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From: DAHLHEIMER PETER
To: '
DSN_klr650@egroups.com' DSN_klr650@egroups.com>
Date: Friday, June 30, 2000 1:36 PM
Subject: [DSN_klr650] Not as serious a question NKLR
>i agree, by the way, that apprehension towards buying and riding a bike at
>all is normal and probably aids in self-preservation.
>
>i've got an old pair of gripsters which are still good and i'm going to (a
>little reluctantly) put them back on the klr in exchange for the current
DOT
>knobbies. i haven't done this on "street" tires myself yet, but i have
>heard mention (by fred) of a red dot that you're supposed to put
opposite(?)
>the valve stem, since it's the heaviest(?) part of the tire, so it can be
>balanced more easily. i don't see that dot on either tire. where is it?
>could it have worn/faded off?
I dont recall ever finding a balance mark on an Avon tire, and none that
I have ever installed required balancing. I am beginning to think that they
make them so concentric they dont even bother to mark them.
-Tom
'96 KLR 650