Wilsons Sandbox

warpedrotor66@... wrote:

>Just giving notice to the board that a new member has joined. >Just purchased a 2000 KLR 650. It has 1890 miles, looks great, drives >great, so that means it is time to MODIFY! Right? >Loren McGrew >Mesa, AZ > >

What are you going to do with it? Based on personal experience, I would make the exhaust pipe the absolute LAST thing to modify (or leave it stock). You'll get more improvement/rideability per dollar out of just about any other mod. Devon

In a message dated 2004-06-08 5:40:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time, dvx800@... writes:

> KLR Hunter here again.. > > I would think that being water cooled and with good upkeep a KLR ought to > run at least 50K miles or more? How many miles is a lot of miles for a > KLR? > Is 14K a lot of miles? > > Oh, and I'm on digest so if you're up for it, > please CC me direct at dvx800@... > > I might have to get a new email addy like dklr650@... > > Thanks, Duncan > > >

I'm learning how far a KLR can go every day with my current ride.Its my second KLR and both have given a perfectly trouble free first 50,000 miles. If a Ford Explorer had not killed my first KLR I might have a good idea how far a KLR could go. The way both bikes were/are running at 50,000+ miles I don't see any reason not to expect at east 75,000 and am thinking it will be good for 150,000 with nothing more than popping in a new piston and rings along with a clutch at some point along the way. Pat G'ville, Nv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]