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kirvball
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Ridgeclough ron
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Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:17 am |
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Good job. I used spring compresser on the razer's shocks and it was a little scary and scratched the paint.
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Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 9:06 am |
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Awesome tutorial Kelly. I'm sure you notice a big difference with the stiffer spring! Although you should have just got an orange spring... one that's already attached to a KTM 690
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kiffer
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Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 9:24 am |
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Great work! Nice to see these types of tech tips coming from the SDSC.
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Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 8:21 pm |
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Kelly is still on team KLR!
No orange in his veins!
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kiffer
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:14 am |
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kirvball
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:26 am |
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kiffer
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:37 am |
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The thing about orange is that once you've tasted 67 HP from your 690 single you can't go back to your 43 HP KLR - it is amazing how gutless it feels.
If you want to stick with a KLR don't ride a 690... my 2 cents. Now if they would put the Versys twin in the KLR chassis - that would be a bike worth purchasing!
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kirvball
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:40 am |
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The KLR's weight and poor suspension are still Achilles heels. Don't get me wrong, I love my KLR, but I think I've now reached/overextended its capacity.
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:55 pm |
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Kawaski needs to upgrade the KLR to fuel injection and ABS(with off-road mode) for an extra $1000. At that price they would still sale lots of them and maybe even more of them. I'm thinking that even more riders would look at it with these 2 upgrade.
But it sill needs a fork brace, new springs and heavier oil up front and a new sping/shork outback!
I would love to try a 2017 KLR650 with all the kit mentioned above.
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