About Me
I'm a long time motorcycle fan who learned to ride on the Enduro bikes of the 1970's such as the Yamaha DT360, Suzuki 185, etc. My favorite movie as a teen was "On Any Sunday".
Long after most people have already had their mid-life crisis, I decided I needed to ride again. I bought a Kawasaki KLR650 and was both amazed at how much better dual sports are these days, and and reminded of their limitations and tradeoffs. Then I discovered the Adventure Motorcycling movement, and got hooked on the Longwayround series. As I started to mod my bike, I found a few helpful sites, but I still ended up trying many things blind and learned a lot through trial and error. This is my chronicle of how I arrived at a pretty good KLR 650 adventure bike and I hope you can learn from my experience.
About the Bike
My bike project began as as a completely stock 2009 KLR 650 that I bought used with 1200 miles on it. Here it is today after all the mods:
I'm a long time motorcycle fan who learned to ride on the Enduro bikes of the 1970's such as the Yamaha DT360, Suzuki 185, etc. My favorite movie as a teen was "On Any Sunday".
Long after most people have already had their mid-life crisis, I decided I needed to ride again. I bought a Kawasaki KLR650 and was both amazed at how much better dual sports are these days, and and reminded of their limitations and tradeoffs. Then I discovered the Adventure Motorcycling movement, and got hooked on the Longwayround series. As I started to mod my bike, I found a few helpful sites, but I still ended up trying many things blind and learned a lot through trial and error. This is my chronicle of how I arrived at a pretty good KLR 650 adventure bike and I hope you can learn from my experience.
About the Bike
My bike project began as as a completely stock 2009 KLR 650 that I bought used with 1200 miles on it. Here it is today after all the mods:
