Going Green New Meaning
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Your not a sissy!!!!! I would put money on it, that there are quite a few KLR die hard dudes who ride more, or further for trips than alot of Harley riders do!!! Not everyone of course though!!! Oh, I am not saying this to start a debate or a thread of any kind, just saying!!! Each his own. I am enjoying more of the day trips last couple of years instead of cross country treks all of the time. Getting off the beaten path is also neat thing to see and do in the mountains on some forest service roads.
Frankly, i wish to not have alot of time to write about my Super Ten, but rather spend that time riding the damn thing i have patiently been waiting on for so long. Ok, i will write something!!!!
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Well, "next year" is only a month or so AFTER we are scheduled to get ours - so yours may not be too far behind and we will be reading your stories!!!RedRocker said:
i am excited to have sold my extra set of wheels and knobbies off of my newly acquired KLR650. Yippie!!! I think i did good to get $475 from them for the pair with sprockets and discs.
The KLR IS SOLD!!!! HA!!! $3500 bucks after I paid $3400 for it, and sold the extra wheels for $475!!! Not bad for a month of riding!!! Now, I have a GREEN MONEY PILE growing in my hand for when it comes harvest time of the green and pay me for a TENERE!!!!
Jeff, now what are you going to ride? It's still at least 3 months away... maybe more? Was the KLR that bad? I never have owned one but did not like it much when I rode it several times. It felt like it would not take pavement at 80 very well. I have 1 hour out of town solid metro each time I leave home.HoebSTer said:
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Congrats Jeff!!! Sounds like you did well on the pricing. KLR's typiclly hold their value pretty decent.HoebSTer said:
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IMHO, they don't handle higher freeway speeds that well - but then they were not designed for that. Still one of the better DS bikes over the years.motocephalic said:
MOtoceph, The klr was ok. i am a big dude at 6'2" 330 and riding 20 miles to work on hwy, it seemed a little small for me, both ergo's and oomph!!!! I know they are a good bike. I mostly wanted to try to make some money on the deal, and I did. This is a first for me in my life of dealing. Normally I give in and take it in the shorts.
I may throw out an offer to a guy this week for the heck of it for a 94 ST1100 with 91k on the clock. I want to get it for $1500 if i can, he is asking $1900. I just want to know if i can get my money back out of it before the Tenere gets here.
The past two weeks, I have worked on a car for one day and made $800 profit, then selling the KLR in a month and made $500, I like this making money feeling!!!!!! It's all going to the Tenere anyway!!!, Less money I have to take out of the family checkbook when the bike gets here.
I may throw out an offer to a guy this week for the heck of it for a 94 ST1100 with 91k on the clock. I want to get it for $1500 if i can, he is asking $1900. I just want to know if i can get my money back out of it before the Tenere gets here.
The past two weeks, I have worked on a car for one day and made $800 profit, then selling the KLR in a month and made $500, I like this making money feeling!!!!!! It's all going to the Tenere anyway!!!, Less money I have to take out of the family checkbook when the bike gets here.
Thanks Rod!!! Hey, have you heard from Digiacomo lately? Last I heard he was on his way back from Panama, and was near Florida.
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I get periodic updates from him. He will be at WeSTOC in Nelson BC later this month. Are you going to be there? Oh wait - you don't have a bike!!!!HoebSTer said: