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[Jim & Shannon Morehead]

Hi All, I'm in need of a new rear tire and am considering the K270's. I ride mostly on gravel roads and pavement. The OEM's lasted about 3500 miles and from what I've read here, that seems to be about average. The Kendas look a little more dirt oriented that the OEM's and the price seems good. Or is that Cheap and Dirty?? How do these things stack up in your collective opinions? How is the street grip, ride, mileage, etc.? Jim

[Karl Raupp]

Continental TKC-80's. Nothing more needs to be said. Karl

> I'm in need of a new rear tire and am considering the K270's. I

ride mostly

> on gravel roads and pavement.

[ELubejko@webtv.net]

Are the Kendas K270's uni-directional? I don't see anything on the tire stating that they are not so I am guessing that they are uni-directional. Ed Lubejko 98' KLR650

[squidwannabe@hotmail.com]

Yes I think so. I also recomend 50lbs+ or air pressure in the rain

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., ELubejko@w... wrote: > Are the Kendas K270's uni-directional? I don't see anything on the tire > stating that they are not so I am guessing that they are > uni-directional. > > Ed Lubejko > 98' KLR650

[klx650dan@eatmydirt.com]

I hope so as I couldn't find either an arrow for direction or 'colored dot' for that matter showing the install point adjacent to the air valve. Cheap tar but it works. I am on my second rear and first front and like them but miss leaning the bike over on pavement.. with confidence any way. I had the KLR out in the Capital Forest trails near Olympia WA. One of my fav places but always on the KLX-R before. It was wet, muddy... ruts of mud. Puddles. Yeah it's SPRINGTIME! Any way it was quite a job muscleing the bike thru it all but was impressed with the traction the front Kenda 270 gave in the wet and mud that day. Surprised me. Dan P Graham WA

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., ELubejko@w... wrote: > Are the Kendas K270's uni-directional? I don't see anything on the tire > stating that they are not so I am guessing that they are > uni-directional.

[richardm@gowinnt.com]

>Just purchased a set of Kenda K270's from DK and I thought that I >would fill in my experiences with their price matching policy on tires.

[snip] Wow! That's so cheap that I think I'll order a set to keep in the garage. Before I do that, I must ask... Just how lethal are these things on the pavement? Has anyone had a pucker moment on these tires that made them wish they were running Gripsters or TKC-80's? Anyone get a peg to scrape with these tires? RM

[Tengai650]

At 2:13 PM -0500 7/27/01, richardm@... wrote:

>Anyone get a peg to scrape with these >tires?

I have (and no, it wasn't during my crash!). I Love Kendas and have been shamelessly plugging them for years. Mark B2 A2 A3

[Duvall Ed]

I hade 'em on my KLX for awhile. They're fine on the road. I never dragged my pegs, never tried to. They're a dual sport tire, not a sport bike tire. They're decent on the trails. I'd say they're a good compromise tire. Ed

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., richardm@g... wrote: > > >Just purchased a set of Kenda K270's from DK and I thought that I > >would fill in my experiences with their price matching policy on tires. > > [snip] > > Wow! That's so cheap that I think I'll order a set to keep in the garage. > > Before I do that, I must ask... Just how lethal are these things on the > pavement? Has anyone had a pucker moment on these tires that made them wish > they were running Gripsters or TKC-80's? Anyone get a peg to scrape with these > tires? > > RM

[Zachariah Mully]

Any tire can be used offroad if you let enough air out of it I am guilty of running Gripsters in deep sugar sand @ > -----Original Message----- > From: Duvall Ed [mailto:klxmoto@...] > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 4:00 PM > To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re: Kenda K270's > > > I hade 'em on my KLX for awhile. They're fine on the road. I never > dragged my pegs, never tried to. They're a dual sport tire, not a > sport bike tire. They're decent on the trails. I'd say they're a good > compromise tire. > > Ed >

[Dale Johnson]

--snip I must ask... Just how lethal are these things on the

> pavement? Has anyone had a pucker moment on these tires that made

them wish

> they were running Gripsters or TKC-80's? Anyone get a peg to

scrape with these

> tires? >

RM, I was using theese to commute, did it for 2 sets of them woulda got another set but I came across a GREAT deal on gripsters.. They wear QUICK on pavement but handle well.. even in the rain, the grooves move you around a little but they grip well while in the turns, I even did angles crest with them once.. no pucker moments.. Dale