mefo tires, modifications for street use

[Richard Decker]

Is it justme or does that SHinko 700 look alot like the King KT966? I have nothign but bad things to say about the Kings, so I will not talk about them. -Rich in Newberg OR

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Fred Hink wrote: The MEFO tire continues to be a popular well made tire. The first distributor that brought these to north America had delivery problems but now that there is a second choice for these tires, I have not had much trouble keeping them in stock. I tend not to believe the first reports of mileages of these tires but they still are a good handling, long lasting tire. If you are needing a good 50/50 tire, you can't beat the MEFO Explorer tire. http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/images/mefo99_130-17.jpg There is tire from Shinko that I don't hear much about that should compete favorably with the Explorer tires. The Shinko 700 series is a beefy looking tire that is also a 50/50 tire and priced about half of the Explorer. http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/images/shinko_700.jpg Fred http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com [b]From:[/b] blrblr58@... [b]Sent:[/b] Sunday, August 08, 2010 5:07 PM [b]To:[/b] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_KLR650] Mefo Tires, Modifications for Street Use

My bike is an '08. I ride only on the street, in a rural coastal setting of small towns and secondary highways. Because I ride only on the street, I use street-tire pressures of 30 front, 33 rear. The factory front tire lasted about 3300 miles. I replaced both factory tires with Mefo's. The Mefo front lasted about 5500 miles. The rear still has good tread. The tires have performed well on both dry and wet pavement, so I just now repaced the front with another Mefo. The Mefo supply chain is spotty. If you are thinking of buying Mefo's, you might start looking for them a while before you need them. One distributor with Mefo's consistently on hand is Twisted Throttle. If your dealer orders, they ship free. If you order, you pay shipping. A note: I use motorcycles as primary transportation: the KLR and an '04 BMW1150RT. I've a street bar on the KLR-- from a Yamaha 650XS-- and a Laminar Lip. The rear sprocket is one tooth down from factory. Those changes produced a bike that cruises happily at 60-65 mph, even in the wind that we live with during the Oregon coast summers. Increasingly, the BMW has stayed in the garage, and its expensive periodic servicings empty my wallet less frequently. (Because the BMW has a 6,000-mile service interval and now 88,500 miles on its odometer, there have been rather a lot of those.) Tom Burke All

-- - Rich Decker Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.

[beachmike1]

I have 1700 miles on the bike and 1200 on this oil change . I have been running petroleum base oil until now. I still had good lubricity but I had about 200 miles of dirt riding on this oil change and oil is chaep insurance. THe first time I changed the oil I found lots of little flakes of metal in the filter body this time about 10 % of the amount. I did clean the filet housing by hand to make sure that flakes that may have dropped into the filter housing area did not stay in the engine oil system. Filled with HOND HP-4 Semi synthetic. about 10 per qt at the dealer. I though this was a bit high until I went to cycle parts unlimited in garden grove. They charged more for the filter and the oil. TOtal oil aaded 2.5 q. Consumption in 1200 miles 1/2 pt ALL in the last ride with a lot of high speed freeway flogging. Not to by suprised at this. As higher rpms oil will fill abit more about the vavlguides and go bye bye. Also engine case pressure fluctuations increase at higher rpm causeing denser misting to the PVC system. Just keep an eye on it. Bike is running fine avge milage 44.3 since new. Ebginer breaking in. Last three cars all improved MPG after first 5K miles by 10 %.