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Cycle News 1981 06 24

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ATfNeUJs.~-------j K8wulIkI'. 1982 KLT200 offera meny featuru not found on other trlkea•• dlftfenll Adventwe Vehiclea offera the Avenger 300 lleftl.nd Big Foot. _ weI_ the UI' ( Kawasaki ~ ••k1 chore to produce only dlaplec:ement rIze tIveewh,,"r. but they've declced It out with .-..1 outrtMdlng .xtra thet are Included In the baIc packaga. Don't look for • pili .tart rope; you won't find one on the KLT. It coma with puah-button .1.ctrIc atartIng. • walcoma feature apec:lely eInce the ~ k 1 aIeo utIIzea • rtIIIldard clutchltr8nam1aion which can c:aure autornatk>orlentad ......... to go through. lot of 8WtIng pr0cedural. Ev.n reaoned rldera. after • long day on the dUMa. will • ppreciIIta thet muacl. aavIng one button. Another device unique to the KLT Is the . I t rear axle. The rIcIar haa the option of ..... • roRd. "locked" rear axle. or by twIatIng • pair of wrancha. convert It to autoII'IOtIw-type dwr-,1IeL The .n dlfferantlal uva • novice rid.r having to lurn the UIKI8U8I tachnIqu. required to make • roIld axle tlvee-whreIer tum properly. The KLT. torquay 118c:c four· rtrok. motor freda hi power through • motoreyc:le-atyle clutch Into. N·1·2-346 gearbox and on to the chain drive for the rear axle. Only Honda'. ATC2IiO racer and the KLT - .mong the "Big ThrM" - uaa • rtlIndard c:Iutct...... mIarIon. Ev.... with the axtrII good.... ~kl·. d~rpoaa lplay .nd utility) tlvee-whreIer Is offered at • raaaonebla .1.431 for the A2 modal thet·. preaantly on . . . .ra· fIoorr. kggartecllirt for their '82 A3 trIk• lahown .....) her not vat bren ral••••d. Adventure Adventure V.hIcIer In Monroe. LA. produca two~ Kohler ......

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