first test run and found a prob

[ridecaptan]

Anyone have these on their bike. The web site says 80/20 road/trail tire. How would you rate them.

[xactoman2000]

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

> Anyone have these on their bike. The web site says 80/20

road/trail

> tire. How would you rate them.

I put 604's on this spring. they are more like 95/5. Hard and smooth. Very nice street tires. Much smoother than knobs. Good for touring. Haven't had them on more than a gravel road. Keep them away from slick grass! I don't really expect them to perform well off road, actually, they would be quite poor, the lug pattern is just to large and slick. I do most of my riding on the street and they are perfect for that. bAlex

[kcuf_oohay_666]

I like these tires for the street. Mine started to weather crack after 1 year. but the tire still held air and didn't seperate. OK for hard pack dirt. but not good in loose stuff. better than AVON Gripster for street

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "ridecaptan" wrote: > Anyone have these on their bike. The web site says 80/20 road/trail > tire. How would you rate them.

[ridecaptan]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "kcuf_oohay_666" wrote:

> It could be the road thats causing some of the front vibration.

Does

> it always happen on the same stretch of road. It could also be a

worn

> or low front tire but with 1000 miles I dont think its worn. Did

you

> use the same height spacers when you put the progressive springs

in?

> The 1/16 may make a differance in vibration. I have a D604 front

tire

> I can go to 90mph with very little wobble, The stock setup wobbled > alot but Ive done so much mods I don't really know what helped. > ANother thing is not to hold the handle bars so tight or have stiff > arms. Ive found that the wind buffeting my shoulders back and forth > caused me to move the handle bars back and forth causing some of my > own high speed wobble. > >

Mine started the wobble at around 90 mph today. But there was a good crosswind going on too. Perfect day for riding these last couple of days here in southern NY. Maybe you might want to go another click on the preload to lift the back end up a little to put more weight on the front. Ed A15

> > > --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "btlynx" wrote: > > i have a A16 broke the 1000 mile run in so decided to take it for

a

> > nice long drive approx 264 miles round trip. > > just before i went i could hit 70 and the front end would shake > left > > and right (felt through the bars) so before the trip i installed

a

> > k9 fork brace seemed alright to about 75 but when i got on the > > highway the shaking started again real bad to the point anything > > over 72 felt dangerous. > > i have the progressive front springs and with the bike on the > centre > > stand there is no play in the steering head and the wheel dosnt > seem > > to warped but i do have the lowering links and the front end is > > dropped by 1 1/2 inches,did notice there the was about 16th inch > > differand in the fork height above the top clamps could this be a > > cause? > > as for the trip everything else went off without a hitch the bike > > performed perfectly. after about 50 miles into the trip something > > happened with the engine it spluttered and almost died but then > > picked up and seemed to be running even better (guess wasnt 100% > run > > in) > > went to tyler tx where after getting lost a couple of times

around

> > town i met up with another user from the group pat > > hes riding a brand new california model. > > didnt spend too long down there but apart from being a little

butt

> > sore from my corbin dipped saddle it was a real eyeopener to why > > people love to use this bike for world travel. > > does seem the klr is happiest on the open road just crusing along > > and would reccommed it to anyone who hasnt been further than

their

> > local store. > > thanks > > paul > > A16