Posted on 07/13/2022 4:46:01 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Would be most appreciative for any advice. Need to add accessories like crash bars, skid plates, tank and top bag, windshield extender, etc. If youse guys have experience, your thoughts would be most welcome.
I considered a KLR 650 (too heavy and still needed doo-hickey and thermobob) and several other small "adventure" bikes but finally settled on this. Love it so far.
Have about 300 miles so far, mostly practicing riding in sand and standing.
Several years ago, I owned a cruiser but have never done any off-road motorcycling so still need a lot of practice.
That said, I do ride a mountain bike several times a week and that translates a wee bit.
Im a Kawasaki/Hayes M1030M1 type of guy. Good luck!
I've never ridden off-road. I enjoy my Gold Wing, though.
As for the CRF300L Rally and accessories, I would invite you to watch a YouTube channel by a young Dutch woman. “Itchy Boots”. She is riding from Bolivia to Alaska on a CRF300. Currently in Baja California.
She has broken a few thing and had problems obtaining a few wear items, BUT zero mechanical breakdowns/
To me she is the best endorsement for that bike, I can imagine. Earlier episodes tell the accessories she added on.
Satellite phone for when you drop it off-road.
Try to avoid turning it into a donor-cycle.
I used to teach English at the Honda Head Office in Tokyo years ago - Motorcycle Planning Division . Bunch of good chaps in my class .
Brave girl.
Incredible quality.
We have owned Honda vehicles since 1995 - all fab . I think their engines are even better than Toyota - which I owned before moving to Japan in 1985 - and were also first class .
What the KLR owners kept telling me was that when folks say "they don't make bikes like they used to," just remind them that the KLR is almost exactly like the KLR's they used to make...and that's a good thing (for the most part).
It'll outlast me.
I bought a Toyota Corona back in 1981. Drove it for 7 years and gave it to my FIL. He drove it for the next 15 and then gave it to friend's daughter who was headed off to college. It's probably still on the road somewhere.;-)
I wish we could import Toyota Hilux and old Land Rovers from Africa and Middle East.
I’m looking at the KLX 300
I have a 77 year old friend who still races motocross......
Avoid loose gravel.
I'll be 74 next month.
Where I ride my mountain bike there is a camping area with a loose gravel road. No way to master it...just slow down and take it easy.
Thx much. Just what I am looking for.
I am more worried now that it seems she is heading up through
Californicate.
I really did not worry too much about her in Mexico. She is very aware of the cartels and they seemed to know she was coming through and simply waved her past their check points.
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