I fire the sleepy thumper and let her warm while I snug my hiking boots (not really important, but if I slip too far away form my literary stream-of-consciousness I'll probably post something about soup or a gardening question... maybe even dingos. Man, I really want a dingo.)
The awakening sunlight pierces the treeline in a brilliant orange as I zip up the mesh, no liner just a hoodie underneath. I'm running early, probably have time for a coffee stop this morning.
I bang my knee on the luggage rack for the ninth time in twenty-four hours as I mount up... It's been on there thirty-three hours now. The Rust-Oleum "unique hammered finish" black is starting to show some wear, not so much as my knee though.
Rolling out of the garage I notice the little missez took the Civic. It's a perfect morning... she must be getting the oil changed or something.
The actual post begins here.
Okay, like anyway, I roll out of the assigned place of bidness today and notice the sky looks angry... Not good, but I head out to knock-down some last minute errands before this particular 'ville rolls it in for the next four days... and then it starts raining. (The wife checks Weather.com when she gets up, I go to craigslist.)
Lo and Behold! The Gen2 actually has decent rain protection! My old Gen1 had virtually none, maybe less. I think it may have actually caused rain on two occasions while I was on I-70 in the mid-90's. The Gen2 KLR is actually MUCH better in the rain than my 2nd Gen SV650S (the SV with the fairing.)
It may be under-engineered, overweight, assembled by Asian child labor and have "questionable" styling... but I'm starting to warm up to it.
The awakening sunlight pierces the treeline in a brilliant orange as I zip up the mesh, no liner just a hoodie underneath. I'm running early, probably have time for a coffee stop this morning.
I bang my knee on the luggage rack for the ninth time in twenty-four hours as I mount up... It's been on there thirty-three hours now. The Rust-Oleum "unique hammered finish" black is starting to show some wear, not so much as my knee though.
Rolling out of the garage I notice the little missez took the Civic. It's a perfect morning... she must be getting the oil changed or something.
The actual post begins here.
Okay, like anyway, I roll out of the assigned place of bidness today and notice the sky looks angry... Not good, but I head out to knock-down some last minute errands before this particular 'ville rolls it in for the next four days... and then it starts raining. (The wife checks Weather.com when she gets up, I go to craigslist.)
Lo and Behold! The Gen2 actually has decent rain protection! My old Gen1 had virtually none, maybe less. I think it may have actually caused rain on two occasions while I was on I-70 in the mid-90's. The Gen2 KLR is actually MUCH better in the rain than my 2nd Gen SV650S (the SV with the fairing.)
It may be under-engineered, overweight, assembled by Asian child labor and have "questionable" styling... but I'm starting to warm up to it.
