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And we will be in Montrose CO for the COG (Concours Owners Group) Nat'l 2nd wek of July '02 Yeehaw! See ya Marc? Dan P (Connie and KLR rider, best moto'ing in the universe)) Graham WA

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., wrote: > Lots of people seem to have both KLR650s and Connies. > -- Marc Illsley Clarke, Kawasaki KLR650 A12, Loveland, Colorado, USA

And we will be in Montrose CO for the COG (Concours Owners Group) Nat'l 2nd wek of July '02 Yeehaw! See ya Marc? Dan P (Connie and KLR rider, best moto'ing in the universe)) Graham WA

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., wrote: > Lots of people seem to have both KLR650s and Connies. > -- Marc Illsley Clarke, Kawasaki KLR650 A12, Loveland, Colorado, USA

The people who complain about buzzy Connie's are not KLR riders! We know buzzy. I know that a lot of Concours riders install higher bars and and footpeg lowering kit. Seriously, I have long lusted after a Concours and probably would have bought one instead of the KLR if I could have afforded it. In all likelihood my next bike will be either a Connie or a DL1000. Ralph Ralph E. Hanson rhanson40@... 99 KLR 650 http://www.wvu.edu/~journal2/west

At 8:15 PM -0500 1/13/02, Ralph Hanson wrote:

>In all >likelihood my next bike will be either a Connie or a DL1000.

How about a Transalp? Mark B2 A2 A3

Well, since new Transalps aren't an option in the US.... Seriously, an Africa Twin continues to be my main object of lust, but again it suffers from the Not Imported Here disease. Ralph

>At 8:15 PM -0500 1/13/02, Ralph Hanson wrote: >>In all >>likelihood my next bike will be either a Connie or a DL1000. > >How about a Transalp? >Mark >B2 >A2 >A3

Ralph E. Hanson rhanson40@... 99 KLR 650 http://www.wvu.edu/~journal2/west

At 8:28 PM -0500 1/13/02, Ralph Hanson wrote:

>Well, since new Transalps aren't an option in the US.... > >Seriously, an Africa Twin continues to be my main object of lust, but again >it suffers from the Not Imported Here disease.

I just remember that you wanted a Transalp as a 40th birthday gift to yourself. There's one available in my town. Mark B2 A2 A3

Amen to that. The Africa Twin would be about the perfect backroads and dirt roads bike here in AZ. I should probably be looking for a Connie for my next bike, but I've been seduced by the new ST1300. That's probably going to cost about 1.9 Connies with ABS when they show up this summer. Jett

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Ralph Hanson wrote: > Well, since new Transalps aren't an option in the US.... > > Seriously, an Africa Twin continues to be my main object of lust, but again > it suffers from the Not Imported Here disease. > > Ralph >

Message: 15 Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 20:15:06 -0500 From: Ralph Hanson rhanson40@...://www.wvu.edu/~journal2/west Subject: Re: I sat on a Concours NKLR The people who complain about buzzy Connie's are not KLR riders! We know buzzy. I know that a lot of Concours riders install higher bars and and footpeg lowering kit. Seriously, I have long lusted after a Concours and probably would have bought one instead of the KLR if I could have afforded it. In all likelihood my next bike will be either a Connie or a DL1000. Ralph Ralph E. Hanson 99 KLR 650 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have tried the Concourse, good mileage eater, good wind protection, stable enough if you do not push it too much in the corners but it is a very boring ride. I would consider the DL1000 to be a much better choice from the specs and power characteristics from a V-twin. Gerry [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Regarding corners, I don't think the person who took this photo http://www.concours.org/scrapbook/pronto2a.jpg was too bored. -Lujo

> I have tried the Concourse, good mileage eater, good wind > protection, stable enough if you do not push it too much in the > corners but it is a very boring ride. I would consider the DL1000 > to be a much better choice from the specs and power characteristics > from a V-twin. > > Gerry

> I have tried the Concourse, good mileage eater, good wind

protection, stable enough if you do not push it too much in the corners but it is a very boring ride. I would consider the DL1000 to be a much better choice from the specs and power characteristics from a V-twin.

> > Gerry

Gerry, I have considered a Connie too. What makes a bike a boring ride to you? Brad