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They discontinued them for two or three years, brung ‘em back in ‘23, dealers couldn’t keep them on the shelf. Everybody who wanted one bought one. Dealers ordered more for this year but sales went flat, they’re willing to make a deal.
I looked hard to fulfill my religious obligation to own a Harley at least once in my life, looked hard but couldn’t warm up to any. All that extra weight and steel to no particular purpose. Plus I would never own a bike I couldn’t pick back up/push out of a ditch by myself.
THE most fun bike I owned back in my motorcycle period was 55,000 miles on a ‘92 KLR650: good for crossing the country on the Superslab, blitzing down dirt roads and dogging semi-skilled Ninja pilots on backroads.
Just paid cash for a 2024 to be shipped in 😎
Mid-life crisis all all that…
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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Musta finally got that water heater paid off eh?
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"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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No?
I thought you were on a payment plan for something.
Anyway...how are you gonna get on that thing? Step stool tied to a rope?
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No?
I thought you were on a payment plan for something. Just the pickup at this particular moment in time, they gave me a really good interest rate because I’m handsome. Anyway...how are you gonna get on that thing? Step stool tied to a rope? I could high kick like Bruce Lee to get on the last one. Ain’t done that in a while. “Ahem”…… There’s the 33” KLR and then again there’s the 30” KLR S. The “S” stands for “short”, “Senior”,”senile”,”stupid” etc…. For the times when I ain’t tough enough to get it done on a bicycle.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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Good for you!
You get the green or the gray?
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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No?
I thought you were on a payment plan for something. Just the pickup at this particular moment in time, they gave me a really good interest rate because I’m handsome. Anyway...how are you gonna get on that thing? Step stool tied to a rope? I could high kick like Bruce Lee to get on the last one. Ain’t done that in a while. “Ahem”…… There’s the 33” KLR and then again there’s the 30” KLR S. The “S” stands for “short”, “Senior”,”senile”,”stupid” etc…. For the times when I ain’t tough enough to get it done on a bicycle. That xr650L of mine is a mile high. No one takes it when I am not looking. Your buddy who picked you up put here is going to be very disappointed in you.
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He encouraged me to buy it, just yesterday. Could be he took out a policy.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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T R U M P W O N !
U L T R A M A G A !
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Good for you!
You get the green or the gray? White fairing, grey tank, which why they had to look. Kawasaki plastic is notorious for fading. Faded white looks better’n faded green or grey IMHO. A tad more visible too. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/FKs27ZQx/IMG-1254.jpg)
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He encouraged me to buy it, just yesterday. Could be he took out a policy. Hahaha! He was sure down on all our motorbikes. I guess getting hurt that bad will do that to you.
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I'll just stick to riding Harley Davidsons, thanks.
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I'll just stick to riding Harley Davidsons, thanks. Once a woman let me ride her HD Lowrider, she was somewhere behind on my Yamaha. We passed a crew of big ol’ Harley riders coming the other way. Me and the other members of the Harley brethren all exchanged waves as we passed. None of them waved at her 
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i really like them DualSports... but why do they halfta' make em so Goldurn Ugly these days... guess i'm stuck in the 70's.... Riiiiing! Ding ding ding ding...
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What about a yamaha tw200?
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What about a yamaha tw200? Pretty slow.
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My most favorite bike of any I've owned or ridden, including Harleys, was my Suzuki DR-650, a tad more nimble version of the KLR-650.
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He encouraged me to buy it, just yesterday. Could be he took out a policy. Hahaha! He was sure down on all our motorbikes. I guess getting hurt that bad will do that to you. Spiral fracture of the femur, compound tibia/fibula just above the ankle  That’s what happens when your foot waits a microsecond too long before joining you as you sail across the hood of the left-turning old lady that finally t caught up to you after 30+ years of accident-free riding.
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What about a yamaha tw200? Great bike, I wouldn’t want to ride one to NY State tho. Are they even freeway legal?
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I'll just stick to riding Harley Davidsons, thanks. Once a woman let me ride her HD Lowrider, she was somewhere behind on my Yamaha. We passed a crew of big ol’ Harley riders coming the other way. Me and the other members of the Harley brethren all exchanged waves as we passed. None of them waved at her I can try to one-up that. I ran an event with my son-in-law. I did a 5K, he did a 10 mile. At the finish they gave out the same shirt for both events so I went and hung out with the 10-milers. We all had a good laugh at the 5Kers. Son-in-law looked a little piqued.
Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.
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