Dan Woods, who has commented on this site, sent me this thoughtful email re the KLR vs GS (and Harley). He's given me permission to except it here. Thanks, Dan!
I have owned a KLR (or three) since early 1990. I am from SW Colorado, and have spent a lot of free (re-riding) time on one unpopulated trail or another. Black Bear, Imogene, and Engineer Passes are close friends and were very local rides. I would often head out to Elko Nevada via the old Pony Express trail (a seldom traveled dirt road). Heck - the paved highway in that part of the world is touted as "the lonesomest road in the country". The people who authored the signs have obviously not traveled the real back-roads...read more...
The November issue features two essays: “A Brief History of "Outlaw" Motorcycle Clubs” by William L. Dulaney and “Sex and The Art Of Motorcycle Mechanics: Motorcycles as Personal” by Kris Slawinski, whose article is stellar. In it she states: One trend I’d like to see reversed is the growing number of women riders on cruiser bikes. The New World needs more women on café racers and sport bikes, but to accomplish this women need to grow taller, or manufacturers need to design these bikes for a shorter inseam. The Italians seem to be keyed into this issue, and I look forward to the time when they commit to making motorcycles for profit, and better organize their sales effort here in the U.S. But there are enough makes and models out there to satisfy anyone’s need for self-expression.
The Great Wall Ride was a great weekend out in the Northern part of China (Beijing). Check out the pix.. Once again met crazy dutch guy SJAAK going around the world on his Yamaha R1 SJAAK. (Dutch only.)
I don't this is the same wall run I did with the gang in 1998, see the dispatch. Looks like more dirt biking than I did then.
A motorcycle made in India has made its way to San Francisco and into my garage despite desperate pleas from my father and other sensible motorcycle mechanics to forgo the exotic in favor of the reliable. But practical has rarely been my path and to prove it here is a photo of my new 2005 Royal Enfield Bullet 500 Classic, made in Chennai, otherwise known as Madras, where I began my 2000 journey through South India and fell in love with a country and a machine.
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