you don't know how lucky you are

[Bill Fargusson]

Hello Group I am a long time lurker absorbing all of the worthy data for improving the functionality of my A19. My farkel improvements are almost complete. The last was the Doo-hicky which was still intact. I did replace it and used the short spring. I'll be moving to the Clear Lake area of Northern California, Elk Mountain Road to Lake Pillsberry. This area is great for Dual Sport and Off Road riding. The reason for my coming out of the woodwork is to get some idea of the reliability of the Garmin 376C. I am now using the the 3 Plus that has limited capability. Has anyone have any input that would help with my decision to purchase or not. Thanks in advance. Bill Fargusson Puyallup WA

[Blake Sobiloff]

On Dec 6, 2006, at 7:00 AM, Bill Fargusson wrote:

> The reason for my coming out of the woodwork is to get some idea of > the reliability of the Garmin 376C.

Hi Bill! I'm not sure I've heard of anyone using the 376C here; several of us (including myself) have the 76Cx or 60Cx and have found them to be very well suited to the bike. The SiRF chipset does wonders for lock time and accuracy. You can search the archive and see several lengthy posts about Garmin units if you're curious. Enjoy! -- Blake Sobiloff http://sobiloff.typepad.com/blakeblog/> http://sobiloff.typepad.com/klr_adventure/> San Jose, CA (USA) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Ian Schoenleber]

Great post. I've been preaching the same thing to my friends and family who like to talk about buying some exotic bike, usually a KTM. Heck, my dad can hardly work on a KLR, how is he going to deal with the KTM? My advice to other KLR riders is always the same: you don't know how good you have it. The ease of running and maintaining this bike is amazing; once the versatility of the KLR is considered (and I really do think it's the most versatile bike in the world), we have a real winner here. My other bike is a DRZ400S, it's pretty easy to live with, but still I think the KLR takes the cake for simplicity of maintenance. I'll be leaving in a week or so for my third run through death valley. Hundreds of miles of 80 mph highway, hundreds of miles of 60 mph dirt roads, sand, rocks, you name it - the KLR will do it. It won't break, and if the muffler falls off, I can fix it with bailing wire and zipties. I can't take the DRZ because it doesn't have the fuel range or the highway capability, and I can't take a bigger bike because I need decent off road capability. I really like this bike. -Ian "maniac" S.