640?? what makes it better

[Pee Wee]

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I don't have to tell anyone on this site how important maintainents is to a DS.:shoot:



Pretty common Knowledge that the better it's taken care of, the better it'll take care of you. Yes for $6500 and change...the KLR is the most bang for buck and Capable bike out there, plus it leaves plenty of cash left over for the actuall riding bit too LOL

There's a reason it's probably the #1 DS bike sold. But thats also why I wanted something a little different. EVERYONE has one too !!

My choice was based on the Best bike for the best buck...and a done up KTM, theprevious ownerdropped $14000 into and sells to me for $8500 is just too good to be true. :dr:

 

[joker650]

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Pirate wrote:

If you own a thumper, you WILL lose some bolts. KLR's are nowassembled in Thailand. As for the doohicky, if all else fails adjustat correct intervalsas per manual, with correct torque setting........:tup:

28,000km on the DR650 and last month I lost 1 oil cooler mount bolt:tup:

 

[rubba side down]

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i realize this is an old thread

but i just got of the 640 adv and jumped into a swingers party of bikes.

rode a stock dakar 650 on the road to the trails sweet the abs was turned off and i liked the bike. into the trails and i wanted to pull over and rip out a 87kms of wiring in there and noose myself . i couldnt get into it, yeah they werehard trails with enduro jumps and sand pits and dunes. but i couldnt get used to the size andCoG.

the next dayi goton a 06 dakar 650 with the touratech rallye kit on it. on the road it was taller and more like the kato without the vibes

it was a little less on power than the640 adv but this bike has been race tuned and$15k put into it.(sounded more like a bike than the stock scooter sound) felt betteron the road that stock and the appearance appeals to more far more than the stock dakar.(you would hope so)

on the trails therallye was so much better even though it had the factory used dual sport tyres on it. (jim rode 600km to meet with us) suspension andbrakes where the ticket. with 55 litres of fuel space in 5 tanks you can balance the bikefor different stages of the ride. you need tank foam though jim was saying without it you'll die for sure.

so the conclusion:

i wouldnt swap the ktm for nothing.well maybe a ktm 690 rallye but.

im 6.2 the beemer was to low to small feels like you sit in it andthe ktmyou sit on it.

IMO if your gunna tape your nuts to your leg and hammer the loggin roads land trails like satan himself is chasing you the ktm is it

if your riding from vancouver toalaska with the cook on the back i would invest in a bmw with a few mods .

other than that lets saddle up and ride of into the great unknown. who cares what you ride. unless its my mum light 'er up.

 

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I owned a 2007 640 Adventure for a short time.

It was a good bike.

But really in this day and age do any of the major bike makers not make good bikes.



I find the brakes, suspension, motors, lighting etc on most of all the modern bikes to be pretty darn good.



They may have a weak point on a model, but if you research a bit you can find that problem early on in ownership due to the forums online for that model, and fix it before it ever becomes an issue.



Rode with an Adventure 640 yesterday that had to turn back due to extreme mud build up in the front fender.

This mud was really sticky crap, and he rides in mud okay most of the time, this was just bad stuff.

The rider is a good rider, and knows what he is doing, just this particular condition, on this particular day was too much for the design.

And to remove the front fender, which he did left the brake lines to be torn off in about 50 feet, so he took them off to, and rode home with no front fender or brakes.

But he weilds that big 640adv around very well offroad.

Some told me I was insane to keep my KLR650, and sell my KTM, but for me the KLR was the bike I wanted to keep of the 2.

Neither is a bad bike though......buy a bike, fix any glitches it may have, and ride it.

Rider skill is often far more important than what the person is riding for a bike.

I have ridden several times with a young man of maybe 15 years old, he is on a little 230, and damn he can ride that thing.

Imagine what another 10 years experience, and a bigger bike will make him....I know he will be so far ahead of me then, I will never even keep sight of his tail light....I can barely keep pace with him now.

So its not so much the bike is all I am saying.



But since I am getting older, and my health sucks as of late, I am going to cheat and buy a hardcore bike so I can keep up with the really god riders for another few years hopefully....

 

[blocker]

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Had a Honda 650L that should be a good bike to take to 3rd world countries. So put a big tank on it, rack and off to Baja with Tom (his DR650 expired on the beach out side of Cabo). Well the tank mounts broke twice, and the sub frame broke 3 times--found a guy building buggies for the Baja race and he welded it up for me. So I decided to buy a bike that is made for dual sport touring a 2006 KTM 640 and went to Africa. Crashed a few times but the bike was great in the sand, single track and pavement. Lots of adjustments for suspension and after market products for theKTM's protection from me.