Wilsons Sandbox

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "kawthump1669" wrote:

> Anyone tell me how the 270s are on the street/highway. > What % road/dirt are they? > Im looking for a 80% street tire. Any better tires that are a good > value?

K270s are a good 50/50 tire, BUT I ride them 80 20 street /dirt. I commute 150 miles a day on them with no problems, they are so cheap it doesn't matter if they wear a little faster, they HOOK up in the dirt. Dale

> K270s are a good 50/50 tire, BUT I ride them 80 20 street /dirt. I > commute 150 miles a day on them with no problems, they are so cheap > it doesn't matter if they wear a little faster, they HOOK up in the > dirt.

I mounted my Kenda 270 rear tire last week and went for a ride to some old mines around here. The Kenda seems a little more wobbly than the old stock Dunlop. Probably because the Dunlop was almost bald, and therefore has no room for "knob-flex". Rides just fine on the highway. In the dirt, this tire was awesome. I really liked it's dirt performance. Ryan Phoenix

150 miles a day? 5 days a week? Year round? ( On the stock seat?) Allowing 2 weeks for (non KLR) vacation, thats 37,500 miles a year. So how many sets of tires per year does this involve? The world awaits an answer..............

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "dale_johnson13" wrote: > --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "kawthump1669" wrote: > > Anyone tell me how the 270s are on the street/highway. > > What % road/dirt are they? > > Im looking for a 80% street tire. Any better tires that are a good > > value? > K270s are a good 50/50 tire, BUT I ride them 80 20 street /dirt. I > commute 150 miles a day on them with no problems, they are so cheap > it doesn't matter if they wear a little faster, they HOOK up in the > dirt. > > Dale

> 150 miles a day?

Yes 5 days a week? Yes Year round? Except when my bike is broken. ( On the stock seat?) Yes

> Allowing 2 weeks for (non KLR) vacation, thats 37,500 miles a year.

Close, I have a Y2K KLR with about 45-50K on the clock. My Odometer quit working at 35 or 36k

> So how many sets of tires per year does this involve?

depends on what tires i am running and how bald i let them get before I get new ones, My last Kendas had about 50% of the knobs thrown off, many with cord showing.. then Andy hooked me up with some slightly used Avon Gripsters, That was right about this time last year. I rode those gripsters untill they almost fell off , about 10 months. Then put on K270's again and will replace them every 3 or 4 months Dale

> The world awaits an answer.............. > > >

> > 150 miles a day? > Yes > > 5 days a week? > Yes

I'm curious how many of those miles are on the highway? I'm considering a set of Kendas but don't know how well they'll work on the highway. When I use my bike for commuting, it will be about 80 miles roundtrip on the highway. Will the Kendas be OK? Thanks, Leon Droby

Thats just my commuting miles.. Not my off-road - playing miles

> > > > 150 miles a day? > > Yes > > > > 5 days a week? > > Yes > > > I'm curious how many of those miles are on the highway? I'm

considering a

> set of Kendas but don't know how well they'll work on the highway. > > When I use my bike for commuting, it will be about 80 miles

roundtrip on the

> highway. Will the Kendas be OK? > > Thanks, > Leon Droby

>At 4:32 PM -0500 3/12/02, Leon Droby wrote: >I'm curious how many of those miles are on the highway? I'm considering a >set of Kendas but don't know how well they'll work on the highway. > >When I use my bike for commuting, it will be about 80 miles roundtrip on the >highway. Will the Kendas be OK?

I drive 200 miles on Kendas one way on the highway on occasional weekend trips with no problems. I get between 5K-6k miles from a set and they wear evenly as a set for me. The K270 is the value leader in a DS tire. Mark B2 A2 A3