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[Stuart Mumford]

Baby needs a new set of shoes. Where is the absolute cheapest source for Kenda's? Thanks CA Stu

[kawthump1669]

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?

[dale_johnson13]

--- 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

[Ryan Newman]

> 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

[patod02703]

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

[dale_johnson13]

> 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.............. > > >

[Leon Droby]

> > 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

[dale_johnson13]

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

[zootpatutie]

I have K270 on the rear. Just replaced it with a new one with 6K miles on it. Ride mostly on road with numerous gravel road and two track excursions. They whistle a bit on the road, but I like the trade off with off road traction and am confident of their grip in the corners. Todd A9

[Mark]

>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