Wilsons Sandbox

Rich, The front portion (black color) of my rear fender has been worn through on the left side where the flat portion of the fender's flange meets the sub-frame. This happened with 130/80-17 tires (not knobbies). You'll also need to check the clearance of the plastic chain guard near the front of the swingarm. Keep in mind that there can be significant height/width differences with different tire brands when they are inflated. There may also be problems with fender/tire 'bonding' under full suspension compression. I hope you're not planning on leaving the chain guard off. Beware the license plate muncher. Professor A9 Federal Way, WA. [USA] ====================================== --- Rick Adams wrote:

> Dear collective; > > Has any one mounted a 150 80/17 on a KLR? After I > removed the chain guard, I measured 20mm on either > side of the stock 130 80/17. Before I order the > expensive Pirreli MT 90's and mount them, I'd like to > get some opinions. I was considering grinding some of > the metal from the edge of the overlapping plate(not > the welded box secton)on the swingarm to give me more > clearance if necessary. > > Rico > KLR-A14 > 92 'Blade