^^^^ love the look of those Husabergs...just heard too many negative reasons to have bought one...grrrr

 

Back in '88 I did a full year as a motorcycle courier (London dispatch rider) on this Z1300. Chopped down exhaust this bike had big presence driving through Piccadilly circus at 80mph with tourists leaping out of the way.....NO speed cameras then!! Totally unique in it's day to be tearing around London up against the CB250 super dreams, CX500's, VT500 & GT550's! Probably the only bike I didn't look to big on.....lol

 

Mustang, i forgot you got a KLR. We gotta hook up and ride.

 

A mate of mine had one of those, I had a couple of rides on it, bloody awesome!

My son's on my Suzuki DR250 bought it brand new around 88 or 89

 

So-so, lol. The 450 isn't the do-it-all dual-sport that the KLX250S is. It's purely offroad, like a Honda CRF450X or a Yamaha WR450F.

The 450 is only a 5-speed, but with the stock gearing it did pretty well on the street. However, 1st gear was way too tall for the trails I ride. I dropped the gearing to make it more rideable on my trails, but that takes away from 5th. The way it is right now, I'm turning about 7-8K RPMs (it doesn't have a tach) to run 55 mph indicated, but it revs to the moon and makes so much power that it has a bunch left over if you wanted it.

Compared to the 250, the little KLX has a much broader spread of gear ratios. The 250 can go from singletrack to cruising 65 mph with the same final gearing. With the 450, you have to decide which you want to do, then change the gearing accordingly. With the proper gearing and sumo wheels, I'd probably lose my license on the 450.

I only dual-sported it to connect the trails and to ride the organized dual-sport rides, so I don't ride much highway with it at all. Offroad, it's a hoot, and that's what I wanted it for anyway.

HTH

 

+1 :d

 

Man that kid is messin up ur mirror see that? Does he ride?

 

lol easily adjusted. I haven't seen him in around 10 years so I don't know if he rides.