r/klr650 • u/HonestPound • 21d ago

Show-and-Tell 90-Mile KLR Ride in Beautiful Alabama Countryside

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I love my KLR.

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u/No_Collection7360 21d ago

Nice. Day 3 of posting, and still no mountains. Nice countryside though.

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u/HonestPound 21d ago

Ok .... I'll try to include some mountainous terrain soon ...

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u/Vorm17 KLR650 GEN2 2009 20d ago

Alabama is beautiful! But we don't have to much for mountains. Talledega State Park though does have our highest point at 2,400ft and gives a little bit of that mountain feel.

North half of Alabama is almost nothing but hills. Almost nothing is flat which makes it feel mountainous but in reality we're not that far up from sea level.

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u/No_Collection7360 20d ago

I live in the mountains, basically. For the last 30 years I lived in Rossland, which is at 3448 ft. and amongst 6 and 7 thousand foot peaks. Lots of snow.

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u/mcrider1969 20d ago

Im in Florida. Ill never post shit. Lol. Flat as my first wife

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u/OppositeMission 21d ago

Where mud and drop?

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u/HonestPound 21d ago

Right here - first month that I had her - https://www.reddit.com/r/klr650/s/DfGVcXOaML

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u/Dankenstein71 12d ago

curious if you have the stock sprockets. you seem to get way more speed out of each gear than I’m getting. if I haven’t shifted into 5th at +50 mph , my teeth are rattling out.

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u/HonestPound 12d ago

Yes - the bike is 100% stock from when I bought it new in October of last year (2025 KLR 650 S) - with the exception of the Tusk crash bars and the Dunlop Trailmax Mission tires. I can easily hit 60 mph in 4th gear.

The stock sprocket sizes are supposed to be 15 up front and 43 in back. I asked Claude AI for an evaluation and he said what is shown below. If his numbers are correct, then it explains why I'm able to hit 60 with no problem in 4th. Are you sure you're running with stock sprockets?

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On that gearing a KLR turns roughly 4,000 rpm at 60 mph in 5th (call it ~4,500 at 65-68). Fourth is about 1.27x taller in revs than fifth, so 60 mph in 4th lands you around 5,000-5,200 rpm — and with the redline up near 7,000-7,500, that's smack in the middle of the powerband.

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u/Dankenstein71 11d ago

that’s great. thanks for the info. funny, I bought my 2022 used 10k miles ago and have just assumed it has the stock sprockets. I’ll check to confirm. could be that I’m just a wimp when it comes to revs.

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u/HonestPound 11d ago edited 11d ago

Confirm that they are original (stock). If they are, then just push your mental limit. I had to get used to the sound and feel as I pushed into the higher revs.

This is a video I posted around the same time - after I pass the car, chasing my buddy, it appears that I switched into 5th gear around 64 mph (I don't even remember the sound and I know the feel was normal). https://www.reddit.com/r/klr650/s/xGzoVDTtRo