{"id":6719,"date":"2019-11-24T06:02:37","date_gmt":"2019-11-24T14:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=6719"},"modified":"2019-11-25T05:01:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T13:01:53","slug":"one-hell-of-an-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/11\/24\/one-hell-of-an-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"One hell of an ad…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A selfie of yours truly, as reflected in J’s visor, somewhere in the twisties below Lake Tahoe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Good buddy J, with whom I’ve ridden a lot, is selling his old KLR. I had to laugh when I read his ad, and with his permission, I’m printing it here for you to enjoy as well (and if you ride a GS, my apologies in advance). \u00a0 J and I have ridden big miles in Baja (those trips were on the CSC RX3 motorcycles), as well as northern Nevada and California in the Lake Tahoe area (we both rode our KLRs on that ride).\u00a0 They were all awesome rides.<\/p>\n

Okay, that’s enough of a stroll down memory lane.\u00a0 Here’s the ad for J’s KLR:<\/p>\n

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2005 Kawasaki KLR 650 project for sale – $800 (DAYTON)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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2005 KLR650 project for sale
\n$800
\n49,509 miles<\/p>\n

Do you have big adventure-bike dreams but a very small adventure-bike budget? Have you got some basic mechanical skills, a strong desire to learn more, and a dry place to work over the winter? If so, this is perfect for you.<\/p>\n

This is a Kawasaki KLR650. The OG adventure motorcycle.<\/p>\n

Show up at any gathering of adventure riders on a well-traveled KLR and hold your head high. While a guy on a BMW GS has to put up with constant Starbucks jokes, when you ride a KLR you just climb on and go look for a good taco stand. In Baja.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve done this. I rode this bike all the way to Cabo San Lucas and back. In winter. To a Horizons Unlimited meet in Mariposa. I rode it to Overland Expo in Flagstaff a couple of times and had a beer with Ted Simon. All of those were amazing trips. I want you to have trips like that.<\/p>\n

The best thing about this bike is that you\u2019ll know everything about it. Because you overhauled it yourself. Imagine sitting around the campfire, under a big desert sky, telling the story of how you brought this bike home, tore it down, put it back together, and rode it to somewhere awesome, far away. You need that experience in your life.<\/p>\n

The bike has been sitting in my garage since June, 2016. I haven\u2019t tried to start it since then. It ran well enough when I stopped riding it. I know the clutch was slipping under load. And the fork seals were leaking. I quit riding this because I got something newer that I liked better. I\u2019m not aware of any major issues that aren\u2019t easily fixed.<\/p>\n

Somebody who really knows what they are doing could probably have this thing roadworthy in a few days. I don\u2019t have the time nor the motivation to make that happen. So I\u2019m offering it as a project, at a price much lower than I would ask if I didn\u2019t just want it out of my way.<\/p>\n

Clean title in hand.<\/p>\n

First person who shows up with $800 in cash, and a truck or trailer to haul the bike and all the extra parts away, gets everything.<\/p>\n

Farkles<\/span>:
\nProgressive Suspension adjustable rear shock with remote adjuster
\nDoohickey done at Happy Trails headquarters in Idaho
\nHappy Trails soft panniers with waterproof liners
\nHappy Trails pannier racks
\nHappy Trails engine guard and highway pegs
\nHappy Trails engine guard bags
\nHappy Trails skid plate
\nHappy Trails rear master cylinder guard
\nMoose Racing handguards
\nBike Master heated grips
\nPowerlet accessory power outlet on handlebars
\nRAM mount ball mount and double-socket mount
\nSargent gel seat, needs to be recovered<\/p>\n

Spare parts and extras<\/span>:
\nNew Shinko 705 front and rear tires, still in the shipping packaging
\nSlightly used Michelin T63 front and rear tires, lots of life left
\nNew clutch kit, still sealed in the original packaging
\nNew clutch cover gasket, still sealed in the original packaging
\nNew clutch cable, in original packaging
\nNew front and rear brake pads, still sealed in original packaging
\nSpare engine, needs to be rebuilt
\nSpare carburetor
\nLowering links
\nShortened sidestand
\nClymer shop manual<\/p>\n

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You know, after reading that ad, I’m tempted to buy that KLR myself.\u00a0 But I’m in the same boat as J: \u00a0 I don’t have the time or the motivation to bring it back to life.\u00a0 But wow, it’s one hell of a deal and the Kawasaki KLR was one hell of a motorcycle. \u00a0 I had a lot of fun with my KLR, and I often wish I still had it.\u00a0 But it went to a good home, and good buddy Daniel is putting it to good use.<\/p>\n

The ride J and took with a bunch of other motojournalists in the northern Sierra Nevadas was grand.\u00a0 The riding through that part of the world is about as good as it gets.<\/p>\n

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J on his KLR a few years ago.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Carla King’s photo of yours truly. My KLR went down the road a couple of years ago. Maybe I should have kept it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Chasing J, Carla, and a a few others in the Sierra Nevada mountains.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oh, hey, one more thing:\u00a0 If you have an interest in J’s KLR, here’s the link to the ad<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good buddy J, with whom I’ve ridden a lot, is selling his old KLR. I had to laugh when I read his ad, and with his permission, I’m printing it here for you to enjoy as well (and if you ride a GS, my apologies in advance). \u00a0 J and I have ridden big miles … Continue reading “One hell of an ad…”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[96,89],"tags":[315],"class_list":["post-6719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feel-good-stuff","category-motorcycle-adventure-ride","tag-klr-650"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6719"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6733,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6719\/revisions\/6733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}