flat rear avon gripster
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2000 3:33 pm
To all experienced Gripster owners out there,
On the advice of the archives etc. I have a set of Gripsters on my
A10, 6,500 mi on rear (all road) and 1,000 mi on front (I have loved
them for road tires). I took them off road for the first time this
last weekend and upon traversing a heavily (sharp) rock strewn jeep
track I noticed about 1/2 mile up it I had flatened the rear tire!:(
This is a track I have taken many times before on my Trials bike with
MUCH softer compound tires than the Gripsters (also 200 pound lighter
bike!) and never had any problem.
Question: are the Gripsters unusually prone to flats off road (softer
sidewalls etc.) or was I just unlucky? I need too know if they
require
special delicate treatment off road because I am planning a 140 mi.
AMA dual sport ride (easy loop) with the wife in tow on her Super
Sherpa this comming weekend and a flat on this ride would really suck!
John "Rider" Shepherd
1996 KLR 650 A10
2000 Super Sherpa (wife's)
1990 KLR 250 (#1 son's)
1986 Montesa COTA 123 (for sale)
1979 Yamaha DT 125 (#2 son's)