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I remember when you bought this bike and I thought to myself "Why the heck did he buy that?!?" Today I'm thinking to myself "Why the heck is he selling that?!?" I guess I'm just a contrarian. lol
I got the KLR because it was the only bike in the showroom that I could comfortably operate. +2" seat, lower pegs, taller bars and it's Tailor Made for my 6'5" self.
most Hondas parallel twins only require 87 octane, I believe the manuals say "86 or higher". Their 286cc singles are also 87... I think the cb650r also only requires 86 or higher.
He's a big boy but who wants to pick up a 650 KLR over and over again? If at 2:50 is big enough for the guy on the ogre channel it's big enough for spite.
@@papatorr3669 Yeah well...having ridden this exact Hawk...I have an interesting perspective. I have no problem with 250s but this one is definitely an interesting beast.
@@DorkintheRoad honestly, I can't remember why I was even watching this video. But now that we've gone down this road pray tell what makes the hawk interesting to you?
I feel you on the no public land, I live in South Western Ontario and we are the same, no big empty unowned land, No federal land, it's all farm land owned by somebody.
Man my lab just passed away suddenly on the 19th and you comparing the bike to a lab just killed me 😢. I guess it's across the rainbow bridge for both of them.
I fell in love with the KLR when I was 13 years old. I had posters of it on my wall. I finally bought one when I was 30.. I have owned 3 and I will always own one. My 2016 Camo is my hunting and fishing bike and is parked between my Pan America and my Electra glide, ready to go in case I have to "bug out".
I purchased mine at the same time. Sold it a couple of weeks ago. Great bike, not perfect. But good enough at everything. Very happy to have had the experience.
All the best to you Spite! I know just how you feel, thought my ride is just beginning on my new klr 650 adv abs, I'm saying goodbye to my vulcan 900. The roads here where I reside south of Arizona are not suitable for street bikes. Despite taking on these roads like a beast, she'll need to go to a better home away from these eroded asphalt roads and washboard dirt roads. Regardless though, they were and are still loved dearly for taking us on awesome rides and making everlasting memories together!
I've been set on a KLR 650 after a long time spent just dreaming. I don't have the bike or license yet, but I have the time and job to do it, and my heart yearns for the desert. Lol
I completely understand your feelings on this. At the start of the week I sold my '99 Suzuki Intruder 1500. It was the bike that got me riding again after 30 odd years off bikes. It was bitter sweet seeing it go cause it served me well for almost two and a half years until I upgraded to a 2010 Suzuki Boulevard C-109R in mid Feb. Since then it was just sitting in the garage taking up space, and not being appreciated. I was sad seeing it go, but happy someone else was going to get to enjoy it now.
I am really fond of my '98 KLR. It makes me happy, and it's simple enough that even an idiot like me can do maintenance. My it live long in your memories.
Yeah I miss living in Louisiana around all those refineries! Gas was easily $1 less than the rest of the country! Now I live WAY too close to commiefornia and the gas is ridiculous!
I really wanted a KLR. Then I said “nah maybe I don’t really need it or won’t get much out of it”. But god, this video makes me want one again…damn it!!
Didn't know about the public land thing in Texas. That's a huge bummer. I'm in New Mexico, it it seems like half of the license plates I see in recreation areas are from Texas. Makes even more sense now.
I had a 2009 low mileage for 8 months. I couldn’t shift it with my giant boots. Not a great shifter design. Bought a new 390adv and love it. My KLR rear suspension couldn’t hold it on the stand if there was the slightest hill.
I'll vouch a million times for Vanocker Canyon, live about an hr away and basically learned to ride a street bike out there. The best section of road I've ridden and I ride around 15-20k miles a year
I’d like to add this one to my collection. It reminds me of my Trail 125. Such a fun little bike that I’ve had stupid adventures on. I’d love something a little larger and more capable though to take me to farther away trails. I was a cruiser guy for years, but that trail 125 really made me want to switch to EDVs full time.
Isn't that what motorcycles are all about? Building memories, remembering places you've been or things you've seen along the way? The KLR isn't flashy or overly exciting, but they give you 90% of whats important. You're going to get another one years from now 🤫😉
Haha I'm the complete opposite. Seeing any kind of dirt on my bike pisses me off and it must be cleaned.....at least well enough that I don't notice it, doesn't have to be 100%. But if I see it all splattered, UGH, NO!! I don't really offroad much anyway, so it's usually just road gunk, but if I did offroad more, I'd be cleaning it all the time, or at least just the more bigger visible parts. I like my vehicles to be as pristine looking as possible.
To the point of "Not enough public land to ride on" - Similar problem here in central Alabama. It's a minimum hour of pavement to get to any decent public offroad riding.
I just sold my Ninja 650 over the Easter weekend after almost 18 years of ownership because I'm riding it less than other bikes in my stable. I have lots of great memories on that bike too, but I just bought a KTM Duke 200 & have already started making new memories with it. The memories are from the adventure you're riding through, not the bike you're riding on.
Super sad to see the klr go. I'm hoping I'll be in the market for one soon. Just not quite in the market yet. Love my kl600 though. Just keeps on keeping on. :)
This is just like when I came to terms last year with trading in my Husky 701 SM. Much as I loved it and wanted to make it work, it just wasn't right for me and what I was currently looking to get out of my riding. Had to be honest with myself and trade it in for something more comfortable for the longer journeys and adventures that I have been wanting to do, but something that I can still have fun with blasting around on the weekend, which the 701 was indeed great for. Is what it is, that's the motorcycle journey for each and everyone of us.
I've got the 690 Enduro... and actually use it for dualsport. But man for anything over 45min at highway speeds I wish I was on something else. Wind/buffeting/buzzing just tires you out. So I totally understand buying something different for comfort: hope you enjoy whatever you get next!
@MikeKirkReloaded Yeah. I live 1.5 hours down the highway from the nearest large city where I used to live and still have family. That 1.5 hours was always a slog on my 701. Haven't had the chance to do it on my new bike yet, but the dealer I bought it from is along that route and taking the bike 1 hour from it to my place on the highway was night and day in comparison.
A KLR without a windshield looks so wrong 😂 Love your videos Spite, if you’re ever in the Montreal or Ottawa area in Canada I’d love to go riding with you offroad
@@KB-yj5xp where do you go off-roading? I’m on the Quebec side in Gatineau so we have the Outaouais trail club plus all the mountains north of here. I’d like to get on some dirt on the Ontario side though
@@cliffordjordan9577 I'm a sport bike guy, the 511 up to Calabogie is a regular ride, they do have off road trails up there too, I've just never been on them.
I really liked the KLR I had. But I never really used it to its capabilities. Took it through some fields. Some light trails that's about it. I used it to go hog hunting and camping. That might happen four or five times a year. Got lucky when the Scrambler came up for sale I was able to trade the KLR and a t120 I had straight up for it. I basically use the Scrambler as a cruiser. Which probably hurts a lot of feelings. 🤣
Are you considering getting out of Texas? I get how weighty of a decision that'd be, but I think going somewhere with mountain twisties, public land to do ADV and dirtbike stuff on, maybe a more bike-friendly climate, and so on could make a lot of sense as a bike content creator. I've been looking at Northern Nevada myself, in my case mostly because it's amazing for aviation but it's also an awesome place for riding and I'm planning on getting my first dual sport or ADV to take advantage of it once I'm there.
@@thierryfaquet7405 There are some advantages, but Twitch streamers and so on aren't reliant on the local environment in the way that a biketuber like Spite is.
Ive had those same exact gloves for 3 years. Just getting around to replace them now. Great ventilation, but the leather wore out and is too big for me now.
Where do you go for 91 octane? The West coast, at least in Cali and Nevada; it's the highest you can get without finding a special gas station that carries higher. Further east, 93 is what's common.
Many people who read the owner's manual of European or Japanese bikes don't realize they use a different system to measure octane than the US. When you see 91 octane using the RON system (Europe/Japan), that's equivalent to 87 octane in AKI (US/Canada/Mexico).
I tried the KLR 650, the DR650, and the f650 GS Dakar. But at 5'4" It wasn't worth it. It seems to be a good fit for you. But if there's no adventure land then what good is an adventure bike? I have a CB 750 Nighthawk with Adventure tires and it gets me down any gravel or dirt road that I want to go. I avoid Rocky off-road trails because no bike is truly an off-road bike without a skid plate. For off-road dual purpose I still like my XT 225 and the TW200.
I am trying hard to trade my beautiful 01 KLR650 with only 6k miles for a goldwing lol. I love it so much, but I have dreams of taking my wife on trips. Waiting on a guy right now. Ugh. Love my bike! Wish I had the cash, I'd keep it.
I don’t see ever getting rid of my KLR but if I stop riding it I won’t let it sit. I visited Texas a few months ago and paying less than $5 per gallon for gas is amazing. 😂 California is so expensive in so many ways.
Curious your thoughts of using the pay and spray washing method. I’ve taken three bikes to those places and ended up with speedometer/ABS/odometer problems with all of them. How do avoid screwing something up at the pay and sprays?
After all the crap you got for buying it, it's sad to see it go but these things happen. I miss my stryker I sold for my V strom which I traded for a bigger V strom and then traded in for my dirtglide. I'm sure I'll miss that when it's gone too. But we'll always have the memories we made on them.
ive had my KLR for a year now just did the desert 100 stump jumpers in WA. Ive been eying a T7 for awhile now but then KTM re released the 790 so im flip flopping and cant decide. On paper the KTM seems better at 95hp vs 72 on the T7 but the T7 is dead reliable and big aftermarket my brother has a KTM and even replacing a brake lever was $100 so i dont know i think im leaning more T7
I tow my KLR on my small trailer with my 04 Subaru Forester when I need to get to the promised land. Flat land Chicago sucks too. Brother, Sister and mother all live in Texas and want me to join them. Out of frying pan and into the fire. Moving to Texas. Flatland but a lot hotter.
never got adventure bikes too big to doing fast trail riden a cr250 gona crush it yet a 400 cafe bikes gona kill it on the road..i mean its cool for dirt roads
Spite would you recommend buying a used KLR650 for the purpose of it mainly being an off-roader? I’ve got other bikes for street use. EDIT: I found a new 23 klr650 traveler abs for 4.5k. Would love some input sir!
You should just keep it as a long range tourer if you can't go offroading reasonably or haul it in your van.... Even if you hardly ever use it just keep it parked in the corner of the garage and save it for rainy days (metaphorically, not literally rainy days lol)... You're gonna regret getting rid of it man
Letting a vehicle sit is bad for it in a whole bunch of ways. I also have to keep it on the insurance to do that which means I'm paying for a bike I'm not riding.
@@spitescorner All you have to do is ride it just once every few months maybe top up the battery right beforehand if needed, the battery is really the only thing to worry about when a bike has been sitting for months, it needs to sit for YEARS before you start having other concerns, just do your normal pre-ride checks and you should be fine... plus the gen 3 doesn't even have a carb anymore to worry about the jets clogging up... and insurance on mine is only like $50 for the whole year lol, but it's obviously your call I just hear from everyone who sells theirs how they regret it. I suppose you could always buy another if you decide to go back to it some day.
Never done vanocker canyon on a bike even tho i live right there. I know spearfish canyon better so that was my flow spot. Now bikeless still missing my fz09
I'm a middle aged man who lost the love of my life about 2 years ago and now 2 of my best friends are getting into bdr and they want me to join them but I need a ride. I've saved up about 4000 over the last year but life of a single middle aged waiter is not a lot but I could get about another 1000 if I had a week or two but I still need protection but hit me up if you think I can afford it
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2019 Honda Africa Twin (the best one)
Legitimately, I want you to review and check out the BRAND NEW Indian 101 Scout!
Tiger 900 Rally Pro. I know you love a good 3-cylinder.
Another moto guzzi, obviously! Maybe v100 😮
new himilayan perhaps?😊
Hell yeah, clear the room for the Ninja H2R we all know you desire deep, deep down.
I remember when you bought this bike and I thought to myself "Why the heck did he buy that?!?"
Today I'm thinking to myself "Why the heck is he selling that?!?" I guess I'm just a contrarian. lol
I was so happy when I picked it up, but I just don't have the space to ride it anymore. It deserves to go on adventures.
In my opinion anything that is built to be offroading should be tech free and as simple as possible.
Time for a big DR!
Better to have KLR’d and lost then to never have KLR’d at all.
Golden comment 😄
God damn if this isn't true😢 amen
The coolest thing about the KLR is the only thing I clean is the chain
I got the KLR because it was the only bike in the showroom that I could comfortably operate. +2" seat, lower pegs, taller bars and it's Tailor Made for my 6'5" self.
6'5 ain't that tall btw
The Labrador example is a bit bad.
You NEVER trade or drop your Labrador.
most Hondas parallel twins only require 87 octane, I believe the manuals say "86 or higher". Their 286cc singles are also 87... I think the cb650r also only requires 86 or higher.
I did not see you ditching the KLR and keeping the Hawk.
Dirt riding makes strange bedfellows.
He's a big boy but who wants to pick up a 650 KLR over and over again? If at 2:50 is big enough for the guy on the ogre channel it's big enough for spite.
@@papatorr3669 Yeah well...having ridden this exact Hawk...I have an interesting perspective. I have no problem with 250s but this one is definitely an interesting beast.
@@DorkintheRoad honestly, I can't remember why I was even watching this video. But now that we've gone down this road pray tell what makes the hawk interesting to you?
I feel you on the no public land, I live in South Western Ontario and we are the same, no big empty unowned land, No federal land, it's all farm land owned by somebody.
And the few places of off roading that do exist, you gotta pay. =/
Man my lab just passed away suddenly on the 19th and you comparing the bike to a lab just killed me 😢. I guess it's across the rainbow bridge for both of them.
I fell in love with the KLR when I was 13 years old. I had posters of it on my wall. I finally bought one when I was 30.. I have owned 3 and I will always own one. My 2016 Camo is my hunting and fishing bike and is parked between my Pan America and my Electra glide, ready to go in case I have to "bug out".
I purchased mine at the same time. Sold it a couple of weeks ago. Great bike, not perfect. But good enough at everything. Very happy to have had the experience.
All the best to you Spite! I know just how you feel, thought my ride is just beginning on my new klr 650 adv abs, I'm saying goodbye to my vulcan 900. The roads here where I reside south of Arizona are not suitable for street bikes. Despite taking on these roads like a beast, she'll need to go to a better home away from these eroded asphalt roads and washboard dirt roads. Regardless though, they were and are still loved dearly for taking us on awesome rides and making everlasting memories together!
I've been set on a KLR 650 after a long time spent just dreaming. I don't have the bike or license yet, but I have the time and job to do it, and my heart yearns for the desert. Lol
I completely understand your feelings on this. At the start of the week I sold my '99 Suzuki Intruder 1500. It was the bike that got me riding again after 30 odd years off bikes. It was bitter sweet seeing it go cause it served me well for almost two and a half years until I upgraded to a 2010 Suzuki Boulevard C-109R in mid Feb. Since then it was just sitting in the garage taking up space, and not being appreciated. I was sad seeing it go, but happy someone else was going to get to enjoy it now.
I mean, bikes and beards has a MT-10...
I am really fond of my '98 KLR. It makes me happy, and it's simple enough that even an idiot like me can do maintenance. My it live long in your memories.
Honestly love how that bike looks
280 a gallon! ahhh to live near the refinery
I live near the refineries in northern Commiefornia... $5.79 / gallon last week for 91 octane. Regular 87 is even $5.19 🤬
Here in the UK I am having to pay around £1.40 per litre. The tax man really shafts us brits.
Yeah I miss living in Louisiana around all those refineries! Gas was easily $1 less than the rest of the country! Now I live WAY too close to commiefornia and the gas is ridiculous!
$2.085/Litre AUD is the cheapest 95RON around where I live. I can't get over how cheap fuel is in the US.
€2.21 pr/Liter in Nederland.
The politicians are doing their gods' work.
The break up had me so teary eyed I couldn't see the like thumb . A good owner is on the way, enjoyed the video
I dropped a tear (or two) when I sold my MT07 so I know exactly what you’re dealing with… too many good memories are made in those machines.
I really wanted a KLR. Then I said “nah maybe I don’t really need it or won’t get much out of it”. But god, this video makes me want one again…damn it!!
Mine's for sale 😉
Didn't know about the public land thing in Texas. That's a huge bummer. I'm in New Mexico, it it seems like half of the license plates I see in recreation areas are from Texas. Makes even more sense now.
Zero public land, tell that to the squatters climbing through your window to steal your house!
I had a 2009 low mileage for 8 months. I couldn’t shift it with my giant boots. Not a great shifter design. Bought a new 390adv and love it. My KLR rear suspension couldn’t hold it on the stand if there was the slightest hill.
Loving the Screaming Seagull sticker!!
I'll vouch a million times for Vanocker Canyon, live about an hr away and basically learned to ride a street bike out there. The best section of road I've ridden and I ride around 15-20k miles a year
I bought my KLR650 on your recommendation. As much as i love the buy a im feeling ready to upgrade. Fun bike but time to move on.
I’d like to add this one to my collection. It reminds me of my Trail 125. Such a fun little bike that I’ve had stupid adventures on.
I’d love something a little larger and more capable though to take me to farther away trails. I was a cruiser guy for years, but that trail 125 really made me want to switch to EDVs full time.
Don’t do It!!!! I sold mine last year and it’s the only bike I’ve ever missed. It’s the memories that make it special.
Good stuff , sad to see her go !
Move to Michigan
When the klr morphed into a cfmoto that threw me for a loop
Isn't that what motorcycles are all about? Building memories, remembering places you've been or things you've seen along the way? The KLR isn't flashy or overly exciting, but they give you 90% of whats important. You're going to get another one years from now 🤫😉
True. I'm on my 2nd KLR, but I live in Utah (adv bike heaven).
Haha I'm the complete opposite. Seeing any kind of dirt on my bike pisses me off and it must be cleaned.....at least well enough that I don't notice it, doesn't have to be 100%. But if I see it all splattered, UGH, NO!! I don't really offroad much anyway, so it's usually just road gunk, but if I did offroad more, I'd be cleaning it all the time, or at least just the more bigger visible parts. I like my vehicles to be as pristine looking as possible.
To the point of "Not enough public land to ride on" - Similar problem here in central Alabama. It's a minimum hour of pavement to get to any decent public offroad riding.
I just sold my Ninja 650 over the Easter weekend after almost 18 years of ownership because I'm riding it less than other bikes in my stable. I have lots of great memories on that bike too, but I just bought a KTM Duke 200 & have already started making new memories with it. The memories are from the adventure you're riding through, not the bike you're riding on.
Super sad to see the klr go. I'm hoping I'll be in the market for one soon. Just not quite in the market yet. Love my kl600 though. Just keeps on keeping on. :)
It's such a good bike.
Seamless bike change @16.10 very slick
This is just like when I came to terms last year with trading in my Husky 701 SM. Much as I loved it and wanted to make it work, it just wasn't right for me and what I was currently looking to get out of my riding. Had to be honest with myself and trade it in for something more comfortable for the longer journeys and adventures that I have been wanting to do, but something that I can still have fun with blasting around on the weekend, which the 701 was indeed great for. Is what it is, that's the motorcycle journey for each and everyone of us.
I've got the 690 Enduro... and actually use it for dualsport. But man for anything over 45min at highway speeds I wish I was on something else. Wind/buffeting/buzzing just tires you out. So I totally understand buying something different for comfort: hope you enjoy whatever you get next!
@MikeKirkReloaded Yeah. I live 1.5 hours down the highway from the nearest large city where I used to live and still have family. That 1.5 hours was always a slog on my 701. Haven't had the chance to do it on my new bike yet, but the dealer I bought it from is along that route and taking the bike 1 hour from it to my place on the highway was night and day in comparison.
excellent video as always spite!
A KLR without a windshield looks so wrong 😂 Love your videos Spite, if you’re ever in the Montreal or Ottawa area in Canada I’d love to go riding with you offroad
Hey I'm in the Ottawa area ! Cheers
The problem is its bolted to the front end so if you drop it, you break the windshield, not the mounts.
@@spitescorner makes sense for sure
@@KB-yj5xp where do you go off-roading? I’m on the Quebec side in Gatineau so we have the Outaouais trail club plus all the mountains north of here. I’d like to get on some dirt on the Ontario side though
@@cliffordjordan9577 I'm a sport bike guy, the 511 up to Calabogie is a regular ride, they do have off road trails up there too, I've just never been on them.
I also have a 2015 klr, and ride it more than my other bikes, its just a big comfy tank, a jeep bike.
I really liked the KLR I had. But I never really used it to its capabilities. Took it through some fields. Some light trails that's about it. I used it to go hog hunting and camping. That might happen four or five times a year. Got lucky when the Scrambler came up for sale I was able to trade the KLR and a t120 I had straight up for it. I basically use the Scrambler as a cruiser. Which probably hurts a lot of feelings. 🤣
Versys 650 here we come!
Are you considering getting out of Texas? I get how weighty of a decision that'd be, but I think going somewhere with mountain twisties, public land to do ADV and dirtbike stuff on, maybe a more bike-friendly climate, and so on could make a lot of sense as a bike content creator. I've been looking at Northern Nevada myself, in my case mostly because it's amazing for aviation but it's also an awesome place for riding and I'm planning on getting my first dual sport or ADV to take advantage of it once I'm there.
I think Texas is really interesting fiscally for content creator. A lot of twitch streamers and youtubers moved there because of this.
@@thierryfaquet7405 There are some advantages, but Twitch streamers and so on aren't reliant on the local environment in the way that a biketuber like Spite is.
@@thierryfaquet7405 no state tax is why
@@HarrisonFjord-n3v oh ok. As an european I never really tried to search why.
You have to come to Ontario Canada or The western Canada
Ive had those same exact gloves for 3 years. Just getting around to replace them now. Great ventilation, but the leather wore out and is too big for me now.
Keep the KLR...
Naaaaah. I hope he gets a PanAmerica, or something he'll be over the moon about, one day.
@CaptainJacksIsland A PanAm would be sick, I hope HD gets it to a point of consistent reliability because I love that bike
The tiger rally series have the 21" fronts, too, to add to your list of the few big adv bikes that have 'em.
too bad, KLR's are great bug out bikes.. have one setup ready to go with everything needed . .
Where do you go for 91 octane? The West coast, at least in Cali and Nevada; it's the highest you can get without finding a special gas station that carries higher. Further east, 93 is what's common.
Many people who read the owner's manual of European or Japanese bikes don't realize they use a different system to measure octane than the US. When you see 91 octane using the RON system (Europe/Japan), that's equivalent to 87 octane in AKI (US/Canada/Mexico).
Nice vid, Freddy Foreshadowing 😂
Hey Spite, got a completely modded DRZ-S that will go straight from the road to hard enduro trails for sale here!
I tried the KLR 650, the DR650, and the f650 GS Dakar. But at 5'4" It wasn't worth it. It seems to be a good fit for you. But if there's no adventure land then what good is an adventure bike? I have a CB 750 Nighthawk with Adventure tires and it gets me down any gravel or dirt road that I want to go. I avoid Rocky off-road trails because no bike is truly an off-road bike without a skid plate. For off-road dual purpose I still like my XT 225 and the TW200.
If I still had a job I would have made you an offer today.
I am trying hard to trade my beautiful 01 KLR650 with only 6k miles for a goldwing lol. I love it so much, but I have dreams of taking my wife on trips. Waiting on a guy right now. Ugh. Love my bike! Wish I had the cash, I'd keep it.
I don’t see ever getting rid of my KLR but if I stop riding it I won’t let it sit. I visited Texas a few months ago and paying less than $5 per gallon for gas is amazing. 😂 California is so expensive in so many ways.
I'm lucky to be in FAR west TX and have literally thousands of miles of amazing off-road riding in New Mexico within 5 miles.
Say it aint so Spite!!!!
I am actually looking for a KLR 650. I am brand new to adventure riding. A retired Air Force veteran.
Well there you go.
Come grab mine 🙂
If yall keep it up I'm gonna start a KLR channel and be the only one left.
I wish regular gas was that cheap, it's $3.25 here
KLR is the Honey Badger of Motorcycles!!!
A bumper hitch knocks off a mile per gallon?!
Say whaaaa🧐
Yeah premium works out to about 10 cents a miles if your getting over 40 mpg.
Curious your thoughts of using the pay and spray washing method. I’ve taken three bikes to those places and ended up with speedometer/ABS/odometer problems with all of them. How do avoid screwing something up at the pay and sprays?
I love your videos man
most of the WMA land in SC is "no motorized vehicles" so horse or foot. we need more public land in this country.
Those gas prices though
After all the crap you got for buying it, it's sad to see it go but these things happen. I miss my stryker I sold for my V strom which I traded for a bigger V strom and then traded in for my dirtglide. I'm sure I'll miss that when it's gone too. But we'll always have the memories we made on them.
People gave me grief, and then I took it places it shouldn't have gone and all the grief stopped.
I don't blame you for trading the KLR for a Versys 650 😉
Perfect bike for the 6'4"+ beginner.
You should try the CRF300L rally. I always thought that bike looks really cool
I can imagine it's double sided to sell the bike! Hope it goes an owner type you mentioned.
ive had my KLR for a year now just did the desert 100 stump jumpers in WA. Ive been eying a T7 for awhile now but then KTM re released the 790 so im flip flopping and cant decide. On paper the KTM seems better at 95hp vs 72 on the T7 but the T7 is dead reliable and big aftermarket my brother has a KTM and even replacing a brake lever was $100 so i dont know i think im leaning more T7
Turbo hayabusa here we come!!!!! just kidding.
Im buying a klr in a few days. I dont want my RT to get dirty.
I tow my KLR on my small trailer with my 04 Subaru Forester when I need to get to the promised land. Flat land Chicago sucks too. Brother, Sister and mother all live in Texas and want me to join them. Out of frying pan and into the fire. Moving to Texas. Flatland but a lot hotter.
Paint your garage walls!
I have the paint, I just don't have the time.
@@spitescorner lol heard that
never got adventure bikes too big to doing fast trail riden a cr250 gona crush it yet a 400 cafe bikes gona kill it on the road..i mean its cool for dirt roads
Spite would you recommend buying a used KLR650 for the purpose of it mainly being an off-roader? I’ve got other bikes for street use.
EDIT: I found a new 23 klr650 traveler abs for 4.5k. Would love some input sir!
You should just keep it as a long range tourer if you can't go offroading reasonably or haul it in your van.... Even if you hardly ever use it just keep it parked in the corner of the garage and save it for rainy days (metaphorically, not literally rainy days lol)... You're gonna regret getting rid of it man
Letting a vehicle sit is bad for it in a whole bunch of ways. I also have to keep it on the insurance to do that which means I'm paying for a bike I'm not riding.
@@spitescorner All you have to do is ride it just once every few months maybe top up the battery right beforehand if needed, the battery is really the only thing to worry about when a bike has been sitting for months, it needs to sit for YEARS before you start having other concerns, just do your normal pre-ride checks and you should be fine... plus the gen 3 doesn't even have a carb anymore to worry about the jets clogging up... and insurance on mine is only like $50 for the whole year lol, but it's obviously your call I just hear from everyone who sells theirs how they regret it. I suppose you could always buy another if you decide to go back to it some day.
Will you do a testride of the Honda Transalp 750 anytime soon? Would be interesting. Cheers from Sweden.
If I can get my hands on one, I will, but I don't have Honda test ride connections right now.
Your jacket looks like jabba the hut
Should have taken it through the automatic wash. That would have been a blast! (No pun intended)
I didn't have my swimsuit 🤣
I’ve always wanted to do that...
Never done vanocker canyon on a bike even tho i live right there. I know spearfish canyon better so that was my flow spot. Now bikeless still missing my fz09
You could donate it to a 50 yr old man who's still dreaming of a first bike. ADV riding is all kinds of possible in Ky! Just sayin.😁
I feel like you haven't done everything. It doesn't sound like it's been LS swapped yet
The KLR is the Cheryl Tunt of bikes
YOU'RE NOT MY SUPERVISOR!
@@spitescorner wait, who is my supervisor?
This is THE ONE you WILL regret SELLING, losing, giving up, getting RID OF.
This it’s THE ONE that you will 🫤🥺☹️😩😢😞!!!!!!!!
Hey Spite, a little off topic, but do you still have the vfr 800?
Do you have a list of all the mods you've done?
I know a "Slipknot - Iowa" shirt when I see one!
That's actually the Orbit Culture shirt. It's the Antlers.
@@spitescorner I 've got some listening sessions to do then, never heard of them before :D Thank you!
What’s the price?
Moving On from 1982, huh?
Hey! 1987...
I'm a middle aged man who lost the love of my life about 2 years ago and now 2 of my best friends are getting into bdr and they want me to join them but I need a ride. I've saved up about 4000 over the last year but life of a single middle aged waiter is not a lot but I could get about another 1000 if I had a week or two but I still need protection but hit me up if you think I can afford it