klr 650

[alanMember]

thinking of getting one just for fun town dirt road hack and to ride with the kids because they stole my 300 what are they like looks like a pig its a 2001 model 17000km with rego are they reliable

[GregMember]

white rocket wrote:

thinking of getting one just for fun town dirt road hack and to ride with the kids because they stole my 300 what are they like looks like a pig its a 2001 model 17000km with rego are they reliable

Reliable as the day is long Rocket Google and check out what you can on 796 pages of info here

Good luck

TB

[GarryMember]

Rocket, they are super reliable and the Kwak equivalent of the DR650 in that they have a very large following around the traps.

I am actually toying with selling my DR and going to a KLR in the next 6 months as I like the added tourability and comfort (may even go back to stroms)

If you want to test the DR, drop a message mate and you can ride mine as a comparo to the KLR

Gaz

[alanMember]

thanks for the replies will have a look at it this week

[DeanMember]

Sounds like you need a ride on XR650 Rocket

Ollie

[alanMember]

yep have had a crack on one before ollie i am cheap don t want to spend to much :silly:

[Mick DMember]

As TB said they are a reliable beast. My brother rode one from New Orleans to Prudhoe Bay in Alaska, a trip of over 17,000kms and the only thing that went wrong was the exhaust slip on feel off.

[Dave WigginMember]

Rocket,

I had one for two years and did 60,000k on it.

I used it to commute, go to rallies and as a dirt road tourer.

It was comfortable, (I rode it back to Sydney from Wannaring in a day) and reliable, but as slow as a wet week in Molong (Which suited me, and probably still would).

For a cheap bike they are a good thing. A mate had an ’04 and did 105,000 on his before giving to a mate.

Check if the Doo Hickey has been done. If not do it. Otherwise, pretty bulletproof.

Wigster

[drewMember]

The valves and seats must be far better than the 250 :silly:

Mate had one, knew when it was time to adjust them, the stinker would not kick start but push it a few meters…….

Borrowed it to do my P’s on. Started fine at his place fine, rode it a few kms to the rta, come time for the test it wouldn’t go.

Wasn’t a consistent thing like every 1000km or the like, just when it felt like it. :p

Apart from that it was an ok thing, guess bit like a water cooled XL.

Anyway this isn’t really on topic.

So are they in need of regular valve adjustment like their smaller sibling?

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