I ride a 1989 KLR650.
This bike has been pretty much bullet-proof for me.
I'm not nice to it either. I bought the thing for $1200 four years ago with 17,000 miles on the odometer. Since then I've basically just added consumables like oil, tires, and a chain.
I've sunk it in mud. I've jumped it across small streams. I pull wheelies on it at every opportunity. It's fallen on it's side more times than I can remember.
It now has 25,000 miles on it. It's ugly as heck as I've never washed it in four years and is covered with dents and scratches. That said, it starts everytime I get on it and will haul my butt down the long Texas highways at 70+mph for hours on end without compliant.
It's not a Goldwing, but it's a heck of a lot more comfortable than a DR or XL.
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