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Originally Posted by Snakeboy
Where do you live in the world, what bikes are avalable there?
Whats your price range?
I own a XT660Z which has the same engine as the Xt660R and a lot of other common parts. As a big single cylindred bike some vibration is almost unavoidable. However the vibrations on the XT660Z doesnt bother me much and it atually gets less vibration at higher speeds (higer rpms). Well not talking about high speeds (for this bike type) above 130-140 km/h. But how bothered one are from vibrations are very indvidual and subjective. You just have to try different bikes on test rides.
Actually the vibrations in the handlebars on my bike got a little worse as I changed from the orignal Yamaha handguards to Barkbusters as the weights on the end are lighter on the Barkbusters than the original. Its still no major drawback to me.
Have no experience with the KLE whatsoever but a friend of mine who tried out one described it as "completely dull".
A tripple is definetively the best as our friend above writes..... 
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ireland, that means no drs , no klrs, everything else is probably available however i dont want something thats monstrously heavy or feels like it is too much big for me at this stage...and the 650 twins and up i think are just too much power for my current level of rider abilty and experience.
and a tenere i just imagine to be slightly tall and would probably be at the top end of my budget and i m not sure all the breakable pretty front end would survive me intact...it is very pretty though..its a bike to get when one has more experience i think!
regarding the kle, thats the feeling i get towards it too...i think it would be reliable and get the job done but dull seems to be the way i feel about it...dull but on the plus side reliable and solid...
gah decisions decisions...worst case scenario i buy the xt , hate it and have to trade it in for something else
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