[dsn_klr650] stock dunlops

[Weaver, Mark]

[color=#0000ff]i've been mostly riding street, maybe 5-10% dirt or so (a little more if you count the road i live on, i guess), have 5100 miles on my stockers. the rear is down to not much tread, but only in the middle. i've been mostly keeping them at 26-28 psi (doing some 2-up riding initially, too lazy to change after that). i'm figuring it wore faster in the center due to high pressure and lotsa street use. there's enough tread on the sides to lower the pressure to 18-20 psi for dirt use and still get some traction, but i better get a new tire soon. -mw[/color]

-----Original Message----- [b]From:[/b] billmonahan [mailto:billmonahan@...] [b]Sent:[/b] Sunday, May 07, 2000 7:26 AM [b]To:[/b] DSN_klr650@egroups.com [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [DSN_klr650] Stock Dunlops Jumping in on the tire discussion.....     .........I got only about 3000 miles out of the stockers, and I believe I extended their lives by running about 30psi in rear, and about 26 psi in front.  It would have been less at the recommended 21/26.   Take some of the air out in the dirt...Streaky Pete may have done that, and Verle too.  Seems to me a little higher pressure extends tread life, and can compromise street traction a little bit too.  I don't start worrying about losing traction on pavement until the pressure is over 40.    I replaced my OEM tires at 1600 miles and the rear was near enough worn out that I threw it away. I, too, liked the handling well enough but I can't imagine what I could have done differently to get it to last 2000 miles, much less 5,000 or 6,000 as some have reported. Verle Nelson Cedaredge, CO 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

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