Thoughts on KLR650

[tomithy]

Hi all,

I've been toying with the idea of picking up a dual sport to do some long distance 'adventure' touring and was wondering what you guys thought about the KLR 650's. At the moment I'm in a position to pick up a 1997 KLR650 for about $2,000, which seems like a good deal to me but want to hear your thoughts on the matter.

The idea is to give it a good once over, fit some aluminium panniers and take off for some extended trips around Australia as time permits and - who knows - maybe even internationally

Thoughts?

Cheers,

Tom.

[GPZ_Jim]

nice also consider the KLE 500

[Strika]

Try and find one already set up. It's the cheaper option in the long run usually.

[mick_dundee]

Tom, i'm in Coburg Nth, pm me some time and you can take mine for a run, if ya like it then 2k is a good price, if ya don't you've lost nothing. Have a read up on klr650.net a wealth of info there and it will suggest some must do mods too.

[h.b.bear]

I own a kle 500 havnt been around Australia on it,but im happy with it,

[Megsnitro]

My OH used to ride a ZZR1100 and he got the KLR650 last year - loves it & won't ride anything else now.

[zxsixr03]

A bit under powered when fully loaded a cheap staintune and a carbie slide will fix that but pretty much bullet proof... a XR650 with a dessert tank would be sweet in that price range...

Picked up my GS about a month back