cheng shin tires...

[Tengai650]

At 2:49 PM -0700 2/13/02, Bogdan Swider wrote:

> > Slime will save your life some day. >> Mark (almost died 'cause he forgot to slime a tire once) >> B2 >> A2 >> A3 >> >> > But it could gum up your valve core then you won't be able to check >your tire pressure therefore you might ride with the wrong amount of air >which might cause an accident in which you might die.

Better to have the wrong air than suddenly no air dude. Clogging the core isn't a big deal. It happened to me once... I pulled the core, licked it off and reinstalled it and pumped up the tire. Mark

[Bogdan Swider]

> Better to have the wrong air than suddenly no air dude. > Clogging the core isn't a big deal. It happened to me once... I > pulled the core, licked it off and reinstalled it and pumped up the > tire. > Mark >

You must have some saliva, Mark. I cleaned the valve many times, put in new cores still it would gum up for the life of the tire. Never again. Bogdan

[Danodemotoman]

Hey Jack. I have been using slime in the rear dot knobby tar on the KLR... Haven't had to balanced it either. Did it make a diff... heck if I know but there's air in it! Have the third tire with this tube o' slime. Hear there is tubeless tar slime too.. Dan P COG 2877 Graham WA

> Do any of y'all use Slime or similar products in your tires? >

[marshall]

Brent, I have the tire bead stop and the long tire irons from JC Whitney. Sorry, don't remember the part no.s I had no problem changing the rear tire on mine with just 2 tire irons and the bead stop, all 3 tools worked as advertised. I am no pro mechanic when it comes to my bike. Just a couple of hints, place the tire/wheel assy. on a couple of 2x4 s to protect the brake disc while working on the tire and 2nd, use some talcum powder on the new tube to help with friction between the tube and tire. Just my .02 worth, Marshall in Slidell, La 95 KLXC3 "Blackhorse" (in honor of those who served)

[gregpaul]

Cheng Shins are great for the price. You can afford to replace them once a week... well maybe once a month? If you do a lot of dirt, take a look at the Kenda K760. It's VERY similar to the Cheng Shin 755 but the Kenda K760, believe it or not, is DOT approved. I've been using one and it grabs like crazy in the dirt. A little noisy and bumpy for the street but it should last longer than the 755 because it has a higher(more)knob pattern. It's about the same price (cheap)! This is NOT a good "street" tire! It's also a 6 ply and that's sometimes hard to find in an off road tire. Greg in Dallas

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "btl6847" wrote: > Hey everybody, > I know this will get y'all going. I currently run Pirelli MT21's, > BUT not too long ago I used to run Cheng Shin C858 series enduro > tires on an old 73 Honda XL 350. I actually found the tires to have > good traction wet or dry on the street, handled 80mph for 100 miles > at a time, and climbed hills well, until it got too wet (muddy slick > crap you don't really care for). They are NOT as good as the > Pirelli's off road, but as a 50/50 tire, they seem to me to be a good > tire, and they went about 5000 miles before they were toasty. VERY > CHEAP price for the tires, about $75.00 for the PAIR! > But what I'm getting at is, what are some other riders inputs on > these tires. I know some of you will have some "colorful" comments on > this, so let's get a new controversy started! > > Brian > A12