r100gs or klr650

[darby]

Last summer I built a /6 and rode it
to the Yukon. Pretty stressfull
ride really.
Anyway, The Yukon really convinced me that I needed a bike with much better
suspension. So, after much reading I have decided not to get the r100GS I have
always dreamed of, and just get a KLR650. Both bikes that I have found are the same price. The GS
is a 1989 with a 10k old tranny and driveshaft, HPN tank, but a bit of a frankenstein
(quite a few mods). The KLR is a stock 2000. I know BMW's really well (can take them apart and put them back together) but
they kinda scare me you know? Driveshaft, weight, tranny, rotor. All stuff I have fixed or seen break on other beemers. Mabye I
know too much about them.? I know nothing about KLRs. I don't know if I could fix one of those if I had too. Anyway, didn't mean to write a novel here but
I'll likley go to Alaska this summer, mabye even South America in the fall, depending on how much money I save. I was wondering what you folks thought.? Pretty good GS (unknown milage)or stock
KLR(12k)? Am I a big dummy for going with the KLR?




[This message has been edited by darby (edited 23 January 2003).]