New Member w/ KLX250 - This place Rocks
#1
10-28-2010, 06:17 AM
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: SW Idaho
Posts: 4,507
New Member w/ KLX250 - This place Rocks
Greetings,
I'd been looking around for a good condition used dirt bike for a month or so late this summer when along comes this '06 KLX250. Didn't know anything about them. I knew I wanted a 250-class sized bike for riding trails with my bro and his buddy (they're on XR250s). Looked at Hondas, Yamis, some Suzis, and a few others. Street legal would be a great bonus, but it had to be trail worthy. It's gotta climb. Everything I was finding was either too much $$$ or beat up POS or just not right. Then along comes the KLX for sale by an experienced 81-yr young fella just a mile from my house. It's darn clean and the price is right so now she's got a new home. It's all stock so now the mods begin. And lo and behold she's got quite a following and it looks like this forum is about the best place around to learn from those who've been there and done it...and done it right.
My history involves only a few days on borrowed dirt bikes until now. Ya, I rode the heck out of the three-wheelers on the farm and picked up a quad last year. And from age 15 to past 25 I rode the hell out of a couple street bikes including a 1970's Suzi GT380 (3-cyl 2-stroker with Ram Air) and an '83 Kawi LTD750. Rode the Kawi for many years. Even daily, every day, for over a year straight commuting to school and work in eastern Idaho, even in the snow, after blowing the motor on my old car while in college and couldn't afford a replacement car. Even tho they were street bikes, they spent many miles off pavement. Summertime meant loading on the gear and going for long-weekend rides and campouts. Put on one 22-mile ride in less than 11 minutes. All that and only a couple very minor dives at less than 10 mph.
So after many years away from the motorcycle, it's time to get back on and ride.
Cheers,
IDRIDR
I'd been looking around for a good condition used dirt bike for a month or so late this summer when along comes this '06 KLX250. Didn't know anything about them. I knew I wanted a 250-class sized bike for riding trails with my bro and his buddy (they're on XR250s). Looked at Hondas, Yamis, some Suzis, and a few others. Street legal would be a great bonus, but it had to be trail worthy. It's gotta climb. Everything I was finding was either too much $$$ or beat up POS or just not right. Then along comes the KLX for sale by an experienced 81-yr young fella just a mile from my house. It's darn clean and the price is right so now she's got a new home. It's all stock so now the mods begin. And lo and behold she's got quite a following and it looks like this forum is about the best place around to learn from those who've been there and done it...and done it right.
My history involves only a few days on borrowed dirt bikes until now. Ya, I rode the heck out of the three-wheelers on the farm and picked up a quad last year. And from age 15 to past 25 I rode the hell out of a couple street bikes including a 1970's Suzi GT380 (3-cyl 2-stroker with Ram Air) and an '83 Kawi LTD750. Rode the Kawi for many years. Even daily, every day, for over a year straight commuting to school and work in eastern Idaho, even in the snow, after blowing the motor on my old car while in college and couldn't afford a replacement car. Even tho they were street bikes, they spent many miles off pavement. Summertime meant loading on the gear and going for long-weekend rides and campouts. Put on one 22-mile ride in less than 11 minutes. All that and only a couple very minor dives at less than 10 mph.
So after many years away from the motorcycle, it's time to get back on and ride.
Cheers,
IDRIDR
#3
10-28-2010, 07:20 PM
Welcome to KF. Congrats on the new ride. I do not have a klx in my possession, but I still have the manual for the GT. lol Enjoy your read time.
#4
10-29-2010, 06:59 AM
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: SW Idaho
Posts: 4,507
Dragone...you got the manual for the GT? Really? That's great. I really miss that 380. We had a lot of fun miles together.
I saw that our local cycle salvage shop sold a nicely restored GT750 recently on ebay. Came close to pushing the 'bid' button.
Cheers
I saw that our local cycle salvage shop sold a nicely restored GT750 recently on ebay. Came close to pushing the 'bid' button.
Cheers
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