Got my new 09 this weekend, and put 125km on it. Here are some pics at the 0km mark, ill get more up once i get that layer of dirt on it!

 

Wow! That's awesome. Finally a bike cleaner than mine.[8D] How do you like it so far? That new headlight is rad.........do they still say rad?

 

Wow it looks way better in pics than real life.....Weird...
Any How Looks killer but I failed to steal the plastics...
however I did sit on it last week..hehe[sm=bustedsign.gif]

 

I love the green[8D]

 

Im coming from a KLR 650, so im just loving the riding position and nimbleness of this bike. It sits more the the Honda 650XL then the KLR. Breakin is a beeitch, so once a get a few hundred more klicks, i will start to open her up and write some better feedback. It would be cool to hear fom someone who has ridden the 07 and 09.

 

I've had both, whatcha wanna know?

 

gotta love that green looks awesome, what mods you got in mind for it...

Cheers
Chris

 

Oh for sure im going to get the mods going. I want to excersize the engine before i think of power mods, but for sure i want to get the Acerbis or Clarke Tank. Im not sure if there are ones that will fit the 09.

Before I do that though I have some questions for you guys. I did my first oil change tonight (after 170km). The Oil was brown grey and clowdy color and had a few metal bits settled (not many and nothing to be alarmed about). My old KLR was easy to change the oil, just pop out the filter then pop in a new one, however the KLX is spring loaded and left me a bit baffled about how to easily put the filter spring back in. The owners manual just says "dont forget the spring", but not how the heck you get it in then place the filter in. After thinking for upwards of 1 minute, i just ended up having someone lean the bike over (ok its new I didnt want to lay it down yet), then i set the spring in without it falling over and placed the filter in hoping the spring seat'ed properly.

Seriously, this is a 2009, please dont tell me the bike has to be leaned over to seat the spring, i must be missing something painfully obvious!?

Also, I know some people have mounted the Acerbis handgaurds, im going to tackle that this week, but there doesnt seem to be much exposed bar to properly mount. Was there anything outside the standard install anyone had to do.

Thanks for the help, so far im loving this ride. Did some light offroading today, and loved it, then I went over to a friends house who has a Honda XL650, he rode the KLX a few time and may be sold on getting one.

 

Dude! what is that picture? Is there a filter on the camera? That looks cool. Oh and on the spring thing, all you have to do is put a dab or vaseline on the spring end and it will stick right in there. I used wheel bearing grease, but apparently that's not the "right" thing to do....whatever.[8D] Some people do some sort of spring mod and get it to stick but I forget how that works.

 

+1 on the picture, that is awesome!