3 Things You MUST Know Before Buying A KLR650
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2024
- In this video we take a look at the Kawasaki KLR 650 and a few reason why this bike should be in your garage.
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I just bought mine on April 23, 2024. I am looking forward to the trails!!!
Nice my dude ride safe!
Love my '18, glad I got the last carb and no abs or digital dash.. Ride it every day, dirt to pavement & back to dirt 👍
Rock and roll 🤘thanks for watching!
How is it riding? Did you get the doohickey?
@@dufflebaggz990 Runs great, built the carb back to it's 1986 kit, my stock doohickey I adjust every oil change, no probs
Love my '23 Traveler.
Everything you've said is pretty spot on.
Reliable
Great MPG
Inexpensive
Parts are cheap
and the best part: COMMUNITY!
When the Big One drops, all that will be running will be cockroaches and KLRs.
Roaches and Sh!tHeads! Thanks for watching :)
Good video! My 2015 now has 59k miles and I just returned from a 5k mile trip from SW Colorado to NE Ohio and back. It did 600 mile days without issue, honestly with a 16T sprocket it wasn’t very buzzy. Solid, reliable bikes that can literally take you around the world inexpensively
That’s an awesome trip! I had the larger tooth sprockets when I first bought the bike and found it a bit choppy as for as throttle response OffRoad. When I went back to stock sprockets that odd power delivery issue went away. Have you noticed anything similar? Thanks for watching ;)
Thanks for the video, enjoying my 2023 adventure model, stopped riding Harley davidson because I was tired of cleaning every ride.
Thanks for watching! I’m going to ride my 2012 into the ground before getting a Gen3. That’s the good thing about riding a KLR if it’s clean you’re doing it wrong!
Heh...
"The Kalashnikov of motorcycles..."
:D
indeed sir!
Just got a KLR last month. I would say that the SV community is just as strong as the KLR's.
Could be. Thanks for watching!
I'm still riding my 16 year old 08 KLR650, bought her in Oct 2007 for $4200. She's never broken down on me. She just keeps on tractoring through all the mud holes over in the Osceola NF.
I don't ride my KLR on the freeways, (I have the ultimate touring bike for the freeways, a 2010 Harley Electrra-Glide). On the KLR I try to stay on the back roads where perfer to keep the speeds below 60mph (4000rpm's). I change my oil and filter about every 2K miles, (I go the whole 2000 miles without having to add oil). I adjust the valves, change the fork oil and grease the steer head bearings about every 10K miles. Disassemble the rear suspension and regease it and the axle bearings every time I change the rear tire. Clean the air filter as needed, that's about it. I did the .22 cent carb and removed the shorkle mods when the bike was new, haveen't had to touch the carb since. Run a Super Trapp muffler, sounds and runs great!
Awesome my dude! Thanks for watching
Wow 😊 1/2qt of oil per tank? 😂
Oh, I see, that's an older KLR 😊
Maybe try a 685cc kit in the future. Good video 👍
Yessir, that’s running at 5500 rpm for an extended period of time. If I’m riding below 75 mph I don’t burn any oil. It is older 2012 :) thanks for watching my friend
I can concur with the oil usage. I bought an '08 new and right off the floor it was an oil burner. I always carried a quart with me. So discouraging I sold it a year after.
I now have a new '23 Traveler KLR and it absolutely rocks! Love the FI and ABS.
No oil usage at all.
On the up side I don’t have to change the oil often because it burns some then I add some. 😂
I have an 08. Ive had it for several months now. I have just really started riding it. I noticed it uses oil. That's not a game changer for me. I really love the bike. I'll just buy some stock in an oil company.😅😅 great video.
I have a 2012 Blue KLR 650 and I ride it everywhere like you said gets buzzy on long rides but fun ride forsure
That’s the only real issue with the bike on long highway runs. Well mine burns some oil but that’s the price of doing business lol
Great video. I just purchased a 2022 and am extremely excited. Just curious what brand and where did you get your riding gloves?
Thanks and have a great day!!!
Those are Klim Dakar gloves u can get them on Amazon or eBay thanks for watching :)
Just bought a new 23!
Heck yeah!
Add a ‘thermo bob 2’…from Eagle Mike.
Read up on what it’s for and that will reduce that bit of oil consumption you deal with.
It maintains a consistent engine temp right?
I’ve thought about it just haven’t pulled the trigger. Thanks for watching!
Correct,it’s so easy to put on,you don’t even need to take your tank off.Yeah Man,I’d say go ahead and pull the trigger.@@klrshthead2906
I just might!
My 09 will not have another owner while i am living. I normally have no problems with the old Goat . Only second owner .
Thanks for watching my friend!
'22 traveler ABS here, Carb probably needs pulled and cleaned properly and when was the last valve check done?
That’s the next step over the winter. I check them when I pull the bike out of storage :) thanks for watching my friend!
Hey Virginia!
Indeed! Thanks for watching my friend :)
How difficult is it to ride when you have to wear glasses? I used to wear contacts and now I am not sure about trying to wear glasses inside my helmet.
It’s all about finding the right helmet. Find a retail shop that has a wide selection and try a bunch on. Also I’ve found that sport style glasses work best. I wear oakleys and the hinges are reenforced so they don’t flex while I’m riding and stay in place . Thanks for watching 🤙
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Thx for watching my friend!
What model year is this KLR?
2012 thanks for watching!
1. Gen1 is best. 2. Get a milk crate. 3. Rotella or die.
1.Gen2Crew. 2. My milk crate is currently filled with empty milk bottles. 3. Rotella is badass!
Thanks for watching!
My '23 is not eating oil that fast.
I hope not! I’ve not done a lot of research on the gen3 as far has higher mileage bikes eating oil. That will be interesting to see once those bikes get older.
you forgot the DR 650
That’s a great bike!
@@klrshthead2906 more power less weight. I got a klr gen 1, but i feel the weight off road, much different than the DR and the DR-Z that i have.
You must be more careful on a klr off road.
I adivise people to ride both before they buy it.
I had a Suzuki freewind that has the same Suzuki DR engine and it did 155 k/h easy.
The DR is better off road for sure and feels sporty on the road, but I’m tall and fat so I like the extra room and wind protection the KLR offers not to mention the cheaper price tag! Thanks for watching my friend :)
People who put exhausts on this bike is so saddening. Go deaf for a shit sound and no extra power is crazy
Thanks for watching my friend
The KLR is an antiquated piece of CRAP!!! I have an 05 and it is little more than a grocery getter. The biggest piece of shit in have owned in 50 years of motorcycles..
Agree to disagree my friend. Thanks for watching!
The First Run didn't have that Doohickey Problem,plus it's Easier to Upgrade, I'm sure.
Do the doo! Thanks for watching :)
I'm surprised yours eats oil I also have a 2012 which ive owned for 5 years and it burns just about zero oil between 5k services I never have to top mine up and i ride it hard off road and other owners have said the same thing about this year unlike other year builds.
I think a lot of it has to do with mileage. Mine has just under 28k. What kind of miles do u have on your? Thanks for watching!
@klrshthead2906 currently 41k (km) love the channel name 🤣 subbed
Pretty similar mileage to mine. I’m guessing mine was rode hard for a portion of its life. Thanks so much my friend 🤘
We know!
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