r/klr650

Let me start off by saying that I LOVE my KLR, its a beautiful bike, I get compliments on it often, I have a lot of customization to fit my large frame comfortably, its my first bike and I feel like its super beginner friendly.

Now on to the bad — when I got the bike, I had grand ideas of taking the bike on semi-touring adventures where I do a lot of highway riding and a lot of forest service roads, covering miles and miles and camping under the stars.

In reality, the bike does a TON of touring, just on a trailer thats attached to the back of my RV. I use my RV as a "home base" and take the bike out on day adventures and come "home" at night pretty much 100% of the time. I invested a lot into bike camping and have used it precisely zero times.

In the same vein of "day adventures", im a lot more aggressive with going offroad than I ever thought id be, I do a lot of 2 track trails and very few graded forest service roads, if something looks interesting, I ride it because im not worried about being delayed because im never more than 20-30 miles from home base.

Im a large and fit individual, picking the bike up off the side of the trail, no problem. Recently i've had 2 instances that really make me really regret my KLR, I dropped my bike on a FS road that had about a foot of ice covered snow on it. Idk if any of you have picked this fat pig up on ice, its about as fun as it sounds.

The second is that i've been riding in Nevada lately, the sandy soil is extremely tiring to ride on and I fucked up and got my bike stuck in a semi dry creek bed, if the bike was smaller I could have pulled it out of the mud but the KLR was just too big and heavy to get out by myself. It turned into a two day ordeal and several hundred dollars to get it out.

I also find the bike hard to control on steep descents sometimes, its just so heavy that its hard to maneuver quickly.

As I was riding my mud/muck covered bike back to the truck tonight, I couldn't help but think maybe motorcycles arent for me and I should sell it and get a SXS (then I could go out with the wife) or that maybe the KLR isnt for me. I dont know

Gen 1 2002

I have been rebuilding the carb, and up until I pulled it off recently to adjust the pilot jet the vacuum side (the port to the petcock) worked. If I manually flow fuel to the bowl, the bike runs great. But it runs out of fuel because it can't open the petcock. Any idea what I might have knocked loose? I could always delete the vacuum side of the petcock and it would run fine.

Actually now that I am thinking about it, the top port left side of the carb runs to the petcock right? Or is it the port at the top of the carb right before it hits the boot going into the engine?

2009 KLR650 with 10k miles, no scratches, no sign of drop, clean title (report purchased), but mileage is "not actual" because the current owner did not have to report mileage when transferred title if the motorcycle is more than 10 years old.

Owner is aking for $3,200.

The bike has the following mods in new conditions:

-PROGRESSIVE FORK FRONT SUSPENSION

-TOPGUN REAR SHOCK SPRING 

-OXFORD HEATERZ PREMIUM ADV GRIPS 

-RALLEY DASH

-BARK BUSTER HANDGUARD

-PROTAPER HANDLE BAR

-TUSK BILLET RACE FOOT PEGS

-HTP REAR RACK 

-KIRK'S SIDE ALUMINUM PANNIERS AND TOP BOX

-ORIGINAL WHEELS WITH SHINKO M&S TUBELESS TIRES

-NEW BLACK FRONT & BACK WHEELS WITH MOTOZ TIRES

-HTP CRASH BAR

-HTP ENGINE RASH GUARD

-VSTREAM TALL WINDSHIELD

-DOOHICKEY UPGRADED

Is the Gen 3 KLR feel more stable on the road than the previous generations when going relatively fast? 55, 65, 75 mph, etc?

Around 4500 rpm cruising in forth and fifth gear the engine bogs or cuts. It will occasionally clear or get progressively worse. I assume it’s a lean mix but what’s causing that?

What’s your opinion on the best phone mount and where is the best place to put it? Underneath the windshield or on the handlebars?

Worth it?

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