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Offline Boyracer

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Kawasaki KLX650
« on: December 01, 2015, 09:52:07 am »
Anyone ridden one of these?
Great fun bike, 93 Safari winner model, on Gumtree, located Newcastle.
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/sandgate/motorcycles/kawasaki-klx650-great-condition/1095970903
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Re: Kawasaki KLX650
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2015, 05:02:58 pm »
I rode one around my backyard.

That was enough.
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Re: Kawasaki KLX650
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2015, 07:50:31 pm »
Quote from: Nathan S on December 01, 2015, 05:02:58 pm
I rode one around my backyard.

That was enough.

What he said but left out big and heavy
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Re: Kawasaki KLX650
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2015, 08:29:19 pm »
Good motor for sidecars, several 24hr wins.
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Re: Kawasaki KLX650
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2015, 08:57:17 pm »
Great bike for their intended purpose. Nice strong engine.
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Re: Kawasaki KLX650
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2015, 08:38:39 pm »
Quote from: Curtis on December 01, 2015, 08:57:17 pm
Great bike for their intended purpose. Nice strong engine.

Anchoring large boats?

They do go well.
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Re: Kawasaki KLX650
« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2015, 09:31:16 am »
Brother inlaw had one almost every ride would broke rear Spoke
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Re: Kawasaki KLX650
« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2015, 10:31:44 am »
Quote from: Ekka on December 03, 2015, 09:31:16 am
Brother inlaw had one almost every ride would broke rear Spoke

Interesting. The one I rode had four broken rear spokes...
It's owner is 120kg, and he still hasn't replaced them...
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Re: Kawasaki KLX650
« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2015, 09:18:44 pm »
I had one for a short period of time, engine pulled very well for a rough old girl. Could set one up as a good adventure bike.
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Re: Kawasaki KLX650
« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2015, 10:24:08 pm »
I worked at a bike shop in cairns and a bloke bought a spanker back years ago. with very few kms on the clock he clips a low lying rock with the sump plug and in a very short time he had a very expensive rolling frame...
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Re: Kawasaki KLX650
« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2015, 10:56:02 pm »
I have nearly gone done this path several times including recently,,,,
for the sake of an affordable Adventure tourer,,,
But I have always feared their biggest problem,, the famous
Catastrophic Doohickey failure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsYTaI1vL08
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Re: Kawasaki KLX650
« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2015, 01:51:05 am »
that model had faulty stators when they 1st came out and the fault was not removing the varnish off the 3 phrase alternator where the star connection were joined by a crimp on joiner and could have been fixed easily by just soldering the 3 wires together but since they all failed when nearly new the stators were replaced under warranty other then that they were a good bike
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Re: Kawasaki KLX650
« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2015, 10:37:03 am »
Good bike for Condo 750 perhaps? Or even Finke?

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Re: Kawasaki KLX650
« Reply #13 on: December 04, 2015, 11:33:06 am »
Except they're supposed to be very heavy on fuel...

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Re: Kawasaki KLX650
« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2015, 12:37:21 pm »
Quote from: Tex on December 04, 2015, 10:37:03 am
Good bike for Condo 750 perhaps? Or even Finke?

Tex

I seem to recall a pretty big thread on ADVrider where someone set up and modernized one for that in last year or two.
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