South Australia - KLX Territory!
 

Hi all,

As most of the people on this forum are from the U.S. I thought I'd post up a few pictures of the type of terrain I ride my KLX around here in South Australia. Over the weekend my father-in-law and I went for a ride in the Southern Flinder's Ranges in South Australia. All the photos were taken on the same day in which we covered about 180kms. The riding was very diverse from steep rocky hill tracks to beach riding to mud.

The bikes we took were my '06 KLX-250R (with 300cc kit) and a '05 DR-650

It was a cold start to the day:



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Our camp in the Melrose Caravan Park:



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Down on the coast we encountered a little mud!



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Heading up over the ranges towards the coast. Nice view!



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We then headed along the coast in the dunes where there were some great tracks (if you like the sand!)



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Then headed back inland through some of the creek/channel country with the BIG river gums:



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The trip back over the ranges in the afternoon was quite pretty:



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This was a great track which actually got pretty steep and rocky in a few spots. Great fun on the KLX!

This is my last photo. Hope you enjoyed them!?

If anyone comes to South Australia let me know and I'm happy to show you around! Could even organise some bikes for a day or 2.





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I live in florida i dont no what a hill is.I think we might have a hill of sand.

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Those are great, droflet! Thanks for sharing those. I only dream of riding like that around here.

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Thanks Brain.

Yeah it was a great days riding and the bike handled it all very well. There's actually better riding than this around too (just to make you more jealous) :)

I also managed some of the best economy I've had yet on this ride 118kms from 5.33L (which is 52 mile/US Gallon). Mind you it was mostly dirt road riding with very little full throttle. In heavier going I have sometimes only gotten 40 mile/US Gallon.

What are you getting from the 300 kit? Are you enjoying it?

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I haven't filled up yet, but the tank is getting close to empty. I've had other issues that preclude me from riding at the moment and have not been on the bike in over a week. My parts should be here tomorrow though and hopefully I'll be back in business. BTW, it was nothing to do with the 300cc install, but it was my own stupid fault. I won't go into it too much, but suffice to say that I'm 95% sure I damaged my ignition coil and needed to order a replacement. It's about a $50 part - where do they get the prices OMG! But the worse part has been the wait - no local dealers carried parts so I had to order on-line, and they, in turn, had to order from Kawasaki. Anyway, it's supposed to be here tomorrow and hopefully my bike will be back to running order.

From what I've ran of it, though, I love it. I can definitely feel the strong pull and pop the front end a lot easier than before. Also, I got me a set of Kenda TrackMaster II tires which I already have on the bike, but alas, I can't test them out until I get the new coil. Those look like some very aggressive treaded tires, BTW.

Before the 300cc kit, though, I was getting about 65 MPG.

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Brian,

You must be going crazy having it sitting there after fitting the 300 kit and not being able to ride it!

As you can see in the pics, I'm up for a new rear and have decided to try the Michelin AC-10.

On the way home from this ride yesterday we stopped past a suspension place. I had one of those expensive, unplanned, spur of the moment upgrade splurges, and left the bike there to have the forks pulled off, re-sprung and fully tuned. Ooooppps. It's about the last thing I've been wanting to do (except the tank) and is finally happening.

I'll keep you posted as to what I think!

Drof

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Great pictures Drof, what brand riding gear are you wearing? It looks comfortable, but probably warm.

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Mike,

Funny you should ask, Brian also asked when I sent him some pics a while ago.

I wear the Scott 'San Diego' pants (and jacket normally). However, in those photos I've got my Dririder jacket on, because it was fairly cool and we were doing a reasonable amount of fast, open riding. The Scott jacket is just a shell with venting and zip off sleeves. Great for heavier tight stuff when you get hot or the weather is a bit warmer.

I've got the San Diego jacket on in this picture (attached):

My gloves are also Dririder. Dririder is an Australian company. They only make bike gear, and GOOD bike gear. Check out their site: www.dririder.com.au (not sure if you can get it in the U.S.)

Boots are Gaerne's RX2's (I love them - heaps of protection but easy to walk in)

Helmet is a One Industries Kombat (best fitting helmet I've ever owned).

Also have a set of Fox (I think) knee guards on under my pants and Dainese body armour under the jacket.

Progrip goggles.

Actually, I probably shouldn't have done this because i just realised how many dollars that all is. Money well spent though.

My motto is: If you can't afford the right safety gear, you can't afford the bike!

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wow, i cant blieve they named riding gear after me. lol. now i really gotta get me some. cause im scott in san diego.

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Great pictures, its nice to see other places that riders call home.:)

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I agree Deej.

I love seeing photos from people's different local areas.

Part of the reason I really enjoyed this ride and posted the photos was because I thought the country side might be a bit different than what some people on here are used to, and they also show the diversity of riding that we experienced in such a short distance.

Anyone out there willing to take a few photos on their next local ride, how about sticking a few up with a short ride report!

Drof

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In case you didn't get to see one of my last ride reports. https://www.kawasakiforums.com/m_50222/tm.htm

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Hey Drof, nice report and pix

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Just following up on this. Based on my last fill-up I got 63.5 miles per gallon. That was mostly roads, but did have a good portion of trail riding. And I have to say again, that I love what the 300 kit has done for me. It's very nice now. The more I get out on it, the better I like it. Just a blip of the throttle sends me airborne off small jumps with no run-up. A small tug on the bars and a throttle blip will bring up the front wheel. I did some log practice this weekend and a little blip at low speed raises the front over 16" logs no problem. Now I just need to perfect the rear wheel hop to go along with it. ;) My log crossings are effective, if not pretty. Well, mostly effective. I think I did an Incabiker and hurt some ribs - they're a bit tender on the left side now due to a small fall - not nearly as bad as Incabiker's so I'm not complaining. [:@] Gotta get the rear tire over more cleanly - also known as the "bunny hop".

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very nice pics. it looks like you may have more riding areas than we do here.

so many restrictions, so little places to ride.....[:@]