julius caesar
Pack Dog
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- Nov 1, 2009
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- Bike
- Kawasaki KLE 500
Today I had to go check a mountainbike race route and because my Honda 200 is kaput I used my recently acquired KLE 500.
Apart from losing the front end a couple of times and bottoming out the front forks I thought it was very handy. There's enough power to keep the front light over muddy sections and I was starting to have fun on it .... but luckily I got to the end of the route before I ran out of talent.
The terrain was mainly dirt roads with a bit of jeep track and a fairly loose and rocky climb ... i.e nothing too technical, but I was impressed with how easy the bike was to ride off road. I expected it to be more of a handfull, but I think it is a very good all rounder as long as you remember its not a snappy 2smoke nor a high reving multi.
At first I wasn't sure if I wanted the KLE or a road bike as the primary purpose is a commuter. I looked at an ER5 for R20k but it was knackered then I saw an ad for this .... got lied to and ripped off, but now (after R6k) I'm happy with it and not sorry I bought it!
Apart from losing the front end a couple of times and bottoming out the front forks I thought it was very handy. There's enough power to keep the front light over muddy sections and I was starting to have fun on it .... but luckily I got to the end of the route before I ran out of talent.
The terrain was mainly dirt roads with a bit of jeep track and a fairly loose and rocky climb ... i.e nothing too technical, but I was impressed with how easy the bike was to ride off road. I expected it to be more of a handfull, but I think it is a very good all rounder as long as you remember its not a snappy 2smoke nor a high reving multi.
At first I wasn't sure if I wanted the KLE or a road bike as the primary purpose is a commuter. I looked at an ER5 for R20k but it was knackered then I saw an ad for this .... got lied to and ripped off, but now (after R6k) I'm happy with it and not sorry I bought it!
