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I second soggybottoms comments on the KLR 650. It's a great bike with a HUGE (almost cult-like) following, tremendous aftermarket support, and a big extended KLR family on the web at klr650.net.

Mark,

Congrats from one instrument pilot to another. I got my instrument rating courtesy of the USAF in 1988 -- still flying with them.

...regarding the engine, transmission, and final drive crush washers. I can't for the life of me find it in writing at the moment, though. There are people here much smarter than me in these matters who will hopefully chime in to corroborate. If you can't easily obtain the crush washers, the general...

I'm reminded of many fantastic olfactory experiences when I lived in Germany. I used to love to ride through the small villages around dinnertime. There are few things more intoxicating to me than the smell of supper coming through the windows of a couple dozen German kitchens.

I'm hungry now.

I'm Kurt, and posted a few times on the old board under the name "regular dude," because I couldn't think of a clever name. I'm 42 and a USAF KC-135 instructor pilot. I got my first Beemer, my beloved 2004 Dark Ferro R, last year while still in Germany (in Oklahoma now). It was my second m...