{"id":12625,"date":"2021-03-26T06:27:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T13:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=12625"},"modified":"2021-03-26T06:28:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T13:28:13","slug":"2022-klr-650-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2021\/03\/26\/2022-klr-650-video\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 KLR 650 Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This flew into my mailbox last week from Kawasaki.\u00a0 I&#8217;m still on their mailing list (I purchased a new KLR 650 in 2006).\u00a0 I&#8217;ll let the video do the talking.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bzM2aDVDo6Q\" width=\"644\" height=\"362\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I had good times on my KLR. I don&#8217;t see another KLR in my future, but if the new model is as good as my 2006 KLR was, I think Kawasaki will do well with this motorcycle.\u00a0 \u00a0Both Gresh and I had thoughts about what the new model might feature; you can read those blogs <a href=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/DreamBikes.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If I were going to buy a new KLR (I&#8217;m not, but if I were), I would probably wait until the 2023 models were out.\u00a0 When Kawasaki introduced the Gen II KLR back in 2008, the 2008 bikes had oil consumption issues.\u00a0 Kawasaki had a recall (if I recall correctly) and they fixed the problem in the 2009 model.\u00a0 I think it&#8217;s best to let others work through the new model teething issues.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m guessing the full-freight new KLRs (luggage, ABS, etc.) will push $10K, which is roughly twice what a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ExhaustNotes.us\/RX4.html\">CSC RX4<\/a> costs, and for me, selecting the RX4 over the Kawasaki would be a no-brainer.\u00a0 For that kind of money, you could almost buy a new Sportster.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Never miss an ExNotes blog:\u00a0 Subscribe here for free!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpforms-container wpforms-container-full\" id=\"wpforms-32730\"><form id=\"wpforms-form-32730\" class=\"wpforms-validate wpforms-form wpforms-ajax-form\" data-formid=\"32730\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12625\" data-token=\"6ee8750fff8993003d8d027fad33080f\" data-token-time=\"1792813981\"><noscript class=\"wpforms-error-noscript\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/noscript><div class=\"wpforms-field-container\">\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-32730-field_1-container\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-id=\"1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-32730-field_1\" >Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-32730-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1]\" >\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-32730-field_2-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-email\" data-field-id=\"2\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-32730-field_2\">Email <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><input type=\"email\" id=\"wpforms-32730-field_2\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][2]\" spellcheck=\"false\" required><\/div><script>\n\t\t\t\t( function() {\n\t\t\t\t\tconst style = document.createElement( 'style' );\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle.appendChild( document.createTextNode( '#wpforms-32730-field_1-container { position: absolute !important; overflow: hidden !important; display: inline !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; z-index: -1000 !important; padding: 0 !important; } #wpforms-32730-field_1-container input { visibility: hidden; } #wpforms-conversational-form-page #wpforms-32730-field_1-container label { counter-increment: none; }' ) );\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.head.appendChild( style );\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.currentScript?.remove();\n\t\t\t\t} )();\n\t\t\t<\/script><\/div><!-- .wpforms-field-container --><div class=\"wpforms-submit-container\" ><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"wpforms[id]\" value=\"32730\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"wpforms[time_token]\" value=\"1792813981.c084fd0a506856ba5e47a422d0200dc5e3cf128a0a34ddd6dc7b109496e9857a\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"page_title\" value=\"\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"page_url\" value=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12625\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"url_referer\" value=\"\"><button type=\"submit\" name=\"wpforms[submit]\" id=\"wpforms-submit-32730\" class=\"wpforms-submit\" data-alt-text=\"Sending...\" data-submit-text=\"Submit\" aria-live=\"assertive\" value=\"wpforms-submit\">Submit<\/button><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wpforms-lite\/assets\/images\/submit-spin.svg\" class=\"wpforms-submit-spinner\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\" alt=\"Loading\"><\/div><\/form><\/div>  <!-- .wpforms-container -->\n<hr \/>\n<p>Want to see our predictions on what the new KLR would be?\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ExhaustNotes.us\/DreamBikes.html\">Just click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This flew into my mailbox last week from Kawasaki.\u00a0 I&#8217;m still on their mailing list (I purchased a new KLR 650 in 2006).\u00a0 I&#8217;ll let the video do the talking. 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