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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
One of my riding buddies rode one of the "new" KLR's (the year of the much ballyhooed design changes) all the way to Prudhoe Bay about three years ago. I've ridden that bike, and it was o.k. It did feel a bit heavy - hell, it's only 30-40 pounds lighter than my (admittedly much lightened) Ducati 900 Super Sport.
I've also ridden a couple of the new Husabergs with the "upside down" motor and, while almost two hundred pounds lighter than the KLR, I couldn't see riding one over our own Cascades, much less any further.
Seat height is no problem. I'm 6'0", 240 pounds, with a 34" inseam, and (formerly) a pretty serious weight lifter. I raced motocross and some cross-country desert stuff (on an air-cooled 250 two stroke, if that dates my participation a bit) in my younger days, so I'm no stranger to tall dirt bikes. I can horse a big bike around, I just prefer not to. The prices on those KLRs are just amazing, though... how on earth do they sell them so cheap?
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You might actually be too heavy for a KLR! The BMWs have quite a bit more grunt. Funny, I went from a BMW 1150 Adventure to my KLR. I used to take the Adventure places it had no business going. Crazy stuff, like spinning the bike around on its cylinder to get it turned around out of tight spots. Going to the KLR was like riding a 125!