On the block…

After my morning cup of coffee and a not-too-shabby spinach omelet this morning, I suited up for my Saturday morning ride to the plant.   I looked at the two bikes in the garage (my trusty Baja-blasting RX3 and my KLR), and I realized…I just don’t ever ride the KLR any more.   “Why am I keeping it?” I wondered, and I realized that was a good question….so I fired up the KLR, I rode it to the plant, and I asked Steve to sell it for me.

I had a lot of fun with the KLR, but the truth is the RX3 is just a much better motorcycle.  It handles better than the KLR, it’s lighter, it gets better fuel economy, and for me (to borrow a phrase from my good friend Melissa Pierson) it’s the perfect vehicle.

The KLR has been a good bike, and a few months ago, Gerry went through and did everything:  Valves (they were in spec), coolant, oil, fork oil, new chain, carburetor overhaul, and all the rest.   This KLR has the doo installed, the Kawi soft bags, it has good Shinko tires that Ryan sold to me, a good battery, and it looks about like a new KLR would look.   I’m the original owner (I bought it new in 2006 from my good buddy Art Wood at the local Kawi dealer), and the bike has never been down.  Ever.  Oh, yeah…it has 14,600 miles on the clock.   Just nicely broken in, as they say.

This is going to be interesting.  When the trolls come at us on the Internet knocking the RX3, one of the comments we sometimes hear is “but you could buy a good used KLR for what an RX3 costs.”

Well, boys, here’s your chance!