stealership??

[Tengai Mark Van Horn]

Screw new. For that price, you can buy two low-mileage, expedition-ready KLR650s. Or, one KLR650 low-mileage, expedition-ready KLR650 and a nice vintage Mazda RX7, Fiat Spider, Triumph Spitfire, etc... Mark

[sourdoughmedic]

Good Day to all and GO LIONS! Does anyone have any experience loading a KLR onto a 2" receiver hitch bike ramp? I've seen some cons about tie down points but I'm looking for anything you may have to add. I'm only going to be on the highways and i'm trying not to buy a trailer, oh yeah it will be loaded on a jeep. Standing by, thanks. Larry

[achesley43@ymail.com]

I've been having a rear rack set up for my truck and KLR for about 8 years now. Plus hauling a DRZ and DR650 on it. You really need some help back there to handle the weight. Even with a near empty gas tank, the front of my truck is very light and twitchy. I did have air shocks which brought the rear back to about an inch from normal height. Now I have air bags which do a much better job that the shocks did. When get ready to unload, you can let some air out and it lowers everything about 4 or so inches on my truck. Makes it mo betta to load and unload the KLR. The weight of the bike is actually about 18" behind the bumper. I also run a tie strap from the handle bars to the rear bumper to help stopping the bike from rocking back and forth. I also added a rear tie down bar to help with the swaying also. But love the set up for certain trips where I'm gonna base on one place or gonna sleep in my truck at night and ride the bike all around in the day. Andy in Jennings.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "sourdoughmedic" wrote: > > Good Day to all and GO LIONS! > > Does anyone have any experience loading a KLR onto a 2" receiver hitch bike ramp? I've seen some cons about tie down points but I'm looking for anything you may have to add. I'm only going to be on the highways and i'm trying not to buy a trailer, oh yeah it will be loaded on a jeep. > > Standing by, thanks. > > Larry >