Wilsons Sandbox

> I mounted my new distanzias few weeks ago and today noticed a deep > crack running from front to back on one of the larger knobbies that > runs from center of tire to far edge of tire. > > Has anyone else seen this ? Did supplier replace tire ? Got from > swmototires online.

No, but I haven't looked. I've got about 1500 miles in mine, and will head out to the garage shortly to check the tires. I WILL let you know if mine have any kind of defects such as this - or *anything* out of the ordinary. Mark = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = "There's too much talk and not enough walk" - Petra: Beyond Belief = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Mark St.Hilaire, Sr HomePage: http://home.adelphia.net/~msaint/index.html KLR650 Motorcycle Pages: http://klr6500.tripod.com/ My Adelphia Email can be "iffy." If you don't get a response, please try: KLR6500@...

> thanks mark

Actually, No, thank YOU! I would have never thought to check the tires for this kind of thing. They weren't cheap, and I assumed there wouldn't be issues such as this... I just checked both front and rear, and as I said there is about 1500 miles on them. Both are fine, and wearing, (or more appropriately, NOT wearing), as I hoped for when I bought them. There are a couple things that may be relevant: - I can't do trail riding anymore, so these tires haven't seen anything other than some dirt / logging roads, and mostly pavement. - I called Avon, and asked what I should run for air pressure in those tires. They asked me the tire "model numbers", (AM-43 and 44), the size, the bike, the average weight of riders / gear, and for what type of riding they would be used. They suggested 34psi in front, and 36-38psi rear for my setup. I do mostly pavement and some dirt roads, the *most* weight with me, my wife and gear would be around 350 - and mostly around 300 for just me and my wife. If you're much different than that, you might want to call them for the optimal pressures... I hope that helps. (I got my tires from the local dealer because I didn't want to fool around with mounting, so I just brought them the wheels when the tires came in.) Mark = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = "There's too much talk and not enough walk" - Petra: Beyond Belief = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Mark St.Hilaire, Sr HomePage: http://home.adelphia.net/~msaint/index.html KLR650 Motorcycle Pages: http://klr6500.tripod.com/ My Adelphia Email can be "iffy." If you don't get a response, please try: KLR6500@...

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

> Sorry, Ed. I think I had the computer in 'idiot mode' when I hit

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> send button. > > --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "klxmoto" wrote: > > If you're talking about me, I haven't deleted a single email from > > this list. > > > > Ed > > List Administrator

No problem. I think I was in "defensive List Admin mode" when I responded. But thanks for the note. Ed -its all good - Boyd