kawasaki Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa, Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda Trail 125, and a Kawasaki W650 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 03:21:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 Cold Versus Cool Motorcycle Rides https://scooterinthesticks.com/2025/04/cold-versus-cool-motorcycle-rides/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2025/04/cold-versus-cool-motorcycle-rides/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2025 04:10:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=11282 Less Than Ideal Weather It’s nice to be invited along on a ride. While I’m not always able to go, I always appreciate the offer. On this morning I was free to join Dave on a 39 mile ride to McVeytown, Pennsylvania to have breakfast with some of his riding buddies. The fact that the […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2025/04/cold-versus-cool-motorcycle-rides/feed/ 15 11282 My New 2001 Kawasaki W650 Motorcycle https://scooterinthesticks.com/2023/08/my-new-2001-kawasaki-w650-motorcycle/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2023/08/my-new-2001-kawasaki-w650-motorcycle/#comments Mon, 07 Aug 2023 15:12:19 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10905 Another Machine in the Garage Anyone following my blog or YouTube channel knows I’ve been thinking about getting some sort of motorcycle for cruising the backroads of Central Pennsylvania. The Triumph Bonneville has long been in view. But after riding a Bonneville and a Street Twin I ruled them out. Don’t get me wrong, they […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2023/08/my-new-2001-kawasaki-w650-motorcycle/feed/ 33 10905 2009 Kawasaki KLR 650: A Ride in the Fog https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/08/2009-kawasaki-klr-650-ride-in-fog/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/08/2009-kawasaki-klr-650-ride-in-fog/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:41:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=403 Finally, the first long ride on a Kawasaki KLR 650. Long an occupant of an imaginary world that finds me breaking out across empty deserts or untracked tundra in a never ending life of adventure. The fantasy roots in the same place that gave rise to my dreams of the Triumph Bonneville. After a near […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/08/2009-kawasaki-klr-650-ride-in-fog/feed/ 24 403 2009 Kawasaki KLR 650: Night Stop https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/08/2009-kawasaki-klr-650-night-stop/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/08/2009-kawasaki-klr-650-night-stop/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:08:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=404 Took a very short ride this evening on the KLR to get a feel for the headlights and how it feels on the road at night. Very nice ride. Made this photograph at 10pm. For irondad: 25 seconds at F4, ISO 1250. Stopped at the Pennsylvania Military Museum to make a photo of the bike. […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/08/2009-kawasaki-klr-650-night-stop/feed/ 20 404 2009 Kawasaki KLR 650: First Evening Ride https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/07/2009-kawasaki-klr-650-first-evening/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/07/2009-kawasaki-klr-650-first-evening/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:35:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=405 A gray, wet day seems an appropriate backdrop for a ride on a Kawasaki KLR 650, the next bike in the New Wheels in the Sticks project. The KLR has been on my mental radar for a long time as a sort of utilitarian do anything motorcycle. The Jeep of the two wheeled world. There […]

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