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progressing,> IMHO, Harley quit making motorcycles a long time ago. Or quit
the> whichever way you look at it. > > Interesting marketing idea: double the price of a crap product and
too. On the contrary, I think Harley made a bold move with their V-Rod. Unfortunately, they made a bike for the masses, but only produce a limited number and allow their dealerships to add 50% to the price. Gino> yuppies think it must be good. I see BMW has picked up on that one
38mm forks weren't exactly cutting edge even in 1987! (I'd GLADLY pay another coulpa' hundred for a set of 44's off a KX. Would it kill KHI to make this minor change???) I luv my KLR anyway. It's almost obsolete as I feel sometimes, but I like to think I also have some utility and a few good times still left in me too. LOL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]> KLR's aren't exactly a dynamic platform of cutting edge motorcycle > development either, are they?
Amen brother. They kept putting in print that the bike would be about $13,000 to the masses. Ha I saw one in the cycletrader for $35,000 . ha ha ha ha . Keep your overpriced, overweight, tassle flapping p.o.c. Damn that could be 7 new KLRs. Mike P> On the contrary, I think Harley made a bold move with their V-Rod. > Unfortunately, they made a bike for the masses, but only produce a > limited number and allow their dealerships to add 50% to the price. > > Gino
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., jonathan.sykes@p... wrote: > Interesting marketing idea: double the price of a crap product and the > yuppies think it must be good. I see BMW has picked up on that one too.
love> Some Harley riders are OK people and love their bikes in the same way I
On the way back from Deal's Gap we were passed by 5 fairly large guys on some pretty sweet rides covered in all sorts of sleeping bags, etc. They also happened to be wearing very well-worn Outlaws leathers/jackets. I have no reason to believe they were not since, frankly they'd be killed if they were posing for it. I can only imagine what would be left of anyone in here who walked up to one of them and informed them they just bought a bike for the poser factor.> my KLR, some of them are obnoxious RUB's who are only interested in the > poser factor. You can't lump them all together.
Then again, I wonder what a group of 5 Outlaws would do if they happened
across a group of 5 KLR riders, all well worn, covered in touring gear, mud
on the bikes, and the same well-knowing look of someone who spent a lot of
time on the bike out in the middle of nowhere. Confused perhaps, but I'd
venture a reasonable amount of respect even if it wasn't directed at the
steed of choice.OK> You don't really think BMW makes a "crap product" do you? Their bikes are
I have owned one, so I can talk. The newer ABS equipped BMW bikes have some *serious* problems. The brakes don't work unless the engine is running. So if your engine dies, you have ZERO brakes. Also, when moving the bike around at home or at the shop, when you push it by hand, you can't use the brakes to stop it, cause it just keeps rolling. I have no idea how they got that past safety inspectors. BMW's of late are way over-engineered, to the point that they have way to many probable components to break. And what's with the 550 lb weight anyways? You lay that over and there's no way your gonna pick it up. Ryan> as far as I know.