KLR To Be Discontinued?!

[Gam]

I'm going to keep mine in a faraday cage, I think it has post apocalyptic style.

[Al Goodwin]

So if I keep my KLR another 50 years it will become a classic and will be worth something?

Nope, just because it's old doesn't make it valuable....they've built, what seems like, millions of KLR's in the 31 years of production....

[norton73]

http://exhaustnotes.us/blog/index.php/2018/09/26/wild-conjecture-the-demise-of-kawasakis-klr650/


"Created shortly after the discovery of lead, and mostly made from the stuff, The KLR 650 has been a somewhat reliable off-road partner for generations of thrifty, vinyl-pocket-protector wearing goofballs. Easily crashed yet hard to pick up, the KLR has spawned a huge aftermarket of widgets and freeze-dried gooseberries to remedy the built-in defects that Kawasaki never had time to address during the bike's short, 437-year production run. Oval pistoned long before Honda claimed to invent it, the KLR suffered from excessive oil use, bad doohickeys, wonky thing-a-ma-bobs, and who's on first anyway?"


:D

[DonJuan]

Maybe a fuel-injected KLX450 or KLX650 to replace it?  That would be awesome.

Agreed.

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[DonJuan]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7_gnh82sLWs


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[Gam]

Maybe a fuel-injected KLX450 or KLX650 to replace it?  That would be awesome.

Got replaced by the KLX 230.  :-[

[TWJohn]

I don't think so. I think this is Kawasaki trying to have a super cheap bike to compete with all the china dual sports flooding in.

[Al Goodwin]

MAYBE the new KLR(??) could be powered by their twin 650 engine...

heavier flywheel, different gearing, etc....

[Al Goodwin]

https://www.webbikeworld.com/kawasaki-reveals-its-new-dual-sport-and-off-road-lineup/?fbclid=IwAR0Ywy1tAlnZUTOuFGSoBBvxePq1cNYKpANdwnXaMMJK2UsCaKVv7EIaflc

[LawnmowerRG]

Man I'm not sure about that choice of a lineup. No KLR. Took the KLX and made it smaller. I had a KLX 250 and thought it was underpowered.
KLX 300 sounds good but it's offroad only.
I don't know about this.

Good news is the supply of good used low mile KLRs should last approximately 137 years.