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KLR To Be Discontinued?!

Started by KevinB, September 16, 2018, 08:21:33 PM

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Gam

I'm going to keep mine in a faraday cage, I think it has post apocalyptic style.

Al Goodwin

Quote from: klaviator on September 19, 2018, 12:27:46 PM
So if I keep my KLR another 50 years it will become a classic and will be worth something?

Nope, just because it's old doesn't make it valuable....they've built, what seems like, millions of KLR's in the 31 years of production....

norton73

http://exhaustnotes.us/blog/index.php/2018/09/26/wild-conjecture-the-demise-of-kawasakis-klr650/


"Created shortly after the discovery of lead, and mostly made from the stuff, The KLR 650 has been a somewhat reliable off-road partner for generations of thrifty, vinyl-pocket-protector wearing goofballs. Easily crashed yet hard to pick up, the KLR has spawned a huge aftermarket of widgets and freeze-dried gooseberries to remedy the built-in defects that Kawasaki never had time to address during the bike's short, 437-year production run. Oval pistoned long before Honda claimed to invent it, the KLR suffered from excessive oil use, bad doohickeys, wonky thing-a-ma-bobs, and who's on first anyway?"


:D
Loose nut holding the handlebars

DonJuan

Quote from: Nice Goat on September 16, 2018, 08:33:23 PM
Maybe a fuel-injected KLX450 or KLX650 to replace it?  That would be awesome.
Agreed.

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KLR650
KDX200
2013FXDBP
ZRX1200R

DonJuan

KLR650
KDX200
2013FXDBP
ZRX1200R

Gam

Quote from: Nice Goat on September 16, 2018, 08:33:23 PM
Maybe a fuel-injected KLX450 or KLX650 to replace it?  That would be awesome.

Got replaced by the KLX 230.  :-[

TWJohn

I don't think so. I think this is Kawasaki trying to have a super cheap bike to compete with all the china dual sports flooding in.
2007 V Star 1300
2022 DR650

Al Goodwin

MAYBE the new KLR(??) could be powered by their twin 650 engine...

heavier flywheel, different gearing, etc....


LawnmowerRG

#24
Man I'm not sure about that choice of a lineup. No KLR. Took the KLX and made it smaller. I had a KLX 250 and thought it was underpowered.
KLX 300 sounds good but it's offroad only.
I don't know about this.

Good news is the supply of good used low mile KLRs should last approximately 137 years.
Lofty Goals Possibly May Be Reached
Modest Goals Possibly May Not.