Bike cover for KLX250s
#2
Hello,
I posted a picture of the cover I made for my 09 in the pic thread. Page 137 post 1364. I own a canvas shop in Lake Tahoe and store my bike outside sometimes as well. The material I use is sunbrella canvas which is expensive but in my opinion worth it. It is guaranteed for ten years. I can make it most any color. The cover would be $300 plus tax and shipping from Ca. If you are interested let me know and I can get you some more info.
I posted a picture of the cover I made for my 09 in the pic thread. Page 137 post 1364. I own a canvas shop in Lake Tahoe and store my bike outside sometimes as well. The material I use is sunbrella canvas which is expensive but in my opinion worth it. It is guaranteed for ten years. I can make it most any color. The cover would be $300 plus tax and shipping from Ca. If you are interested let me know and I can get you some more info.
#4
I've never seen a cover specific to the KLX, but I'm sure you can Google it and find some universal ones. Material is important and you'll pay for one you want to keep. I have a trailer and have bought cheaper covers to have them start to deteriate after months. About 6-months ago I bought a high quality canvas cover and it is holding up just fine. I paid less than $300 for a custom cover made to my trailer's specifications. You shouldn't need to spend an arm and a leg.
#5
I guess because dirt bikes aren't normally covered, they don't make many options. I ended up getting a full-sized road motorcycle "half-cover". It was just about right for the KLX. I only use it when out on one of my trips where it is likely to rain during the night while I'm camping in my van. I've been in some frog-choking rains in Colorado while back in camp in the late afternoon or during the night, and I like everything on the bike not getting totally doused all the time while I'm out camping. If you don't have a shop or garage, I can see the wisdom of having a cover. Big road bike half covers seem to work well for a dirt bike size.
#7
Cheap or free is good, but be careful of one thing. I've seen some plastic drop cloth or other tough materials used for a motorcycle rain cover end up chafing the paint, plastic, or other parts of a bike and end up looking rather bad. I saw this on quite a few bikes that came into the shop I worked at. While our KLX is hardly a "show-boy" bike, the instrument panel and plastics can get a real rawhide finish with the wrong cover...especially if you live around wind. Most all motorcycle covers are designed to try to prevent this.
#8
I have a Nelson Rigg UV2000 HALF COVER that I use for day coverage. Works very well and has held up fine over the 2 years I've had it. It's not a full cover though, which is probably what you'd want...
#10
I store my bike outside year around, I got this motorcycle garage and a tarp to go over it, very nice setup. Worth the money if you don't have garage space for your bike.