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That's what I thought. "Robert J. Kaub" wrote:

> The BMW is better because it costs a lot more. > So it must be better. > Thanks. > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

> ok i am new to this club and i want to get a dual purpose bike i am > loking at the klr650 and the bmw 1100 which one is better and why > will the klr650 make long trips easy or what?

very different bikes...think of dual purpose bikes on a coninuum...the GS and Quota heavyweights are on one end...the KLR is in the middle with a couple of other bikes and the very light sometimes high performance trail bikes with street legal equipment are on the other end. The KLR is the best adventure tourer made and the best value...the GS is a street bike with some offroad pretensions...it would be far more comfortable on pavement and two-up... Kurt

My opinion: 85MPH may be to speedy; I just don't know for sure. If you would have said 70-75MPH I would say no problem at all. Go For It. Pat Austin TX

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., russell_carpenter_ii@y... wrote: > hello I was just wondering do you think that the klr60 has enough > power to go around 85mph with a 5'9 260lbs guy on it? and do ya'll > think itcould make a 2000 mile trip with no problems?

60 or 650? if your talking about the KLR650 ask Andy he is 6'2" 260 something we were doing around 115 before we got our tickets.. there's a story here Dale

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., russell_carpenter_ii@y... wrote: > hello I was just wondering do you think that the klr60 has enough > power to go around 85mph with a 5'9 260lbs guy on it? and do ya'll > think itcould make a 2000 mile trip with no problems?

At 12:24 AM +0000 3/17/01, russell_carpenter_ii@... wrote:

>hello I was just wondering do you think that the klr60 has enough >power to go around 85mph with a 5'9 260lbs guy on it? and do ya'll >think itcould make a 2000 mile trip with no problems?

I'm 6' 0" 275 lbs and I take my Tengai up to 100 mph all the time. My '88 is geared lower, so I'll only do 80 max on it. I rode round trip from central PA to Daytona last year and I'd do it again. A friend of mine rode his '99 KLR from Binghamton, NY to the tip of Argentina last year. His only problem was a head-on with a truck. The KLR is an extremely popular bike for transcontinental adventure. Mark B2 31,000 trouble-free miles, runs like new. A2 abused 44,000 miles, consuming oil, but still reliable and no lack of power.

How did you get your 650 up to 115 (mph?)? Was it stock? I can get up to 90 mph fairly quickly but anything over that seems slow or impossible.

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Dale_Johnson@a... wrote: > 60 or 650? if your talking about the KLR650 ask Andy he is 6'2" 260 > something we were doing around 115 before we got our tickets.. > > > there's a story here > > Dale

Dale: Hey buddy, I think I'll call a freindly Bull Shot here. A stock KLR redlines in top gear at 106MPH. I'm not sure a stock KLR would even be able to pull redline in top gear. Even if you had the 16 tooth front sprocket, you would redline at 113MPH. I pretty darn sure the KLR couldn't pull redline in top gear with 16 toother. Downhill run? Frictionless day? Piled a VFR motor into the KLR? What the story? Pat Austin TX

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Dale_Johnson@a... wrote: > we were doing around 115 before we got our tickets.. > Dale