newbie andy here... - charlie and all the group - top safe speed

[Robert Ackerman]

Group, Will a 5.10 S17 fit on a KLR? I finanlly ran the tread smooth on my current IRC and pulled the new rear tire I ordered a year ago. Instead of another 4.60 S17 I must have ordered the 5.10. Before I go through the effort of mounting can someone tell me if, and should I run this tire? Thanks all. Robert --------------------------------- Special deal for Yahoo! users & friends - No Cost. Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Charlie Y]

----- Original Message ----- From: "manycan1" To: "Charlie Y" Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:53 PM Subject: Re: Newbie Andy here... - Charlie and all the Group - Top Safe Speed? Charlie,, I like your post! Been there, Done that!!! I have had my 650 up to 80 shortly in 5th of course. RPM's sorta high but I want to break it in properly , but to the fullest. I have bought untold new vehicles over my 60 years. I break them in properly, but never never baby them. I like to vary the RPM's from low to high as I slowly increase the miles driven. I have never had a major mechenical malfunction. Maybe I am just lucky..... What is a "Safe" top speed of the KLR? 90, 100, does anybody know, she began to feel a little unstable at 80 I found , but there was some wind at the time. 80 felt pretty safe...... I surely did not buy this bike for speed. But is FUN to be able to go fast once in a while! Buckets Full of TORQUE! andy --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Charlie Y" wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dooden" > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 12:20 PM > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Newbie Andy here... > > > > Thats some engineers giggle factor, knowing most of us always and I > > mean ALWAYS reach for that phatom 6th Gear.... > > > > > > Reaching for it and not find another shift isn't as bad as the feeling you > get > taking off from a stoplight in 2nd, or worse, > discovering you've been going 75 mph for long time in 4th. > > > -- charlie >

[Jud Jones]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Robert Ackerman wrote:

> > Group, > > Will a 5.10 S17 fit on a KLR? I finanlly ran the tread smooth on my current IRC and pulled

the new rear tire I ordered a year ago.

> > Instead of another 4.60 S17 I must have ordered the 5.10. Before I go through the effort

of mounting can someone tell me if, and should I run this tire?

>

Yup. That's the size of the K270 (a GP1 clone) that was on my bike when I bought it, and the size of the two that i mounted after that.