You know you're a KLR rider when

In the spirit of the Red neck jokes,


You know you're a KLR rider when:

One of the plastic panels covering the radiator snaps a few bolts, and you can be seen with your foot up in the air holding it on.



or, when your clutch safety switch breaks and you short it with your hand every time to make it start - making it infinitely more complicated when the choke doesn't want to stay, and it takes 3 hands to start the bike.




any other ideas?

uhh, nope, smart KLR riders just delete the clutch and sidestand "safeties" (and you can delete the relay too) BEFORE it's a problem.

You know you're a KLR rider when you go to the cutting board section of WalMart to shop for luggage rack plates.

You know you're a KLR rider when somebody in the group shows up on the "Barbie" bike.

You know you're a KLR rider when you gotta do the doo.

You know you're a KLR rider when you ask "what's so outdated?"

I was at a campground a few years back with my KLR and four kids at the next campsite were throwing a nerf football. One of the kids threw a long awkward pass to his friend, and the friend (more interested in the ball then where he was going) T-boned right into the left side of my KLR tipping it over. I ran over and asked the kid if he was OK. He said he was fine but you could tell he was more worried about the bike. I said. "Don't sweat it kid. It's a KLR". 2HE

Re someone knocking over a KLR, I had a woman in a motorized wheelchair get hooked in my parked one and bring it down. I was just glad it didn't land on her. Fell on concrete, broke the clutch lever tip off. I'm happy she wasn't in a car.
Jim

-Every other bike you ride runs out of gas - (and of course it's the bike's fault for not carrying enough gas).

-You refer to an XR650L as a modern bike.

-You lust over the Diesel KLR's the military rides

-Pre 08- Instead of asking what new model changes are made, you ask what BNG's are on on it.

your other plastic radiator is held on by twist ties off a loaf of bread, and you won't fix it until buying engine guards to protect it next time.

But you're still waiting.

you say "it'll take you everywhere the other bikes will only slower"... and then prove it. and then wake up REALLY sore the next day.

when hard luggage equals coleman beer coolers...

You have at least one item from Carhartt in your collectiom of riding gear.

When all your nuts and bolts vibrate loose.
Like for instance if the right foot peg happens to nearly fall off when one of the bolt disappears and the other is barely hanging on, you can borrow a bolt from the rear passenger peg to finish the ride!


(Thanks Chris for letting me borrow the wrench)

note to self: check bolts and loc-tite them often!!

You've spent more on farkles than the original price of the bike.

You know youre' a KLR rider when you go to Lowe's looking to accessorize.

I'm afraid of that day.

I paid $1,900 for my bike last February. It had 5,245 miles on it, and it's a 1995 "Barbie" model. I've spent roughly $1,500 since, and I don't regret one penny of it. I enjoy working and the thing nearly as much as riding it.
Best bargain in motorcycling, IMHO.

You know you're a KLR owner when...

You have a post "The 10 Phases of KLR Ownership" that is mandatory reading for all KLR owners...

Everybody else in your subdivision moved out when lava consumed half of the houses and closed off all of the roads and your CBOA ass decides to open a B&B...



He was on TV the other night, couldn't figure out why his guests only came for lunch and didn't want to spend the night. :huh Something to do with the flow re-entering the subdivision I suppose...

I went to Harbor Freight

can't afford Lowe's prices

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found this while looking at some G650X stuff... wait for the KLR's


Damn...it's just way to easy

When your personal arsenal is worth more than your bike and farkles.