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| recently looked at a KLR650 , how does the water cooled bike compare to the air cooled bikes of honda and suzuki
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| Water cooled can be a tighter toleranced engine as the expansion of metal is consistant with the temperature. The motor will stay in round longer. The down side is, if you're in the tooleys and a branch makes it past the screen and punctures the radiator...you're all done. But this has not happened to me, and I've been places no man has gone before!
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| | This bike is light years ahead of any air cooled motor. |
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| It al depends on your intended riding. I ride 80/20 street, and the KLR is perfect. Honestly it is a real heavy dirt bike. The Suzuki is about 70/30 and more so the Honda will tailor to 60/40 or so riding.
They are lighter and will embarass the KLR in real dirt. However, they make lousy freeway rides at anything longer than an hour. And need to stop for fuel a lot more.
You cannot beat the KLR as a swiss army knife style of bike, just be real careful off road.
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| More constant engine temp should result in better longivity. More weight, expense and complexity. Radiators subject to damage if you drop the bike. Something else to break. Radiators, plumbing, water pump, etc., are not cheap to replace. Many riders prefer the simplicty of air cooled engines. Water cooled engines are usually quieter because engine clearances can be tighter and water acts to absorb noise.
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