last call: central pa shindig noab 07

[Guillaume McDowell]

About the dealer, I've gotten the parts desk at my dealer to promise me to match or beat the best price I find online AFTER I get his quote, and I don't have to pay shipping that way. I suggest using that tactic. I think I might try the Kenda 761s, but just what about their wet traction is disturbing? -realpolitiklr P.S. the handle refers to "realpolitik" a phrase coined by Bismarck (I believe) that sums up his Machiavellian mindset and strategies that cleverly exploited French aggression in the Franco-Prussian war, leading to the establishment of a unified Germany, and the first of many French defeats at the hands of Germans. Realpolitik is power politics without much in the way of moral limitations. And it's a cool word ending in "k" that I can add an "lr" to to make it somewhat KLR related.

[Thor Lancelot Simon]

On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 03:18:30AM -0500, Guillaume McDowell wrote:

> > About the dealer, I've gotten the parts desk at my dealer to promise > me to match or beat the best price I find online AFTER I get his > quote, and I don't have to pay shipping that way. I suggest using > that tactic. I think I might try the Kenda 761s, but just what about > their wet traction is disturbing?

They wiggle around a lot and it's easy to lock the front braking. The stock tires were considerably better on wet pavement and the Distanzias were better still. The Kendas are still pretty darned good when the pavement is dry, though. The stock tires were also somewhat better in snow, but who spends much time riding in the snow? The Distanzias were just plain awful in mud. The K761s are not so good either but I have tractored the bike out of situations I know from painful experience I would have had to drag it out of on its side when it was shod with the Avons. I didn't ever try to ride any real mud to speak of with the stock tires so I don't know how they would have fared. The Kendas, like the current versions of both Avon tires (Distanzia and Gripster) are tubeless-type and a real bear to mount. Expect to curse and bash your knuckles. Thor

[Ryan McNabb]

What is the opinion of the stock tires that come on the KLR? The reason I ask is that I will need tires before winter, and I can get stock tires for /$110/ /a set /at the dealer. I thought that was an insanely good price. Plus, I want something a little more off-roady than the Dunlop 604's I have now, which don't do very well on gravel. Thanks Ryan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Doug Herr]

On Sun, 22 Jul 2007, Ryan McNabb wrote:

> What is the opinion of the stock tires that come on the KLR? The reason > I ask is that I will need tires before winter, and I can get stock tires > for /$110/ /a set /at the dealer. I thought that was an insanely good > price. Plus, I want something a little more off-roady than the Dunlop > 604's I have now, which don't do very well on gravel.

If you might consider installing yourself then make sure to first check with: Southwest Moto Tires http://swmototires.com Price sample from a few years back: Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 Subject: RE: IRC GP-1 ? $42.95 fronts and $52.95 rears. -- Doug Herr doug@... A16 in Oakland, California

[Norm Keller]

If you're riding pavement and gravel, consider Kenda 270's. Norm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Tengai Mark Van Horn]

http://www.expeditionrider.com/NOAB07.html Hope to see ya! Mark