Wilsons Sandbox

Bill, Firstly: tires are a religion, so this is just one person's perspective ;-]. I have run both the GP-1 and the GP-110's on the rear at one point or another, but never have had a GP-110 on the front. I like them both, but between the two, prefer the GP-110 on the back. To me it is better in both street and dirt on the back. Lately I've been running the Pirelli MT-70 on the front, and like it a lot up there. I'm gun shy about putting too aggressive of a tire up on the front, as I would prefer the back tire to be the "slippery" one on the street, and vice versa for the dirt. For my religious beliefs, if I were to stick with those two tires as my only options, I might go with the GP-1 up front, and the GP-110 on the back. To be honest, if your looking for something that is more 80% street, these might not be the best choice. It depends on what kind of dirt the 20% is. If you are only doing fire roads, and not trying to mange deep, soft sand, or loose, rutted steep hills, I might recommend you look to something less aggressive than these that might wear a bit longer. I only get 4-5Kmiles on the rear with either the GP-1 or 110, and if I try to push the GP-1 on the front to twice this, it is very badly cupped by then. I am very hard on my toys though, and am frequently in fairly challenging dirt conditions. I am doing much better mileage wise with the MT-70 on the front, and think it actually outperforms the GP-1 in both street and dirt. I currently have 7Kmiles on a MT-70 on the front; it is just starting to show signs of cupping and is barely worn. I suspect I will get easily another 5K from it, maybe more. I could never get that out of the GP-1, and I doubt (but don't know) that the 110 would do a lot better. Just my "beliefs", Steve A. in AZ From: Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 13:56

> I have almost decided to buy my tires from MXSOUTH.com. I am thinking > about the IRC GP-1's or the GP-110s. I plan on 80% on/20% off. I > heard the GP-110s are good. Anybody try the GP-1's or heard anything > on them? They are a few dollars cheaper than the 110's. > > This is most likly another dumb question, but do these tires need > tubes? I am the novice with the A3 as you can proably tell... > > > thanks again, > Bill > > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > >

Sorry--- they both require tubes, as will any tire on the KLR rims... From: Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 13:56

> I have almost decided to buy my tires from MXSOUTH.com. I am thinking > about the IRC GP-1's or the GP-110s. I plan on 80% on/20% off. I > heard the GP-110s are good. Anybody try the GP-1's or heard anything > on them? They are a few dollars cheaper than the 110's. > > This is most likly another dumb question, but do these tires need > tubes? I am the novice with the A3 as you can proably tell... > > > thanks again, > Bill > > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > >

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Steve Anderson" wrote:

> Sorry--- they both require tubes, as will any tire on the KLR

rims...

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There was a guy on the list about a year ago who described what sounded like a reasonably good way to run tubeless, it involved splooging up the spoke channel with silicon cement. Archives should have it.