Hello all! Been away a long time. The economic situation has been rotten and only slowly getting better so my interest in things 2-wheeled has been a bit dampened lately.
But I just got the new Community Newsletter and it really brightened things up.
All kindsa good stuff in there! I'm like a blind dog in a meathouse. I see everybody here already knows about it.
I do like the addition of the kicker to the C5 Classic but I still lean toward the G-models with their bigger seat. Would probably only use the kicker when there's no other choice or maybe just for fun on an already warmed-up bike. It wasn't a novelty when I started.
I'm interested in the teasers on both the twin and the diesel. The diesel sounds especially interesting with gas going up again.
I seem to recall that the military has a custom diesel engine on what is otherwise a stock KLR 650 that is reputed to get 100 mpg and performs well. Any rumors, at least, about performance on the RE diesel? I understand they already have some on the Indian domestic market.