If you own a KLR, you get a lot of abuse from guys with bikes that cost way more. Using milk crates for trunks has almost become a tradition. I've found the KLR owner community to be about the equivalent of serious GRM/Challenge types. Thus, I present to you a couple of videos recently created by others that illustrate what having the cockroach of motorcycles is like. 
"Which dual sport is best?"
This one is more serious, but this guy really nails it:
"This is my KLR650"
I've got a Rubbermaid trunk on my KLR. Rattlecan bed liner paint too.
Radiators on a dual sport? That's cute.
I have always wanted one of those "types of bike" but for absolutely no reason I can think of. There are no uncharted places to ride anything around here without getting shot by a disgruntled land owner.
Every time I start looking at bikes I always end up looking at dual sports. The riding position seems so much more comfortable and I like the idea that I can go off road.
I need locking storage, so I have an old Cabbage (brand, not contents) case bolted to the back of mine. One I had floating around in the garage for years. Works great.
I couldn't kick my KLR over, no way. I wouldn't cry if it fell over, but intentionally knocking it over? Nooooo!
Drewsifer wrote: Every time I start looking at bikes I always end up looking at dual sports. The riding position seems so much more comfortable and I like the idea that I can go off road.
The only bikes I've ever ridden were 'traditional' style seating, so the dual sport works well for me. The seats generally suck though, so you'll either be replacing it with an expensive Sargent or Corbin or adding band-aids like cabbie beads or sheepskin (the latter works well for me).
I very nearly bought a road-only bike but at the last minute realized I live in a state with hundreds of miles of improved dirt roads which are perfect for this thing. I wouldn't take it on single track trails though; it's just too bulky for such things.
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