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Posted: Sat May 11, 2002 11:25 pm
by Tony Cornett
Today I took a 166 mile trip to Chaparral in San Bernardino. Had to drive a car because I was bringing home goodies. My first visit what a place. They have everything you need or want. I picked up two street tires Kenda 130/90-17 and 90/100-21 front tire. I mounted the rear and took it for a spin. Braking is much better and I dropped about 150 rpm with bigger tire. I will mount the front on Sunday but no ride it is Mother's Day. I also ordered a 39 tooth rear sprocket. I think everything will work-out. Thanks TC
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2002 12:13 am
by RM
On Sat, 11 May 2002, Tony Cornett wrote:
>place. They have everything you need or want. I picked up two street
>tires Kenda 130/90-17 and 90/100-21 front tire.
Which one did you get? The Challenger?
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2002 8:55 am
by Tengai650
At 12:13 AM -0500 5/12/2002, RM wrote:
>On Sat, 11 May 2002, Tony Cornett wrote:
>
>>place. They have everything you need or want. I picked up two street
>>tires Kenda 130/90-17 and 90/100-21 front tire.
>
>Which one did you get? The Challenger?
I slapped Challengers on my Tengai a couple weeks ago, but after a
few hundred miles, I'm thinking about going back to the K270. The
rear Challenger breaks away when I accelerate hard out of a slow
corner and the front screeches on hard braking. The K270 sticks to
the pavement like glue in comparison.
One other thing... the front was a BITCH to mount. Getting it on the
rim was easy but the bead would finally seat at 137psi on the second
try.
The only things I like about the Challenger are the smoother rolling
and the fact that it's H-rated.
Mark
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2002 9:04 am
by Tony Cornett
Yes I did get the Challengers. I have not mounted the front yet but the rear
sure feels good,a bit taller. TC
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Posted: Thu May 16, 2002 8:15 pm
by Tony Cornett
I have about 100 miles on my Kenda Challengers. So far what a great deal 32.99 front 35.99 rear. My brakes improved 100% and stability the same. I dout if I ever go back to an enduro type tire. I hope the milage is good. I will keep everyone informed. TC
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Posted: Thu May 16, 2002 9:57 pm
by bradcdavis
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Tony Cornett" wrote:
> I have about 100 miles on my Kenda Challengers. So far what a great
deal 32.99 front 35.99 rear. My brakes improved 100% and stability
the same. I dout if I ever go back to an enduro type tire. I hope the
milage is good. I will keep everyone informed. TC
>
I have almost 3000 miles on my front Challenger with very little
wear. My rear Challenger has 2000 miles with some wear but not a
whole lot. I would guess the rear will go 7000 to 8000 easy. The
front will last way longer than the 2 year limit that the Slime in
the tube allows. I think they are a good value, better than the Kings
I had before. The rear King was worn at 4000 miles and the front was
cupped so bad that I had to replace it at 4000 too.
Brad
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Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 11:41 am
by Daniel Moscicki
Guy
You could get a cheep set from J C whitney chen shing
aae622045y front 26.09
aae622049p rear 46.79
Thats what I'm using now but if you want better go to Avon Roadrunner
they last forever and their great in the rain but they cost about
200. What ever you do don,t get a front tire with straight groves
they get caught in every thing. Most 21in tires are made for H-D's.
I'm happy with the Chen-Shing but they don,t last as long as the
Avions Hope this helps Dan
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Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 7:49 pm
by klr_sandshark
I also use the Metzeler Tourance tires. I used to use the Metzeler
Enduro4'S but have not been able to find them lately. Not sure if
Metzeler quit importing them or not. These tires are just great. I
commute on my KLR and do alot of street riding with it and think that
the Metzelers are the best tires without question for my type of
riding.
The rear is a steel belted radial. They are 90% - 95% Street but
hookup rather good in the dirt and sand. Don't get me wrong in the
dirt they are not going to hookup like Dunlop 606's. You should see
the look I get from DRZ-400 and KTM riders when I come along on
the "Beast" and they see what tires I tranversing the terrain with.
Bill "SandShark"
92 KLR-650 A6 "The Beast"
Central Florida
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Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 4:26 am
by bill sels
im trying a bridgestone trail wing so far so good ive been in and out of a few cow pastures and some 100mile # road trips 1500 miles and no sings of wear eddie self
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Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:25 am
by Mike Peplinski
As long as we're on a "tires" thread; I'm currently running a Gripster/Kenda
271 combo. My only complaint is that the gripster is blocking badly, is
pretty noisy and likes to slip out a little on corners. I'm not really a
80/20 or even a 90/10 rider but probably 99% road and 1% offroad-dirt,
gravel and such. Just how much difference in dirt/gravel would I experience
with street tires? I'm sure the noise would and ride would be much improved.