I have finally procured the motorcycle of motorcycles. I have been perusing craigslist, cycletrader, and lemon lots since probably January of 2014 for a good priced motorcycle. Finally got a sweet deal on a KLR 650! I'd figured I would end up with this bike because of its versatility, reliability, and value. This opinion is solely based off of lots of youtube and forum reading but nonetheless I feel confident in my grab. I know I want to be able to do some touring so I know I just can't justify getting a smaller engine for that and the DR650 is just hard to find at the price you can get a KLR for. But this isn't a review of the KLR or any other bike.
I want to share with you the story of getting it. I've rather enjoyed the stories motovloggers tell about how they got their bike. As I said in a previous post I'm down in Washington for business right now and my family was down to visit me. The first week they were here this KLR came up on craigslist for price I hadn't seen on a 2000+ model since I started looking. I contacted the owner who was still ready to sell. I did not want to take time from my family to go pick it up two hours North of me though. My buddy had heard of my strife though about this cause we talk often and I often complain openly around him how I don't have a bike. He's the kind of guy who knows people. Not a drug dealer kind of guy fortunately. At least I'm mostly sure about that. He told me he would go pick it up for me and had a gentleman who owed him a favor. These guys drove all the way up there to go check it out, buy and drive it all the way back down to me so I could continue to visit with my family. The kicker was the downpour that was coming all day long. The day set records for rainfall. In the SEATTLE AREA! It was a lot of rain. All day they spent driving up and back down. Stopping to rest and let the guy warm back up and dry off a bit. They told me everything ran great and it was a good buy. Took about four days under a carport before the seat finally dried out.
Many motovloggers and forum surfers have told stories about the awesome community that is the dual sport crowd. I hadn't even climbed on a bike yet before I had my first experience at the selflessness that is the motorcycle community. A HUGE thank you to both of those gentlemen for doing that for me. And it's because of this I christened this bike to be Taquache henceforth. I had a conundrum about naming it Taquache or something reference to my family. I figured throughout this blog and my Youtube channel I will be making so many shout outs to the awesome support my family gives me that I could give this one to the gentlemen mentioned above.
Til the next time my friends . . .
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