A question

Sun Jun 26 15:39:36 PDT 2011

Les,
I believe you have the ideal combination of bikes, and would keep both of them as long as I could if I were you. I know them both because I have owned both of those bikes, and loved them both. 
I now have a Vee Strom 1000, and while it can do the dirt, I am really missing the KLR. I am thinking of getting a Suzuki DRZ 400 to go with my Vee. 

Chuck Driscoll

--- On Sun, 6/26/11, Les Johnson <jjohnsonlta at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Les Johnson <jjohnsonlta at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: A question
> To: "Chuck Driscoll" <cdriscol2001 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Sunday, June 26, 2011, 9:44 AM
>       Hello
> 
>      I have a 96 GPZ 1100 I purchased 3
> yrs ago. I was riding it to
> work pretty much everyday (except on possible ice days or
> downpours).
> I was doing this till I purchased a KLR 650. I bought this
> bike cause
> my son had one and wanted me to ride the dirt roads with
> him. I have a
> hard time now staying off it. It' light weight feel and
> power makes it
> fun to ride along with the gas mileage. For longer hwy
> trips the GPZ
> is the bike of choice for me and I still plan to keep it.
> 
>      Les J  Eugene, Or
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Buehrle, Michael
> <Michael.Buehrle at ottawa.ca>
> wrote:
> > I hear you Ralph and I thought the same about the KLR
> being just a play bike that could do nothing well. My
> opinion changed after reading a bit about them and riding
> around Silverton with Northrop on his KLR. Insurance is 500$
> yr instead of 1500$, the bikes are cheap as Borscht (mine
> cost 3200$ a year old with 7k miles Givis and other
> farkles)tires cost 100$ installed, plastic costs 450$ for
> the complete bike inc. fenders, they are nimble and great
> around the city, even on the highway they are not bad if you
> keep them under 70, curbs and gravel roads are welcomed by
> the KLR, 2 up is not great but what bike really is?
> > I'm really liking this bike so far.
> >
> > In Ontario we now have the stunt driving laws where if
> you burn out , wheelei or do more than 30 mph over the limit
> your vehicle is impounded and you lose your license along
> with huge fines. If I still had the Gpz, I would be ripe for
> the picking with this ridiculous law.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com
> on behalf of dominatr37
> > Sent: Fri 6/24/2011 5:28 PM
> > To: Buehrle, Michael
> > Subject: Re: A question
> >
> > <<KLR power still doesn't compare to the "rocket
> powered "acceleration of
> > the GPz though.>>
> >
> > yeah the words "KLR POWER" are kind of humorous.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ralph L. Angelo Jr.
> > Author of "Help! They're all out to get me!
> > The Motorcyclists Guide to Surviving the Everyday
> World!"
> > http://helptheyreallouttogetme.com
> > '06 Yamaha FJR1300
> > '01 Kawasaki W650
> > '98 Yamaha YZF600R
> > '95 Kawasaki GPZ1100
> >
> >
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