I concur (That means agree) LOL









700 miles in 3 days on Vancouver Island!!!

 

deej,

I like the extra fuel setup you have there! I was thinking about a couple 30oz msr bottles or maybe a rotopax to extend the adventure a little. I just can't decide

 

I would prolly need a smoke break after hauling all of that luggage too! good ol PNW lmao

 

You have to either tailor the bike to the journey, or the journey to the bike.

I prefer tailoring the journey to the bike! I purposely avoid highways on my KLX, and not because I can't hold 75 MPH... I LIKE the scenery and options smaller roads offer. If I see a dirt trail, I have the choice to go explore it. Can't do that on the highway. IMO - highways are only for making time, not enjoying the trip.

If you want to do highway riding, perhaps the KLX is not the bike you want.

 

Very nice setups, guys!!! Yeah...I ran it today little more, so yeah more power better suspension is on my list. I just noticed my fork is leaking then got a quote from race tech ~$900 to do the whole thing + shipping. i also quoted WR 2012 , dude gave me $7700 with everything (tax, blah blah, blah) so no going there anytime soon. So KLX is not the bike to go around the world without injecting it with 3-4K hehe

Thank you for the pix

 

399 lbs is a lot, so the frame should be able to hold comfy load up to 300lbs

thanks

 

I was just looking at my records earlier. $185 for heavier springs front and back. $155 for gold valves. $18 for fork seals. $18 for fork oil. $140 for labor to install the gold valves, seals and oil. Haven't valved the shock yet. I put the springs in before doing the valves, seals, oil.

 

Here are my versions of lightweight adv tourers. The KLX was leaving on a 730 mile three day ride.




I've now moved to the Husky as my primary but keeping the KLX (lowered it) for other family members to ride.





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Are you using anything but the factory rack?

 

-Stephen

It is the stock rack. The load isn't really as heavy as it looks. The red bag is just a sleeping bag and 1/2 inch mattress pad rolled up and the larger yellow bag is mostly clothes and food (accept for the heavier items like tools that I kept in the end sitting more on the seat than the rack)
Boots were just hung up there while I was barefoot on the beach!
The atv bungee strap from harbor freight worked great holding everything together (with a couple anchor straps on the large bag of course)