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[Charles Cranfill]

Hi, I just bought a 95 KLR650 with 11,000 miles on it. It runs great, no smoke, idles fine, etc....I was just wondering what reasonable life expectancy these monsters have. So far I've only had it off road for a couple hours, and I must say I was very pleasantly surprised. Very capable machine...glad to have found this list, too thanks, charles [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Guest]

Charles .... got almost 70k on mine .. just had it in for the 25k tune - up! It will out last my computer! PauL Bober A9 -----Original Message----- From: Charles Cranfill [mailto:cranfill@...] Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 8:02 PM To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_klr650] life expectancy? Hi, I just bought a 95 KLR650 with 11,000 miles on it. It runs great, no smoke, idles fine, etc....I was just wondering what reasonable life expectancy these monsters have. So far I've only had it off road for a couple hours, and I must say I was very pleasantly surprised. Very capable machine...glad to have found this list, too thanks, charles [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Checkout Dual Sport News at http://www.dualsportnews.com Be part of the Adventure! Visit the KLR650 archives at http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

[wingrj@aol.com]

In a message dated 5/19/02 19:55:39, cranfill@... writes:

>I was just wondering what reasonable life expectancy these monsters have.

Here we go again; 1990KLR650 = 65,000 miles befor major work done. Got tire of waiting for the matenance, and bought a 1995KLR650. Currently at 41,000 miles and counting. BTW, regretfully sold the 1990, thought for sure I could have gotten 100,000 out of it. Viewed best in the text font 'Courier' ___ /___\ (!* *!) __\^-^/__ / ___ \ _/ |___| \_ (__\=/ \=/__) O=|_[ ]_|=O \.---./ Wish I could go through life like I go through traffic

[slot2cars]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Charles Cranfill" wrote:

> Hi, > I just bought a 95 KLR650 with 11,000 miles on it. It runs great,

no smoke, idles fine, etc....I was just wondering what reasonable life expectancy these monsters have. So far I've only had it off road for a couple hours, and I must say I was very pleasantly surprised. Very capable machine...glad to have found this list, too

> > thanks, > charles > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>Just this weekend talked to a guy who has one of them Tengai

KLR..over 60000 miles...the thing looked pretty darn nice..wonder why Kawasaki only did them one year?? sharp looking bike.... R.J

[jstotler]

I'm looking at replacing my 1982 gl500 with another swiss army knife type of bike. The KLR looks like it'll fit the bill, but I haven't seen much mention of how long these bikes last. I hadn't really worried about it too much until I found this page: http://home.att.net/~flafrank/kawasaki.htm The guy says not to expect more than about 30k out of one.... How many miles can I reasonably expect? Can anyone recommend somewhere other than cycletrader.com for finding a used KLR within aboutt 200 miles of southern CT? thanks, fnord

[Allan Patton]

----- Original Message ----- From: "jstotler" > > The guy says not to expect more than about 30k out of one.... I'm inclined to disagree with that statement. My KLR has 61,000 miles on it. Ran just fine on the 200 mile ride to lunch today. Allan A14

[Guy B. Young II - COG Tech. Ed.]

Fnord, You know what? If my 4669 mile '02 took a dump tomorrow, I'd still be happy as a fly in poo... and I haven't even had it off road yet. This bike is a hoot and brings back an experience I'd had back in the late '60s when I was doing a lot of off roading. I'm and old fart and missed the 'thump.' I bought mine with 3114 miles on it off of eBay in January. Had to drive up to PA (near Philly) to get it, but I was going up that way anyway so killed 2 birds with one stone. Guy A16 '95 Concours Richmond, VA At 08:45 PM 5/7/03 -0000, jstotler wrote:

>I'm looking at replacing my 1982 gl500 with another swiss army knife >type of bike. The KLR looks like it'll fit the bill, but I haven't >seen much mention of how long these bikes last. > >I hadn't really worried about it too much until I found this page: > >http://home.att.net/~flafrank/kawasaki.htm > >The guy says not to expect more than about 30k out of one.... > >How many miles can I reasonably expect? > >Can anyone recommend somewhere other than cycletrader.com for finding >a used KLR within aboutt 200 miles of southern CT?

[kcuf_oohay_666]

My 2001 A15L has close to 30K on it now. These bikes should last past 60K easy.....If you take care of them. If you dont then maybe 30K is all you'll get. I ride mine to work every day rain or shine. I also use a cheap nylon bike cover to keep the sun and rain off when I'm not riding it. some people have over 80K on their bike. I would like mine to hit 100K.

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "jstotler" wrote: > I'm looking at replacing my 1982 gl500 with another swiss army knife > type of bike. The KLR looks like it'll fit the bill, but I haven't > seen much mention of how long these bikes last. > > I hadn't really worried about it too much until I found this page: > > http://home.att.net/~flafrank/kawasaki.htm > > The guy says not to expect more than about 30k out of one.... > > How many miles can I reasonably expect? > > Can anyone recommend somewhere other than cycletrader.com for finding > a used KLR within aboutt 200 miles of southern CT? > > > thanks, > fnord

[Guy B. Young II - COG Tech. Ed.]

As the Tech Editor for The Concours Owners Group (COG), I am the keeper of the mileage stickers for those whose bikes have achieved 50K, 100K, 150K, 200K, etc. Perhaps a Group could be formed of KLR/KLX owners? KLOG immediately comes to mind, but I'm presently loaded down with MGD so please dismiss any semblance to sanity. At my age and mentality, it's better known as stupid shit. Guy A16 '95 Concours Richmond, VA At 12:21 AM 5/8/03 -0000, kcuf_oohay_666 wrote:

>My 2001 A15L has close to 30K on it now. These bikes should last past >60K easy.....If you take care of them. If you dont then maybe 30K is >all you'll get. I ride mine to work every day rain or shine. I also >use a cheap nylon bike cover to keep the sun and rain off when I'm >not riding it. some people have over 80K on their bike. I would like >mine to hit 100K.

[kdxkawboy@aol.com]

In a message dated 2003-05-07 3:26:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jstotler1@... writes:

> > I'm looking at replacing my 1982 gl500 with another swiss army knife > type of bike. The KLR looks like it'll fit the bill, but I haven't > seen much mention of how long these bikes last. > > I hadn't really worried about it too much until I found this page: > > http://home.att.net/~flafrank/kawasaki.htm > > The guy says not to expect more than about 30k out of one.... > > How many miles can I reasonably expect? > >

My '95 had over 40,000 miles the day a Ford Explorer killed it. The replacement '99 broke 40,000 miles last month - also made the last payment. I don't see any reason to expect this bike will need much attention before hitting 60,000 and then a simple rung and valve job should do the trick. Pat G'ville, Nv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]