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Old 03-25-2017, 11:14 PM   #21
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Yeap i agree the klr250 or the yamaha xt225 are under 250lbs! Super easy to ride. The klr650 is a road bike with dirt suspension, unless you are a large mammal man, because they are only fun when they are upright and anyone who rides dirt spends time lifting a fallen bike. I helped a big guy lift his klr650 over a small bundle of metal. Just sold my 225. Got to where i didnt feel that powerful feeling anymore but instead uneasy when i rode and saw so many people texting. :/

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Old 03-26-2017, 07:31 AM   #22
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Yeap i agree the klr250 or the yamaha xt225 are under 250lbs! Super easy to ride. The klr650 is a road bike with dirt suspension, unless you are a large mammal man, because they are only fun when they are upright and anyone who rides dirt spends time lifting a fallen bike. I helped a big guy lift his klr650 over a small bundle of metal. Just sold my 225. Got to where i didnt feel that powerful feeling anymore but instead uneasy when i rode and saw so many people texting. :/
My parents haul their xt225 on their RV instead of a toad. Its a nice bike, but IMO its a ladies bike compared to the KLR250.
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Old 03-26-2017, 08:43 AM   #23
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Even the klr is pretty wimpy. It's a 1984 model they carried forward until 2006 or so unchanged. Something like the wr250r would just embarrass it in any situation. . But for a plunker around town bike two up, it's a durable reliable well known platform without major flaws.

And yeah, the xt225 is even softer! But if I were doing the trans America train, the klr250 is probably the bike I would choose. Sexy doesn't help when you've fallen over in the woods.
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Old 03-26-2017, 09:07 AM   #24
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Even the klr is pretty wimpy. It's a 1984 model they carried forward until 2006 or so unchanged. Something like the wr250r would just embarrass it in any situation. . But for a plunker around town bike two up, it's a durable reliable well known platform without major flaws.

And yeah, the xt225 is even softer! But if I were doing the trans America train, the klr250 is probably the bike I would choose. Sexy doesn't help when you've fallen over in the woods.
The little klr may not be sexy, but its tough as nails!
Dohc, liquid cooling, and a proper six speed. I've been 80 mph on Shauns. Smooth, reliable, and underrated. I love em!
I'd call the klr out dated, but never wimpy.
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Old 03-26-2017, 11:12 AM   #25
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I had a new 2000 Honda 650L, I think it was. Way to top heavy in mud, and tall. I know you're not supposed to drag your feet on a bike like that, but I couldn't touch the ground with either foot if my butt was on the seat. Pulling up to a stop light I'd have to swing my arce completely off the seat leaving a knee hanging over the seat where my butt should have been. It was a fast bike but that trail suspension kept it from being a good road bike.

You know the story, sold it to pay bills.
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Old 03-26-2017, 11:50 AM   #26
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I was gonna do this with a rear engine bus before I ended up with a motorhome. I was thinking about a 12 foot long lift for a small race vehicle.

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For a bike, the lift can be nice but I think a simple drop side ramp with plenty of width is better. I had a tow behind camper that I put a dual sport inside of regularly with nothing more than a 2x10 ramp. The bike fit across the camper at the door. For a heavy bike, a nice 4 foot wide door and a simple hinged drop down ramp of full width would work great. Always make enough room for a couple bikes.

If I were installing a lift, I'd ditch the wheelchair ones and buy a truck lift gate for the width and weight capacity, then fab a door out of what you cut out of the bus.

I concluded that the best garage space in an RE was just ahead of the rear wheel so you could take advantage of the space over the engine with a bed. It makes the layout work more efficiently. I even thought of a small slide out with ramp so the bike pointed fore/aft to take up less space.

I ended up with an older high end diesel pusher motorhome. It's built like a bus underneath, but with a true medium duty all mechanical 8.3 cummins engine and a 6 speed. The house is welded aluminum structure with fiberglass outside and no wood in the walls. It's very nice and I could use it right away. All for less money than some of the RE school buses were going for at auction. We use an enclosed trailer or put the bike on the nose with a hitch hauler.


I love the bus conversions, I'm a diy guy at heart. I just wanted to point out that after a few years of research I found that not all motorhomes are stick and staple on a light truck chassis.

Here we are this month at a motorcycle race 600 miles from home.


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Old 03-26-2017, 07:47 PM   #27
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A 70 degree berg, I had a 450, just sold my 501 and bought a Beta 430.

I like that rig but i wouldn't be happy with my bike out in the open like that, I had nice holiday rambler for a while, not that nice though!
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Old 03-28-2017, 04:32 PM   #28
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A 70 degree berg, I had a 450, just sold my 501 and bought a Beta 430.

I like that rig but i wouldn't be happy with my bike out in the open like that, I had nice holiday rambler for a while, not that nice though!
That's a 570, I love that bike.

I usually carry the bikes on hitch haulers like that, but when I don't have a toad I can use an enclosed trailer. I have about 9000 miles on that hitch hauler now. I think I'm gonna put a heavier duty hitch on the motorhome and use the hitch hauler on the back with a toad at the same time. Then it's a little less out there in the road grime. I agree it'd be nice to have the bike inside, but it's kinda nice to have it in view all the time on the hauler too.
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Old 03-28-2017, 06:19 PM   #29
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I was really hoping to find something for this trip but once I leave Florida I can't register it.. and I guess I'm picky about what bike I would get. Craigslist is failing me.
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I was really hoping to find something for this trip but once I leave Florida I can't register it.. and I guess I'm picky about what bike I would get. Craigslist is failing me.
The good stuff that used to be cheap is now "collectible".
I remember when running RD's were $500 all day.
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Old 03-28-2017, 07:32 PM   #31
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I really wanted a cl350 or similar... But a klr250 was my actual goal... At this stage I'm either doing nothing or getting a big scooter..
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Old 03-28-2017, 07:38 PM   #32
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I really wanted a cl350 or similar... But a klr250 was my actual goal... At this stage I'm either doing nothing or getting a big scooter..
Honda PCX150 is a good scooter for two folks, while not being HUGE and super heavy.
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Old 03-28-2017, 07:40 PM   #33
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Yeah I like those, I need to remember that I'm not planning to get on the highway so I don't need a 400 burgman/Majesty/etc...
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Yeah I like those, I need to remember that I'm not planning to get on the highway so I don't need a 400 burgman/Majesty/etc...
The PCX is on my list of "used scooter to buy one day".
I think they're good for at least 65-70mph and they're comfy.
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For what these scooters at going for used, I might go by a buddy 125 new...
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For what these scooters at going for used, I might go by a buddy 125 new...
Taiwanese is better than chinese. But its still not great, imo. Or are those Indian?
IMO biggest mistake people make buyin scoots is goin with the cheap stuff from non-japanese asian countries.
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Genuine is made by PGO in Taiwan. They are solid, I have owned two of them. The roughhouse 50 is probably the fastest 50 from the factory. The Buddy 125 is a great scoot for a few hundred more than a used one...
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Old 03-30-2017, 01:37 PM   #38
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I have an xt225, drz400, fe570, and 950 adventure here at the house.
If you want light weight, short, and versatile the xt225 is hard to beat. 6 speeds, does 70 with my 6'2" 215 lbs on it, it's the lowest seat height in a dual sport that I've seen. It's fun to ride and will go anywhere. Ours is a 2006 with 27,000 miles on it. Myself wife has done 500 mile weekends on it with no complaints.
We paid 1,000 for it a couple years ago.

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If I saw a xt225 for a grand I would buy it. They are double that on Craigslist... and the klr is nowhere to be found!
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Old 03-31-2017, 09:31 AM   #40
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A buddy here just got a mint condition 1974 Yamaha 175 motocrosser for 500 bucks. Looks like it just came from the dealership. Then, a week later, he found another 175 for free that had been used as "yard art" for a decade but 90% of the parts were all usable as spares. Plus it had the lighting coil he had been shopping for to make it street legal.

Why can't I run across deals like that!?
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