sells looking for a bike has perked my interest in motorvehicles + the possiblities. oh how nice it will be to have financial freedom...oneday.)


--------------------
GO OUTSIDE.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineFuzedBox
Male User Gallery


Folding@home Statistics
Registered: 07/20/08
Posts: 1,724
Loc: FL
Last seen: 9 years, 5 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: PDU]
    #10341573 - 05/15/09 01:32 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

I completely agree with you, the adrenaline I feel from riding hard and fast, on tight roads, and sometimes from police is priceless. I do know that one day I will begin to not like this style, and that I would rather sit back and soak in the nice air and scenery; I catch myself parking on the side of cliff roads often to admire the mountains and forest as it is, I just can't appreciate that when I'm tearing up roads at 120. You're only a year older than me and in the same situation I was in. I sacrificed my car for my bike, I regret and love that decision daily.

Edit: I do like me an old ratbike!


--------------------
“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong”  -Voltaire

Edited by FuzedBox (05/15/09 01:34 AM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisibleohmatic
searcher
 User Gallery


Registered: 02/28/04
Posts: 6,742
Loc: europe
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: FuzedBox]
    #10341586 - 05/15/09 01:36 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

i wouldnt, buy a nice ducati monster.


--------------------
:penis: MONOTUB tek :sun: HEATBOMB tek :penis:

RIP #cultivation! ....can't associate? well FUCK U !

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineFuzedBox
Male User Gallery


Folding@home Statistics
Registered: 07/20/08
Posts: 1,724
Loc: FL
Last seen: 9 years, 5 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: ohmatic]
    #10341624 - 05/15/09 01:48 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

Meh, I would never go further than a litre for a sport bike. Even though I can ride anything I touch, I'm lightweight, tall and prefer a somewhat nimble bike.


--------------------
“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong”  -Voltaire

Edited by FuzedBox (05/15/09 01:49 AM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisibleohmatic
searcher
 User Gallery


Registered: 02/28/04
Posts: 6,742
Loc: europe
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: FuzedBox]
    #10341656 - 05/15/09 01:55 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

heh im also more of the keep it safe and low type, thats why i love my 125cc lol :sun:


--------------------
:penis: MONOTUB tek :sun: HEATBOMB tek :penis:

RIP #cultivation! ....can't associate? well FUCK U !

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflinePDU
travel kid vs.amerika
 User Gallery


Registered: 12/03/02
Posts: 10,675
Loc: beautiful BC
Last seen: 8 years, 6 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: ohmatic]
    #10346172 - 05/15/09 09:19 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

Went to the shop to check out the 08 KLR 650.

Damn things massive... Im 6' and cant touch my feet flat to the ground.


--------------------
GO OUTSIDE.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisiblePolk_Audio3
Moon Cricket
Male User Gallery


Registered: 02/16/09
Posts: 7,163
Loc: Amsterdam
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: unretarded]
    #10346203 - 05/15/09 09:26 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

Yeah that motorcycle looks pretty good man! Thing about them is you are going to crash and crash hard one day brotha.


--------------------

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflinePDU
travel kid vs.amerika
 User Gallery


Registered: 12/03/02
Posts: 10,675
Loc: beautiful BC
Last seen: 8 years, 6 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: Polk_Audio3]
    #10346296 - 05/15/09 09:47 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

To be honest - i am intimidated by it!

Its actually as big as those BMW touring bikes, and taller than Goldwing!

Im trying to evaluate my reasons for buying a bike. Originally it was for economy - cheap gas and insurance.

The klr 650 will be 2/3rds the price of a car to insure and half the cost on gas and much less on maintenence...

However, a smaller 400cc would be considerably cheaper (and was what i was originally looking for...)

However, now that i've started researching motorcycles more thoroughly, i've started imagining touring roadtrips, going to festivals and backcountry camping with a bike... Which the 650 will excell at.

I can hardly see the point in spending $2500 on a smaller bike to "feel out" motorcycling, and then upgrading next year...

But the "$4500 question" is will i be adventuring enough to justify the expense of using it as a commuter aswell?

I think so...

I've never bought anything with a loan. Maybe i just got the willies when i got caught by surprise.

Seems like my stepdad (who used to ride when he was my age..) and who is guding my purchase, is trying to get me to buy something smaller...


--------------------
GO OUTSIDE.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisiblebuckwheat
Cynically Insane


Registered: 12/09/02
Posts: 11,179
Loc: Not Enough Characters to ...
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: PDU]
    #10346772 - 05/15/09 11:42 PM (14 years, 10 months ago)

www.advrider.com

The shroomery for the these bikes..;)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflinePDU
travel kid vs.amerika
 User Gallery


Registered: 12/03/02
Posts: 10,675
Loc: beautiful BC
Last seen: 8 years, 6 months
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: buckwheat]
    #10346892 - 05/16/09 12:07 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

Aha. Sweet. I've got 6 browsers open to similar sights, so much information to absorb, i can see this becomming an awesome hobby. Im especially looking forward to learning to wrench and trick out my bike.

Weird how i was having doubts earlier. Stepdad was playing tricks with my mind. The 650 is definately the way to go.


--------------------
GO OUTSIDE.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Invisiblememes
Blessed


Folding@home Statistics
Registered: 01/11/05
Posts: 27,785
Loc: In a Tree
Re: Would you buy this motorcycle - Kawasaki KLR 650, 04. [Re: PDU]
    #10346899 - 05/16/09 12:10 AM (14 years, 10 months ago)

Man, motorcycles are fucking cool.  I've wanted one for ages, but was never allowed becuase my parents paid the bills.  Now that I'm in graduate school & am paying all my own expenses, this just might be in my future :thumbup:

Perhaps I'll pick one up this winter in the off-season.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1 | 2  [ show all ]

Shop: Kraken Kratom Red Vein Kratom   PhytoExtractum Maeng Da Thai Kratom Leaf Powder


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Anyone ride a Motorcycle? ghost_FL 1,831 17 12/18/09 09:36 AM
by druqs
* Trade Motorcycle for Car - What do you think? PDU 423 6 07/07/13 09:25 PM
by ZippoZ
* Thinking about buying a Motorcycle!
( 1 2 all )
felix 4,064 21 06/09/07 06:04 PM
by felix
* Fuckin bikers..
( 1 2 3 all )
Shiithead 1,756 48 09/03/17 09:43 PM
by x Ju x
* Which Motorcycle.....
( 1 2 all )
Mighty Bop 2,895 32 06/05/05 09:30 PM
by felix
* I'm thinking about getting a motorcycle UPDATED: Got it!
( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 all )
pwnasaurus 8,157 156 07/14/13 12:20 AM
by The Vapor
* Just returned from my first Motorcycle Safety Class
( 1 2 3 all )
NewbieS 4,463 43 09/26/10 08:40 AM
by Dosile Kouki
* Motorcycles
( 1 2 3 4 5 all )
blink 9,238 93 06/05/06 07:52 PM
by drSE

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Entire Staff
2,736 topic views. 6 members, 47 guests and 66 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2024 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.04 seconds spending 0.01 seconds on 14 queries.