harley sighting

[ron criswell]

The little bike that can do anything except attract chics ( unless her daddy rode dirt bikes). A friend who has been a longtime Beemer guy got rid of his Beemer because of inability to solve its fuel injection problems and he is a mechanic. He says he never has a problem with Japanese fuel injection. He and others think Kawasaki should put the Versys engine in KLR's. That would give BMW 800's and Triumph Tigers some competition and really not make them much heavier with twice the power. A friend who does stuff like this is putting a Versy engine in a 08 KLR. He had to modify the bottom of the frame because of the oil filter but has solved that. Now he is trying to figure out how to modify the fuel injection intakes to fit. The Versys engine is actually a little shorter than the KLR engine and not much if any wider. Stay tuned. Criswell Sent from my iPad

On Oct 22, 2011, at 4:27 PM, "wollybugger" wrote: > I had just parked my KLR 650 and was heading for my appointment, when a fellow pulled up on a Harley and begin asking questions about my bike. It seems he and anaother fellow had made a run from Pargould, Arkansas to Deadhorse, Alaska. He said he and his riding partner had considered taking KLRs, but were afraid they wouldn't be adequate on the freeways between here and there, though he thought they would be ideal on the Dalton Highway portion of the run. They opted for BMW adventure bikes instead and were very disappointed. He said they were too heavy for the Dalton portion of their run. I assured him the KLR would do fine on the freeways and the Dalton Highway. > > Joe Grove > Paragould, AR > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]