need help with ideas for better brakes!

[Paul Kneisl]

I see that the Dual Sport News is selling new OEM Dunlop 750 tires. How many miles could I expect from these? I'd be riding mostly on the road. TIA Paul Kneisl _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html

[Jim & Shannon Morehead]

Hi Paul, I got about 3500 miles out of my original rear Dunlop. My front OEM Dunlop is still good at about 4000 miles and counting. Jim

----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Kneisl" To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 9:03 AM Subject: [DSN_klr650] Origional Dunlops > I see that the Dual Sport News is selling new OEM Dunlop 750 tires. How > many miles could I expect from these? I'd be riding mostly on the road. TIA > > Paul Kneisl > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Say Bye to Slow Internet! > http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html > > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com > >

[Kurt Simpson]

> I see that the Dual Sport News is selling new OEM Dunlop 750 tires. How > many miles could I expect from these? I'd be riding mostly on the road. TIA > > Paul Kneisl

It is an advertiser in Dual Sport News...DUAL STAR. I was able to get 5,200 miles on the rear and 7,500 miles on the front...most folks get less... Kurt Simpson Editor Dual Sport News http://www.geocities.com/~klrdsn/backissues.jpg

[punkynsquirt@cs.com]

Paul: The archives will give you better info. about tires than I can. I intend to use OEM tires in the US and Canada. I would not be surprised to get only 6-8000 miles from the tires carrying my load. For the price, about $100 for the pair, I think they will suffice for our road conditions. For Latin America I will probably want something a little more biased for offroad use (maybe 75/25). Another reason I like the Dual Sport centerstand is, especially with the load I will be carrying, the problem of the side stand sinking in soft ground/hot asphalt and dumping the bike. I am even thinking of taking a 1 foot square aluminum plate to put under the centerstand legs. I will have to be careful not to load the bike beyond its load limit even if the stuff fits on the bike. I will also be conscious of the need for adequate weight up front. I have made a nice large tool carrier from waterproofed 4 inch diameter x 20 inch long PVC pipe which will attach to the highway pegs crossbar using 6 inch hose-type clamps. It will put about 10-15 lbs. down low and up front. Enough for now. Later, Lew Waterman Punky & Lew's Motopaseo

[BCSavWill@cs.com]

In a message dated 9/19/00 5:00:27 AM Hawaiian Standard Time, morehead@... writes: DSN_klr650@egroups.com, 233@... (Paul Kneisl)

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I got 4400 mls from both tires down to 4mm tread. Running MT21's now Regards, Brian Williams A14 D17

[Van]

I got 9,000 Miles out of the front and around 6,000 on rear. But let me tell you, the front was very bad. Not bald but bad. The sides looked like new knobbies and the center was just plain ugly. Plus it started to have rubber tears in the tread. Running Dunlop Trailmax on rear, $hitty in Mud, wet grass, wet sand. Great in rain and dry road so far and good on hard packed trail riding. Considered 80% road / 20% dirt On the front is a Michelin Sirac. Great in rain and dry road. Haven't been in the trails yet with it. Cost me 55 bucks. 15 for new inner tube and balance. It is an original equipment for the BMW Duel Sport. Nice looking tire. I like it so far. Considered 75% road / 25% dirt I have 10,550 on my bike now. 3,000 I put on. The rest was previous owner. Did my valve check on it the other day and it was perfect. The bike is sound. I love it. Later, Van A7

[Jim Barthell]

> -----Original Message----- > From: punkynsquirt@... [mailto:punkynsquirt@...] > Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 10:33 AM > To: 233@...; DSN_klr650@egroups.com > Cc: dsn_klr@egroups.com > Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Origional Dunlops > > > Paul: The archives will give you better info. about tires than I can. I > intend to use OEM tires in the US and Canada. I would not be > surprised to get > only 6-8000 miles from the tires carrying my load. For the price, > about $100 > for the pair,

No way, my experience with the OEM tire is that it ain't a bad road tire. It's fairly sticky but that comes with a price, I routinely carried heavy loads, (not as much as you have described but heavy none the less). I think you'll be lucky to get 4800-5000 with the loads you described. Well, I take that back, all my miles were in the southern US Very hot conditions and relatively high speeds. ~70mph indicated, (actually closer to 63 as KLR speedos are optimistic by about 10%). Either way, I'll take the security of a sticky tire over high mileage anyday. I just got 2 sets of tires from Dualstar and a set of plastic. Not a bad deal.

> Another reason I like the Dual Sport centerstand is, > especially with the load I will be carrying, the problem of the > side stand > sinking in soft ground/hot asphalt and dumping the bike. I am > even thinking > of taking a 1 foot square aluminum plate to put under the > centerstand legs.

Ummm these aftermarket centerstands aren't like the OEM ones your used to. I used to put my goldwing up on the centerstand all the time. It was a piece of cake compared to the KLR. The KLR isn't that hard but with the load you described it might be a handful.

>I will have to be careful not to load the bike beyond its load > limit even if > the stuff fits on the bike.

If you can really do that you will probably be safe. Overload the KLR and your roadkill waiting to happen. Good luck, Jim Barthell

[Tom Simpson]

Jim & Shannon Morehead wrote:

> > Hi Paul, > > I got about 3500 miles out of my original rear Dunlop. My front OEM Dunlop > is still good at about 4000 miles and counting.

My rear had cord showing after 3,500 miles sorry, slippery miles. The front performed OK and still had good tread at 9,000 miles when it was retired due to the sidewalls beginning to crack up. -Tom '96 KLR 650

[Tom Simpson]

* Deks* wrote:

> Tom wrote: > > > Mmm...looks like the Canadians are now getting the "UK", "Euro" >or > >"Aussi" version, as we Americans would call them. I wonder if were >next? > > Bet you money that it is the same caliper that they used on the >Tengai, > >and thus non interchangeable. > > >-TomRight?'96 KLR 650 > > ---------------- > ---------------- > Tom, > It seems you got too much money to spend.

Who, me? Not hardly. What I did was to install the MAP Engineering rotor and the stainless brake line. While the rotor and adapter bracket was fairly expensive, I do not regret the investment one bit. The bike now stops very nicely, even with my substantial bulk and a full load of camping gear on board. I am still running the OEM caliper, forks and everything else, BTW. -Tom '96 KLR 650