KLR Clan: Why did you buy a KLR? (1/9)
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Why did you buy a KLR?	1 year 10 months ago	#88526	Street Hawk	Offline
I had the bad experience of being confronted by a stranger in a bike shop and after asking me if the KLR is my bike started telling me what a crap bike the KLR is. I am saying crap but he used more plain language. Personally, i bought the klunker because i likes the looks and versatility of the bike. I always wanted a dual sport and speed was not one of the main requirements. Luckily for him i was in a good mood and did not feel like making a scene. I am still content with my purchase. I get tired of people gunning other guys bikes. I say each to his own.	The administrator has disabled public write access.	The following user(s) said Thank You: Pannas, Baksteen Why did you buy a KLR?	1 year 10 months ago	#88529	lifegaurd	Ek het 'n ou geken wat vertel het dat as jy 'n poepol gebore is sal jy 'n poepol dood gaan.
Ek dink jy het met die poepol spesie te doen gehad.
Ek was nooit spyt omdat ek 'n KLR gekoop en gery het nie.Daai fiets gaan enige plek en is baie pret.
Also in my opinion a lot of brand loyalty for the bike with the owners supporting and even befriending one another.
Great bike! Confidence booster to step on to other dirt orientated machines.	The administrator has disabled public write access.	Why did you buy a KLR?	1 year 10 months ago	#88530	- B R -	Offline
Totally jelly that you are riding a bike with heritage...
Yeah the KLR is not the best bike out there, it's heavy, it drinks oil, it needs upgrades,...
But honestly I bought it because its my first bike, it can go offroad and I won't care if I twist it into a pretzel.
The KLR is like vacuuming using a straw, you learn control and the basics, then you move up to a vacuum cleaner like a KTM or BMW that will take the hard work from you.
At the end of the day: Isn't it more important that more people are riding bikes and discovering the thrill of two wheels?	A motto that I beat into granite, with my size 13's, during my introduction to my personal kindergarten: "It will kill me, but you first!"	The administrator has disabled public write access.	The following user(s) said Thank You: Pannas Why did you buy a KLR?	1 year 10 months ago	#88531	czekveld	Offline
Junior Boarder	2006 Green Fugly 66000km on 30-11-2013	Posts: 36
When I got mine I needed an affordable commuter that can handle dirtroads and whose speed wont kill me and which I can service and modify myself without special tools. KLR offered just that.
Then I stopped using it as my main commuting vehicle when I got a second car and found lots of fun out of using it to forget about work while driving very scenic and interesting dirtroads. Fell a few times and had either no damage, or very cheap to repair damage. Selling now because of the safety factor (bad roads and idiotic road users). But that applies to any bike you use one public roads. Just fell recently while cornering due to a spill on the road I didn't see (once again hardly any damage to the bike due to basic crashbars). Enjoyed the bike a lot and would not be selling if the safety factor was not an issue. Will buy one again in a wink should I decide to start riding again.	The administrator has disabled public write access.	Why did you buy a KLR?	1 year 10 months ago	#88540	RubiKLR	Offline
Having not owned any other brand
of dual sport motorcycle than kawasaki, I cannot speak for them.All I can
say is that the amount of fun I had on all 3 of my kawasaki dual sport machines
was astronomical and enough to make me fall in love with my set of wheels.
We have been through a lot..... together.
The lessons I've learned I will not easy forget and
looking back in seeing the person I've become
whilst riding....me , the machine....and my Maker. Standing together
in tough situations, picking ourselves up after an off, pushing onward
in a slippery spot and keeping on going when the going gets ruff. Though we sometimes
bottom out,come across failure, difficulty or pain, we always jump back.Like the wheels turning..onward..onward..onward, hitting rocks, ditches, splashing mud,
throwing stones, grass, sticks,clang clang goes the bash plate, follow the path..
follow the path...over, under, through, in, out....that's when I know that like myself,
the Great Rider Himself is guiding and steering my life's wheels in His path on my
journey to the greatest destination I will ever know....and that's why I ride a KLR.
Cause like my KLR, I'm under-powered, slow, fairly heavy and not exactly geared
for the journey but I have a Rider that is skilled, faithful and completely in
control and willing to to take me wherever He wants me to go .... God Bless.	It's never wrong to do the right thing	The administrator has disabled public write access.	The following user(s) said Thank You: Pannas, BradleyT, Chaplain, Prince, Roes Re:Why did you buy a KLR?	1 year 10 months ago	#88548	Riaan	Offline
Platinum Boarder	KLR 2009 Bloemfomtein Cheetah Ek like my KLR	Posts: 384
Ek het nou so ruk terug amper dieselfde vraag gevra " ń ou vra my so ruk terug nou waneer koop ek ń regte bike? " WTF vir die wat my ken sal glo dat ek amper ń aar gebars het. Jy kry silke k@k vra en aanmerkings van ouens wat self nie ń bike het nie of ouens wat BMW ry wat nog nooit self dual gery het saam met ń ou wat ń KLR ry nie. Ek het al saam BMW manne gery , as ons bymekaar kom vir eerste ride kyk al die ouens met BMW mekaar se bikes al wat jy hoor hoeveel het die en hoeveel het daai gekos . So staan ek maar daar by my KLR en luister maar na al die afshow en tos. Toe ons weg trek op die trip wat die roete voor die tyd bespreek was breek meer as die helfte BMW manne weg en ry teerpad . Ek en paar ander manne gryp die grondpad ek en my KLR vrinne hang eers terug want dit is tog BMW wat die vinnigste en beste moet wees. Ons het so twee km in die gat vas gekyk van die BMW toe kan ek nie meer nie en draai die KLR se oor en daar gaat ons KLR manne. Toe ons aankom by die afgespreke plek gestop en solank iets koud bestel toe kom die BMW manne aan , hulle klim af en loop reguit na die KLR's toe en staan daar en kyk en gesels. Toe die manne uiteindelik nader kom toe sê die een ou hy moet toegee hy het nooit gedink die KLR kan so stap nie hy voel hy het fout gemaak om BMW te koop want vir kwart van die prys kan hy presies doen wat hy wil doen en al wat hy kan sê met hoofletters RESPEK VIR KLR. So enigeste ou wat sal kak praat van KLR is ouens wat nie bike ry nie of ouens wat nog nooit saam ons gery het nie. Nooi hom om saam jou grondpad te gaan ry en ek sê jou hulle groot blink bekke raak stil.
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Bloemfontein	Last Edit: 1 year 10 months ago by Pannas.	The administrator has disabled public write access.	The following user(s) said Thank You: Pannas, Tig, Prince, Nic Re:Why did you buy a KLR?	1 year 10 months ago	#88549	Tig	Offline
Goeie vraag..Hoekom nou juis 'n KLR. Elke ou sal sy rede he, en dit het my laat dink wat is my antwoord op die vraag vir myself.
Ek is al deur 'n paar fietse deur die jare en die wat uitstaan vir my is die enkel silinder
"thumpers" is deur twee XT 500'S en een KDX 250 en die is my tweede KLR. die ander was pad fietse.
Ek moet dan ook se dat ek ry deesdae Solo....Ma willie meer ry nie In kort, Koop en ry wat jou plesier gee en die KLR doen dit op die stadium vir my...as ek my sin kry koop ek nog een....'n rooi groen een, want ek hoor hulle is vinniger Last Edit: 1 year 10 months ago by Pannas.	The administrator has disabled public write access.	The following user(s) said Thank You: Riaan Re:Why did you buy a KLR?	1 year 10 months ago	#88555	Riaan	Offline
Hahaha ek het ń rooi een en ry altyd voor so dalk is rooies vinnig.
Bloemfontein	The administrator has disabled public write access.	Re:Why did you buy a KLR?	1 year 10 months ago	#88566	Groenie	Offline
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Wat ry hy? Soopabaaik seker? Hy kan net vinnig ry, ons kan orals ry. En daar's plekke waar 30km/h donners vinnig is, maar hy sal dit nooit voel nie.	null	The administrator has disabled public write access.	The following user(s) said Thank You: Pannas, Tig, Riaan Why did you buy a KLR?	1 year 10 months ago	#88582	Lou	Offline
Platinum Boarder	- Middelburg MP -	Posts: 1436
Philip het op my eerste KLR bash vir my die volgende gese:
Die meeste van die ous wat KLR's ry kan duurder bikes bekostig, tog verkies hul die KLR. Die rede is dat die KLR n eerlike fiets is. Hy gee nie voor om iets te wees wat hy nie is nie.
En as ek kyk hoe (veral sekere brands) partei manne kan bling-bling, sien ek Philip se woorde was wragtag waar.	"Ek en my KLR het n love - hate relaitionship, ek sal love om hom te hate, maar hy bewys my aanmekaar verkeerd."	The administrator has disabled public write access.	The following user(s) said Thank You: Riaan, Stichhom Page:12345...9	Board Categories