tires - again ??

[revmaaatin]

List-- A friend sent me this link becuase he knows how much I love mountain roads and canyon carving. See if you can spot the KLR, dual sport roads in this Red Bull video. http://player.vimeo.com/video/31481531?autoplay=1 Pay special attention at 3.45 to the end. revmaaatin.

[Andrus]

AMAZING!

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "revmaaatin" wrote: > > List-- > A friend sent me this link becuase he knows how much I love mountain roads and canyon carving. > > See if you can spot the KLR, dual sport roads in this Red Bull video. > > http://player.vimeo.com/video/31481531?autoplay=1 > > Pay special attention at 3.45 to the end. > > revmaaatin. >

[Jud]

You will never hear me say that any german tire is worth the inflated price they want for them. I used to try to run Metzelers on my BMWs but found they evaporated prematurely. I have tried a few Enduro 3s on my bikes, mostly takeoffs from somebody who was mounting knobbies. The never seemed to work that well for me either, and I haver left them on a bike for very long.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Ian Francisco wrote: > > Thinking about an Enduro 3 Sahara for the front. Has anyone tried these? > They're expensive so I'd like to hear someone say they're worth the money > before trying them. Love the Kenda K761 on the back, which is still going > strong after 7k miles, looks only half worn. The K761 front was a different > story. Felt odd at first and took longer to scrub in. After that it felt as > good as the Scorpion A/T it replaced both on and off pavement, except at > extreme lean angles. They were both fine on hard packed roads and rocks but > no good in sand as expected. The sawtooth effect from braking set in early > and I thought the tire was not going to last but it's been there 6k miles. > So, not a bad tire for the money, about half what the Scorpion cost. 99.99% > of my miles are on pavement unfortunately. Hope to get a bigger slice of > dirt in that pie graph eventually. > > http://www.jpcycles.com/kawasaki-motorcycle-parts/2000-kawasaki-kl650a14-klr/metzeler > > > -- > ian > http://www.scarletfuries.com > http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Scarlet-Furies/121218125931 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >

[Jeffrey Parker]

Dear Revmaaatin, Greetings from lurkerdom in Shanghai, and thanks for posting that BASE jumping link. I thought others in the forum might want to know a bit more about the location, called Tianmenshan ( ), which translates as "Mountain of Heaven's Gate". It's in Hunan province in east-central China. Care for a look at that road in Google Maps? Or how about some Google images? Now for the bad news: It's a private road inside a protected park and purportedly is accessible only to official low-emission vehicles -- and most definitely NOT to motorcycles. There's also a 750 RMB admission fee; that's about US$120. That doesn't mean we've given up. Someone's always got ideas cooking for how we might get in there, even if it means greasing the gatekeepers. It's less than a day's ride from where I live, and ranks high on my list of "don't take 'no' for an answer" destinations. My Jialing JH600 (think of it as a KLR with Chinese characteristics) would love it! Fortunately, there are many, many other spectacular places to ride in China. A good place to start if you don't read Chinese is MyChinaMoto. That BASE jumping stuff is sheer insanity. According to Wikipedia, "BASE jumping is one of the world's most dangerous recreational activities, with overall fatalities in 2002 estimated at about one fatality per sixty participants." I'll take my odds on a motorcycle! cheers! euphonius

On Feb 12, 2012, at 5:58 AM, revmaaatin wrote: > List-- > A friend sent me this link becuase he knows how much I love mountain roads and canyon carving. > > See if you can spot the KLR, dual sport roads in this Red Bull video. > > http://player.vimeo.com/video/31481531?autoplay=1 > > Pay special attention at 3.45 to the end. > > revmaaatin. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Jeffrey Parker]

apologies that all the links I put in this post have been stripped out. i'll repost. jkp

On Feb 12, 2012, at 12:13 PM, Jeffrey Parker wrote: > Dear Revmaaatin, > > Greetings from lurkerdom in Shanghai, and thanks for posting that BASE jumping link. I thought others in the forum might want to know a bit more about the location, called Tianmenshan ( ), which translates as "Mountain of Heaven's Gate". It's in Hunan province in east-central China. > > Care for a look at that road in Google Maps? > > Or how about some Google images? > > Now for the bad news: It's a private road inside a protected park and purportedly is accessible only to official low-emission vehicles -- and most definitely NOT to motorcycles. There's also a 750 RMB admission fee; that's about US$120. That doesn't mean we've given up. Someone's always got ideas cooking for how we might get in there, even if it means greasing the gatekeepers. It's less than a day's ride from where I live, and ranks high on my list of "don't take 'no' for an answer" destinations. My Jialing JH600 (think of it as a KLR with Chinese characteristics) would love it! > > Fortunately, there are many, many other spectacular places to ride in China. A good place to start if you don't read Chinese is MyChinaMoto. > > That BASE jumping stuff is sheer insanity. According to Wikipedia, "BASE jumping is one of the world's most dangerous recreational activities, with overall fatalities in 2002 estimated at about one fatality per sixty participants." > > I'll take my odds on a motorcycle! > > cheers! > euphonius > > On Feb 12, 2012, at 5:58 AM, revmaaatin wrote: > > > List-- > > A friend sent me this link becuase he knows how much I love mountain roads and canyon carving. > > > > See if you can spot the KLR, dual sport roads in this Red Bull video. > > > > http://player.vimeo.com/video/31481531?autoplay=1 > > > > Pay special attention at 3.45 to the end. > > > > revmaaatin. > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Jeffrey Parker]

Dear Revmaaatin, Greetings from lurkerdom in Shanghai, and thanks for posting that BASE jumping link. I thought others in the forum might want to know a bit more about the location, called Tianmenshan ( ), which translates as "Mountain of Heaven's Gate". It's in Hunan province in east-central China. Care for a look at that road in Google Maps? http://bit.ly/AzHCZj Or how about some Google images? http://bit.ly/xiNGle Now for the bad news: It's a private road inside a protected park and purportedly is accessible only to official low-emission vehicles -- and most definitely NOT to motorcycles. There's also a 750 RMB admission fee; that's about US$120. That doesn't mean we've given up. Someone's always got ideas cooking for how we might get in there, even if it means greasing the gatekeepers. It's less than a day's ride from where I live, and ranks high on my list of "don't take 'no' for an answer" destinations. My Jialing JH600 (think of it as a KLR with Chinese characteristics) would love it! http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/showthread.php?2021-Shanghai-Muffler-Man-modding-my-JH600 http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/showthread.php?2112-custom-frame-and-boxes-for-my-JH600-from-Tourfella Fortunately, there are many, many other spectacular places to ride in China. A good place to start if you don't read Chinese is www.MyChinaMoto.com. http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/showthread.php?2152-Slabbing-to-Moganshan-(and-back) That BASE jumping stuff is sheer insanity. According to Wikipedia, "BASE jumping is one of the world's most dangerous recreational activities, with overall fatalities in 2002 estimated at about one fatality per sixty participants." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASE_jumping I'll take my odds on a motorcycle! cheers! euphonius

On Feb 12, 2012, at 5:58 AM, revmaaatin wrote: > List-- > A friend sent me this link becuase he knows how much I love mountain roads and canyon carving. > > See if you can spot the KLR, dual sport roads in this Red Bull video. > > http://player.vimeo.com/video/31481531?autoplay=1 > > Pay special attention at 3.45 to the end. > > revmaaatin. > >