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My KLE A3 above Anglezarke reservoir near Horwich in the North west of England, on a cold and damp February day!

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Hi Guys,

I'm a newbie here, from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Found this great forum via Google. Just registered and enjoyed reading the postings and discussion on KLE. keep it up!.

just to share my bike pic. This was taken at a road near a horse farm.

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Here it is, with a friend's 640 adventure, next to the "Embalse de Burguillo", in Avila, Spain.
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Heres mine taken at the back of Winter hill, NW England.


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KLE pics

Hi, had my KLE 5 months so thought I would say hello all. Me and my mate bought our bikes at the same time and have just returned from a weeks camping in Ireland on them. Thought I would share the pics with you.

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Nice pics.....Thanks for posting.
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Welcome, Nice to have you guys on and good pics.


Theres some good fellas on here with plenty of info on the KLE. Where about in the midlands are you, Im in merseyside. We must have a meet up?.


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KLE - Black and Grey

Hey,

I love my KLE, I have done about 13,500 km in the last 2 years. I have put better tyers on and put the "speny" up a noch at the back for a better position and I have some soft panniers for the missions. I tried to put some better hand guards and found that my kle bars were not hollow so the Accerzbid whatevers would not go on. Also looked like the windscreen could get smashed from them if the bike went over coz they stuck out so much further. I will maybe get some wider bars sorted eventually.

Its a great bike.. especially when your on the motor way and it cuts out on you when you have to switch over to the reserve tank, haha. Thats always fun.

I need to get my chain sorted its V dirty and jammed in parts from all the dust! I want to clean it or even replace it. Does anyone have recommendation for the spray grease that I have been using? Is it good or is chain lube / oil necessary?

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Hi everybody,
Here is a couple of links to my mates site, plenty of pictures of my KLE on my travels.
France 2007 - Honda Trail Bike Forums


Spain 2007 - Honda Trail Bike Forums
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Great pic Althasaur and a great use of KLE. I wonder whether it was shot from a chopper?

This is my first post. But instead of giving detailed background info, I prefer posting a couple of pics. Perhaps I might introduce myself later.

Some tough riding back in the old days.


Yeah, now what.


Homemade oversized screen challenging the GS.


My wife enjoying the ride.



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Kle400?

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Hi Guys,

I'm a newbie here, from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Found this great forum via Google. Just registered and enjoyed reading the postings and discussion on KLE. keep it up!.

just to share my bike pic. This was taken at a road near a horse farm.

cheers!.

Hey bro are u still owning your KLE...?400 or 500?Mine was KLE400 Singapore registered bike...by the way u have any idea where to get the original stock for the bike?:confused1:
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Hello happy KLE owners, the name is Mario, from Croatia, I already introduced myself before i found this beautiful topic in Kawasaki Technical section . Here are some pics of my KLE....

















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I am currently the owner of my second KLE500. The first pic is of my 1991 KLE500. Got it second hand with 20000km on and put on just over 20000km. Bike had K&N type pod filters, open Gianelli pipe, ported and 0.5mm oversized sleeve. Felt significantly more powerful than my current 2006 KLE500. Unfortunately I found out the motor was damaged before I got her, resulting in a top end disaster.

Replaced the bike with a 2006 KLE500 (second pic). Feels underpowered compared to the old one. Have to replace the restrictive pipe. Fitted an Aerotrim (aerotrim.co.za - About Us) this weekend - only did low speed gravel riding <110 km/h, so have not checked whether it helps for buffeting I've been experiencing with a pilion on at speeds >130km/h. The old KLE was no problem beyond 150km/h, without a screen. Anyone else experience buffeting problems?
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My KLE ready to move

My 96 KLE ready to move to the trip
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