falcon030gr
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posted June 01, 2005 10:06 PM
FACTORY MADE KLR650 SM?
Has anyone seen the "FACTORY MADE" KLR650 SM?
Well, TEOMOTO (Kawasaki's Official Representative in Greece) is
taking the Original KLR650 and with a few tweaks it makes it a real
super moto! The parts are from WRP and consist of the following:
1. Street wheels in both brushed aluminum & black colours (Black is really mean!)
2. Steel handlebar which is overall 10cm narrower from the stock.
3. New carbon-like (KTM style with sharp angles) mirrors. Kawasaki borrows these from some Peugeot Scooters (TEOMOTO also represents PEUGEOT scooters in Greece..)
4. Front WRP Fender with aggressive-sharp styling
5. WRP muffler (Lite series) which makes a great sound
6. Last but not least , 2 Pirelli's MT60R street tyres at dimensions of 120(front) & 160(rear)
The bike is giving 43 REAL PS on the Dynojet and a TRUE speed of 180km/h.(The speedometer gauge goes allway round to 0!!) I believe them because I was a former owner of the original KLR650 '03 and I can say that the "new" KLR650 SM beats the hell out of the Yamaha XTs in no time...What about the cornering? FORGET what you knew. I can say that a medium level driver could easily reach the edge of the tyres (both front &rear!)
Kawasaki's price for the SM version is like a bonus (5,990 ) while the standard KLR costs 5,450. On the other hand if you want to do the modification yourself, the cost of the parts is about 2,000!!! So, I think it's a bargain.... and it's a KLR.
Best Regards,
Panos.
  
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trenace
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posted July 23, 2005 08:51 PM
I wish Kawasaki offered a SM in America.
That's good news that they do in Greece!
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squidlydiddly
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posted July 25, 2005 09:19 AM
LOL. Street tires on a mid-eighties technology 650 = a super moto. Fill your boots.
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trenace
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posted July 25, 2005 08:17 PM
 Edited By: trenace on 25 Jul 2005 21:50
So? Perfectly adequate for various situations or having fun, with reliability and durability, at a fair price. Not everything has to be the latest ultra-trick, let alone a bleeding-edge dirt motor that isn't designed to go more than a couple thousand miles perhaps between major work.
While for example I'd have a much higher performance supermoto building one off a KX450F, it wouldn't have near the reliability and durability, is a pretty safe bet.
I would rather though that for something in the intended class of what Falcon was talking about, they'd built it off the KLX though to save weight.
So the tires aren't what someone would pick themselves for a supermoto? Well, I've never decided what bike to buy based on what tires it came with. Or quite possibly for some situations those are a good tire choice? I dunno but seems possible.
If I could get a KLR650 "supermoto" at a good price I don't know why I couldn't have fun with it, though myself I'd rather have something lighter. As Falcon said, it can be a lot cheaper when you don't have buy the wheels and brakes aftermarket.
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sagot
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posted September 01, 2005 01:38 PM
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trenace
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posted September 01, 2005 02:31 PM
Edited By: trenace on 1 Sep 2005 15:31
Kawasaki should do something like this... they'd have had a sure sale with me if they'd had one, but since not I got a KTM...
An upgraded-durability KX450F could be an awesome basis for a supermoto.
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ozzy
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posted September 02, 2005 06:44 PM
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An upgraded-durability KX450F could be an awesome basis for a supermoto.
Care to please elaborate on the durability issue? Thanks.
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trenace
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posted September 02, 2005 08:02 PM
Edited By: trenace on 2 Sep 2005 21:04
I don't have much info on it but my impression from a few things on the 'net was that like the YZ450F, it has perfectly reasonable durability by MX racebike standards. But that is quite different from street standards.
A streetbike, you expect many thousands of miles between even something so simple as a valve adjustment, and you certainly don't expect to have to replace valves, bearings, or anything like that for a much longer time than that. I'm not sure what most would consider a reasonable minumum, but perhaps 30,000 miles, and many would NOT consider that reasonable. Most streetbike engines can do better than that.
Perhaps someone with more familiarity with the maintenance requirements of these engines, or just particularly the KX450F, could elaborate?
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