Sand riding clicked for me when I seen someone talk about floating. Bear in mind I rode bmx and quads years ago so clutch and angle isnt my issue. One night, it just clicked, maybe it was commitment, or likely a culmination of techniques and ability. I ride a crf300l with 50 lbs of recovery gear on top of me. All stock. Weight preposition and distribution can be meditative man.

Nice job !! What camera are you using ? Looks very good 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

“Ridin through the rugged roads of Colorado!” 😆😆😆😆😆

I know I probably won’t get a reply in time, but a friend of my mom’s is selling a 2010 for about $3500 with around 7k miles (I think) and in excellent condition. Would that be a good/okay price for it? (Granted she loves the bike still and her partner is trying to get her to sell it because they’re starting a family) I’ll be taking a look at it next weekend (there is a chance I might not buy it right away, just to see if there’s better options, like the Ninja 400 for example). I’m also a beginner and am curious if this is a good beginner bike. My only concern though is the weight (which I don’t know). I’m currently 5’1 and don’t have much upper body strength (however I am willing to change that if I love the bike enough). For reference though, the friend is also short at about 5’3 and has already lowered it.

Idk why but I feel uncomfortable on the 650 seat. It’s hard to find the right seating position. My 250 had a large tank that was easy to grip with my knees. There’s nothing to grab on the 650 so I find myself getting thrown around when engine braking.

Hey Guys does the ninja 2009 and Ninja 2011 have the same engine and cyclinder heads?

Something similar it would be the Suzuki Gsx-650f, basically a suzuki bandit with efi and fairing

Great job on review. Very well done sir..

Ducati knockoff? Japanese twins are far superior compared to the ducati twin engines.

Neat!

I just got one and it’s my first bike and I love it. Granted, I don’t have a basis for comparison, but it’s been pretty great so far

Anyone have any experience with the 715 kit on the Gen3 yet?

I am having my DL 1000 from 2004. First hand. Rear Ohlins fully adjustable, Front Ohlins Springs, De-restrected, secondaries removed, 4 caliper Nissin in the front from cbr900, 12' actian hand brake, BMC filter and superflares. Also Power commander with custom made maps on the dyno that eliminated the low rev hiccups. The bike is amazing after these changes. Already 20 years old and runs near the new advanced models. Of course no ABS, cornering ABS, Antispin and all these. But still is among the most reliable bikes on the planet

I also have a DRZ 400 E, and a KLR, and i am considerind selling the KLR to buy a V-STROM 1000, my mechanic said that this bike drinks to much gas...if i buy one i might change the handle bar in order to be more big so i can ride with my body totally straight.

I didn't think this bike could handle the rough roads! I ride a Ninja 400R which is a downsized version of your Ninja 650R bike. Someday when I get some skills I want to try off-roading too lol.

Where are you riding around the 10:22 mark? Looks amazing, dude

Just taken my DL1000 on a mountain on a rocky road and through rivers 1m deep, and she handled everything very well. No issues. Then did 160kph for 2 hours. My opinion - it does everything well and for me, exceeds expectations. The best allround bike, ever.

I had the KLR also...Toured Central America and Mexico with the wife on the back..Fun! but never again...lol....I also bought the 2005 vstrom 1000....and only wish i had that at the time instead...The trip woulda been hundred X better...

My brother has a 2009 DL 1000 and I have a 2010 DL 650 and there is not too much difference - thanks for the review

Could you please turn off the damn music! We can't hear you talking.

Can anyone help me? I want to buy a 2003 DL 1000 with 47000 very nice bike. But will it last? It appears to be taken care of? Fully loaded with all the storage bags and all. If I could get some feedback I would appreciate it so much. Thanks 🙏

you do not need fi to go faster, or better than what carb's can do. my first gen FZ1 can go as fast and for longer than the second gen FZ1 with fi. both bikes have the same red line, gearing, tire size. but i get better mpg than the fi. and my bike came factory with a gallon more in the tank. (4.? under my 5.78 gallon). but with my steel wrap around frame mine tips the scales 50 pound's (factory) dry weight heaver. not sure about the klr weight. is factory gearing the same. cam? crank? timing? no mater the klr is a pig. nothing more. but unlike other bikes. it can get through. if you drop it (low speed) not much damage, and if any, easier and cheaper to fix. yes people laugh at it. but you have money in the bank were others do not. and if parked in a line, they will bypass a klr 650 and take the bmw.😶‍🌫

something liberating about a super-efficient, super-reliable, and pleasant vehicle. Makes one appreciate how life can be better without all the excess.

Looking at buying a friend's in Washington and riding back to Minnesota, thanks for all the info maybe do an adventure some time if you still have yours?

Absolutely wonderful. This exposed me to parts of the US that I'd never seen. Watching your journey on TV was a poor substitute for your experience, but wow, I loved it. Whenever you have the time, new videos would be very welcome.

I’ve had my 06 V-Strom 1000 since 2012. I was the 2nd owner. It runs great, I still enjoy riding it. Can’t justify replacing it with another bike

My 2007 DL1000 has chain driven cams

I enjoyed your review. I have a 2012 dl1000, have taken several trips, a little off roading as well, not the best off road bike but, all things in moderation!! 😄 a very reliable bike for sure!!

Great review Someone who actually knows and expresses themselves, in depth, very well

I just bought a 2005 DL1000 yesterday and love it so far. I rode it home last night about 150 miles in 20°F temperatures in Colorado. I like colder temperatures, but even that cold, the bike kept wind chill to a minimum thanks to the Madstad windscreen put on by the previous owner. It's way more powerful than my DL650 was, and had no problem going 80mph or more down I-25. I'm excited to see how it performs on dirt roads, especially once I put on the Dunlop Trailmax Mission tires I bought for it. This video definitely gives me a good idea of what to expect, thanks for making it!

I think the reason Mikal are get such a bad rap because it’s not fancy and the magazines and reviewers aren’t overly excited about it because there’s nothing specifically special about it. It’s got the basics like you said of an adventure bike it can go off-road just about anywhere you can go on road anywhere It’s not fast but fast enough but the things that are exciting and our sales points on the killer are basics on everything now. But that’s what’s great about the killer is the features that aren’t talked about or what make it great. It’s simple it’s easy to work on because it’s not pushed to the edge of high-performance it’s incredibly durable and needs very little maintenance. You lube and change the oil you keep your filter clean and replace consumables as they were out and every couple of years you do a valve adjustment and that’s about it. Some thing like a CRF 450 L is a better bike it’s faster in the red circles around this is better off-road but the killer will still all do that pretty well and get you from point a to point B which is what an adventure bike is supposed to do Get it from place to place over various types of terrain. A motocross racer isn’t gonna be happy with a KLR he’s gonna want something more motocross oriented but that’s not what the killer is supposed to be it’s not a street bike it’s not a motocross bike it’s kind of like an SUV it’s a very comfortable workhorse that will get you anywhere you need to go. If you want the fastest cutting edge engine performance you’re going to pay for it in maintenance time and costs, a CRF 450 L wants you to rebuild the entire engine after 20,000 miles., You could probably skip your valve adjustments and just change oil on a car alarm for 20,000 miles and it will barely be broken in come out low compression simple engines go forever. You’re not going to see a bunch of CRF 450 else with 100,000 miles on them in the future, they’re already a bunch of Honda XL‘s Suzuki DR 650 is the KL are 650 come out these simple bikes just go forever. That’s the magic of these, ease of ownership, if you’re not out there racing this will do everything just fine and get you from point a to point B he hit dirt or mud or rocky trail it’ll get through it and it will do it for cheap. Yeah BMW makes better bikes and so does KTM and even the Japanese manufacturers now have them but you can buy a killer for 3500 bucks in pretty good shape go out and put 80,000 miles on it. He might be able to do that with something like in Africa twin but you’re still going to have a little more maintenance on it and you’re gonna have to pay 4 to 5 times as much for it right off the bat and parts and service are going to be expensive. Forget about a KTM or Ducati or some of those. You can buy 2 cal with what you’re going to pay for in maintenance costs not to mention if your friend says hey let’s go drive to the top of Alaska this summer, if you’ve got a KLR you change the oil and go. If you’ve got a high-tech high-performance bike you have to check your maintenance intervals and how many of them do you have to be a damn good mechanic or try and schedule time with the dealer to get your overprice maintenance done. Personally I really like the Africa twin but do I want to pay $12,000 when I can get a K alarm for 3500 which will probably get you to all the same places for a whole lot cheaper and honestly a lot more comfortably. I get it I would love to have an Africa twin and I kind of like the BMWs but my biggest problem with those bikes is they’re heavy and if you write off road you’re gonna drop it and a killer is heavy as well but well over 100 pounds lighter and just way more comfortable. Adding a bigger windscreen is easy but you can’t add ease of use and maintenance and ownership later. If you go buy a CRF 450 L you’re gonna have to drive a couple of times and then spend the day renting on it and if you’re gonna put miles on it you’re gonna have to rebuild that engine every 20,000. With Keller you just drain the oil throwing a new filter fill it back up with oil and go that’s almost all you have to do for years on end. To me that’s worth way more than an extra 50 hp I’ll probably never use. It’s cool those bikes are out there but a killer does the same thing just a lot cheaper and a lot easier and it will keep doing it for decades. Low tech is sometimes better. Yeah you can buy a $400 nail gun and get the compressor or battery make sure it’s charged load it with overpriced nail gun nails and that’s cool if you got to do a ton of them that’s great but if you gotta just put a couple of nails in a hammer is much easier and simpler and cheaper, that’s kind of what the killer is it’s just very simple very easy durable dependable and performance wise it’s not bad the people who hate it or the people that nitpick everything to little pieces. For me the killer performance is good enough. I would probably make a couple of mods on it, they’re kind of choked off and put a pipe on it But nothing crazy I’d put some holes in the screen on the top of the airbox and re-jet it but bone stock the performance is decent and the power is good enough to get you out of trouble it’s not too heavy and it’s super easy. That’s why people keep going back to them you see people who do reviews that I’ve driven hundreds of different bikes and a lot of them have A Kahler or an XR 650 L or a DR 650 sitting in their garage and that’s what they buy, Bikes like the kale are like the DR the DRZ 400, everybody likes to complain about them but those are some of the best selling bikes out there and that’s what most people have for a reason. Magazines are cool to see the latest tech and all that but they aren’t very practical at suggesting bikes for people most of the time because they’re kind of selling you those high-performance flashy new and exciting things that are interesting about new bikes but when you buy that two years later there’s gonna be something newer and flash year that they’re gonna tell you is way better than the crap you bought two years ago. The killer is just a simple honest bike it is what it is is it going to be what you bought it to be and it’s going to be that way for 30 years. Most bikes can’t say that, almost everything new and redesigned in the last few years is never gonna last that long and if you wanna spend the money and the maintenance time for that level of performance and that’s awesome and they’re great bikes out there for that but for the average guy wants to go for a ride travel up from point a to point B be able to get through the dirt roads end the streets to be able to go fast enough on the freeway, the killer is just fine and it will do it cheap and it will be very easy to own and that’s worth way more to me. I might go for an Africa twin but realistically the killer is all I’ll ever need and for 95% of the people out there who will probably be able most of them will ever need as well, buying a $20,000 bike is it gonna make that much of a difference a good rider on a killer will drive circles around your average Joe on The KTM 890 adventure. The only exception to that would be drag racing and if you drag race and get a street bike because it’s gonna be way faster than any adventure bike anyway. People should get what they want but that’s the one thing I always lacking when I hear advice from reviewers, Is considering the ease of ownership and maintenance the durability and longevity are touched on but the truth is almost anything you out by today it’s going to be kind of a pain in the butt to own as far as maintenance and servicing, a killer isn’t. The only problem I see with the KLR is there a couple things that need to be covered up better and sometimes the bolts rattle loose a little bit so you keep some red Loctite and something comes loose you pop it out put a couple drops of Loctite on it screw it back in then you never have to worry about it again. You can nitpick its imperfections but as a complete package it’s a pretty great bike and there’s very little seriously wrong with it, Especially on the new models. A GEN one Yep you’re gonna need to upgrade that front brake because they suck but you can do that for three or 400 bucks later models fix that and the Doohickey thing is stupid they should’ve fixed that but neither of those are a big deal they’re both things that can kind of wait but other than that it’s a pretty solid bike all the way around will take you anywhere and it’ll be very easy to do and that’s why people who just put down a lot of miles love them

Great review, nice quiet background music, and no info was too technical for average riders. Well done.

I have a 94 650. 130 mph and it has no problems on knobbies does close to triple digits on dirt

Swag my friend! The Klr has a certain swag to it over ALL other bikes! Nuff said. Loved ur review. Agreed with all you said. Sold my gen 2 regretted shit out of it. Gotta 2018 v Strom 650.xt. heavily modded for off road. Love that bike too but couldn't sleep thinking bout my Klr. So I bought a gen 3. Always wanting to ride my Klr over the Strom. Luv that chug!

This was a great video. Fun to see you in the area where I live by Great Dunes park. Thumb up. Hope all is well with you 5 years later.

Can't wait to pick up a Ninja 650!

Annoying music

Good day to you! I am HONDA Cross Cub senior rider from Japan. Enjoying touring , camping and video editting. It is great touring video ! So nice ! Leave Have a nice day my friend !!

I own the bike for a few years .. 2 set of silencers , kN filter, Re map ECU, Velocity stacks and Dyna Coils Makes the bike fly ! Huge improvement to torque and accel. Power starts just above the idle at every gear. Power wheelie to 1st and second gear too.

Some say you can cruise comfortably at 75-80mph no problem! Some say it can't do 70. Can't wait to test mine out to see who's spitting truth and who's spewing diarrhea.

How about water cooled?

Why get one?...... it's the best value mile muncher currently on sale and will ( probably) never....ever leave you stranded......that's why. The 1050 is the way to go though as the 1000 is fugly.

Thanks my friend, very helpful info to decide.

Love it just bought one love the sound good all round cruiser sit nice for long distance

The most boring upload I've seen in a long time...Did you hear the indictments of jan 6 came out, apparently the gov has people incarcerated without accusation nor legal process...UAU 3rd world democracy, or should I say dictatorship? Also 3 millions more in weapons for the war effort, gotta love the democrats!!! Let's go Brandon, oh Pelosy's sun got a free pass in a DUI with alcohol and drugs. Nice!!!

If you want the power, you gotta feed the horses. 650's do alot better. I have a 2019 650 XT ADV and it's too tech heavy. Looking to sell it and get another older 1000V. I loved the power and the roll-on torque of the 1000. So I am making that happen asap. Great review. Music is very repetitive and is somewhat of a distraction.

Brotha man! When are you coming back with fresh content???

I can see planing and weather being the hardest part of this but to be honest how bout that disconnect to Society! I’m working so hard to buy a bike and go on these kind of trips. I use to ride a old gs 500 before the marriage and kids. I think a ninga 650 will serve me well.

Your so right I never thought about that I felt so connected on my bike but In Reality I was only half way there. Like if you have boots on and you want to feel better walking in the grass around a lake do you put flip flops on. But nothing beats going barefoot

very sensible review, relaxed and down to earth