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[fixitsan]

[Coopz]

Good video but a few of those motorbikes are more like scooters, also the KLR650 should not be in there, its cheap, agricultural and simple but the engine has some glaring faults they never bothered to fix. 

 Also no XJ900 Diversion, Goldwing or CBR1000F? Those 3 bikes always used to win every magazines most nuclear proof and reliable bike comps. 

[fixitsan]

Good video but a few of those motorbikes are more like scooters, also the KLR650 should not be in there, its cheap, agricultural and simple but the engine has some glaring faults they never bothered to fix. 

 Also no XJ900 Diversion, Goldwing or CBR1000F? Those 3 bikes always used to win every magazines most nuclear proof and reliable bike comps. 

 

Yeah there are other candidates, I agree.

[TDrummer]

I sold my 07 KLR650 (685) with 170,000 miles on it last month.

I kept my 92 TDM 850 (870?).

[TDrummer]

I put over 170,000 miles on my 2007 KLR 650. Bored to 685. Fully ported head. Fork cartridge emulators. Custom built shock. Seat Concepts seat. Britannia Composite fairing. Excel rims/Buchanan spokes. Thermobob, Eagle balancer lever adjuster, fork brace. LED lights. Racks, bags, lowered pegs. Maybe more. My 92 TDM has had the similar treatment. Tired when I bought it a few years ago. Bored 2X over, new valve, springs, seals, exhaust guides, Renthal bars, Race Tech fork springs (I love the cartridge forks on the 92s), custom shock, etc. After I finished them, the KLR and the TDM were both very much better than when they came out of the factory. One had to go recently. I kept the TDM.