Makin’ It Fit! How to Stick a KLR 650 in a Square Hole.

by geno on November 2, 2012

Ron and his 2009 Kawasaki KLR 650

For months, Ron Riegert of Northern Minnesota had been looking at used motorcycles for sale. He has ridden cruisers for years, but  was now ready to move into some adventure riding.

If adventure riding is an unfamiliar term to you, it is a combination of on-road/off-road riding that has grown increasingly popular over the past few years. As a matter of fact, it has become the fastest growing style of riding in the motorcycle community.

More about Adventure riding in a later post. For now, I want to tell you about a little adventure that Ron presented to us at American Motorcycle Trading Company.

Ron found just the bike he’d been looking for on our website, a 2009 Kawasaki KLR 650 with only 1400 miles. After watching a video of the bike a couple of times, and closely examining all the photos, he made the call and bought the bike.

We sell and ship motorcycles all over the world, but Ron said he needed a little time off and decided to drive from the Canadian border all the way to Arlington, TX and pick up his new bike. Plus, he was anxious to do a little off-road exploration in the Ozarks on his way back to Minnesota. Way to go Ron!!!

Well, when he arrived, we were all a bit surprised to see that he and his Rottweiler were travelling in a mini-van – without a trailer.

AMTC has dozens of amazing used motorcycles for sale. Visit our website at www.cleanharleys.com

So how do you fit a 53 inch tall, 6 ft. long motorcycle that weighs close to 450 lbs. into  the back of a short wheelbase mini-van ( without scratching or dinging it )?

AMTC has dozens of amazing used motorcycles for sale. Visit our website at www.cleanharleys.com

 

You start by taking stuff off . . .

 

 

 

 

 

and then you just stick it up in there – –

AMTC has dozens of amazing used motorcycles for sale. Visit our website at www.cleanharleys.com

OOPS!!! Maybe not! Try turning it around . . .

AMTC has dozens of amazing used motorcycles for sale. Visit our website at www.cleanharleys.com

AMTC has dozens of amazing used motorcycles for sale. Visit our website at www.cleanharleys.com

Hmmmm . . . Still no good!

The team worked diligently to leave the bike in tact, so Ron could just unload and ride when he got to the mountains without having to worry about any re-assembly.

Sorry Ron, it ain’t gonna happen.

 AMTC has dozens of amazing used motorcycles for sale. Visit our website at www.cleanharleys.comOnly one thing left to do. Got to take the front wheel off. It’s time to call in some more reinforcement, with wrenches.

Martin Thorsheim, AMTC Service Manager, steps up to the plate –

 

 

 

Ahhh! Success at last!!!!

AMTC has dozens of amazing used motorcycles for sale. Visit our website at www.cleanharleys.com

Brad Edwards, Sales  -  Ron Riegert, proud KLR owner  -  Bob Leucke, AMTC owner

Check back soon to see the video!

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1 Justin November 3, 2012 at 12:44 pm

Awesome company, beats the heck out of the best Harley Davidson dealerships. Ya’ll have a great thing going on there! Keep up the good work.

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