Multi-Surface Motorcycling Reaffirmed
When I coined the phrase Multi-Surface Motorcycles years ago, I didn’t expect it to catch on like
When I coined the phrase Multi-Surface Motorcycles years ago, I didn’t expect it to catch on like
In the spring of 1990 I purchased my first KL650A, a 1989 model with less than 500 miles on the speedometer.
The other day I was motorcycling on a gnarly forestry road in the Laguna Mountains east of San Diego
Rod Morris, proprietor of Multisurface Motorcycle Products on this website, recently told me about a
(Editor’s Note – I haven’t ridden a motorcycle for over a year now due to personal
The number one thing that needs attention on every KLR650 is replacing the rear shock spring with the
When Kawasaki added another 25 or so pounds to the front of the already heavy KLR 650 in 2008, it ostensibly
Glossary MSM – Multisurface Motorcycles/Motorcyclist MMP – Multisurface Motorcycle Products
Come to think of it, all air filters suck air. The problem is that some of them suck more than air. Not
When we think about a motorcycle frame we normally are thinking of an item to which engine, swing arm
Reaching back 15 years, this article first appeared in the now-defunct Dual Sport News. I thought it
It Is Indeed a Small World. The other day I took off on one of my short mountain loops of about 50 miles.
We are generally not fans of most aftermarket parts. Not that we are necessarily fans of the major manufacturers
Way back in ancient times before synthetics and motorcycle specific oils, some folks used to change the
Back in 2008 Top Gun Motorcycles purchased a new Kawasaki KLR650-E model which turned out to be a lemon.
As I sit here in my favorite Subway restaurant (#40249) at the corner of Avocado Ave. and Hwy 94, my
I’ve pretty much avoided the electronic age I have only two modern instruments of communication; a
KLR-650 Chain Master Upper Chain Run Control Device* (*Engineered using a stock KLR-650 with properly
I called Rod Morris and he suggested we meet at Bell Valley east of Potrero on Hwy 94 for a roll-on test
Some guy on one of the Internet sites wrote recently that I had been riding off road bikes since before
We see Kawasaki has added a 2014 “New Edition” KLR650 with revised springs and rebound damping
Back in the last century (1990) when I purchased my first KLR650 (1989 A-3), one of the first things
Product: 6.6 kg/mm, 7.4 kg/mm, 8.0 kg/mm, and 9.3 kg/mm (370 lbs/in, 420 lbs/in 450 lbs/in, 525 lbs/in)
Between 1990 and 1992 I hated my 1989 KL650 so much I almost sold it. I saw no possible way I was going
For years I’ve carried in my wallet a small laminated 50 word paragraph from an article written by
The Skipper recently gave me a print out concerning a factory machining error in the inner left cover
I was discussing motorcycle oil and filter change intervals the other day. We wondered among other things
I recently had a customer call about getting a new piston for his 2007 KLR650. During the discussion
Never has such a frivolous word been used to describe such a dangerous motorcycle engine part. Yes, indeed
I learned about the downside of carbureted motorcycle enrichening systems the hard way. In the first
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