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Originally Posted by taro
Inquisitive, thanks for the input. The thing I love about Kawasaki is that with the ex500 and the klr650, they have two of the most incredible bangs for the buck at the $5k price point. The frugal side of me loves this! So far, I've got about 29k miles on my ex500. I bought my ex500 new for $4300 (last year's model at the time) and so I'm close to recouping the cost of bike. I want to eventually recoup the cost of all of my motorcycle costs and then eventually get a klr. Who knows, by then I might not have to be so cheap. But the point being, nothing I have heard thus far has dissuaded from still wanting one.
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Taro, what is wrong with keeping your EX500 rather indefinitely? Do you have a need / reason to move to a KLR? I chose the KLR because I considered it to be the most utilitarian / best value motorcycle on the market to serve my interests. I am sure there are those who would argue otherwise, however 20+ years of KLR production is tough to argue against... With all of the changes in the 08 model I thought it was a good time to get a KLR, even though I was leery of the "untested" changes. I was behind an earlier model KLR today (all green model). I do not know what year, though looked to be a later model. The rider appeared to be about my size / weight. In all fairness the other KLR had side boxes, and I have no idea if they were empty or full. What I do know is when the other KLR would "get on it" in a few different highway on ramps. I could keep up (easy enough) and could also go by him in no uncertain terms. It was as if the 08 had significantly more power. I rode along as a shadow the the other KLR as I was interested to see how a KLR handled from a "drivers" perspective? My KLR is all stock, except for 1/2 of a turn on a particular screw... The other KLR looked to be all stock as well, and by no means am I a KLR expert, I only qualify as a KLR novice because I own a KLR.