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[E.L. Green]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "klrnut" wrote:

> > I am looking to buy some new tires.I have narrowed it down to either > the Kenda K761 or the Avon Gripster.Any feedback would be appreciated.

Where are you riding? The Gripster is a street tire that, if aired *way* down, can do light duty offroading on *dry non-sandy* terrain. The K761 is also a street tire, but one that is a bit more usable offroad due to its chunkier tread pattern at the expense of a bit of street performance (but it still handles well on the street). The 761 will not last as long as a Gripster and starts handling quite abruptly after around 5,000 miles or so, at which point I traded them in on some TKC-80's. Frankly, having taken the TKC-80's to 5,000 miles too, I'd prefer the TKC-80's to the 761, they're *much* better off-road and acceptable on-road. They're just effin' expensive . So where are you riding? What do you want your tires to do?

[Horton Oliphant]

Gripsters seem to hold up well on the road and I know a number of people that swear by them. I have a Gripster on the back of my bike and I can feel in slip turning corners on dry pavement under normal riding conditions and when I have the bike loaded for a trip. I have had the original tires and a set of Pirelli Mt70s on the bike and didn't notice this slippage. I noticed this from the beginning with the Gripster and it hasn't gone away over time. I am a big person weighing in at 350lbs right out of the shower so if you are lighter it might not slip as much or at all. Alan Henderson A13 Iowa

[Andrus Chesley]

> --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "klrnut" wrote: > > > > I am looking to buy some new tires.I have narrowed it down to either > > the Kenda K761 or the Avon Gripster.Any feedback would be appreciated. > > >

I have both for my A14. Kinda depends on where I'm going riding to what wheels I use. If it gonna be mainly hiway with light dirt or gravel roads I put on the Gripsters. If I'm gonna be exploring and it may be a little damp out on the dirt or rocky roads, I put on the Kendas. Just that Kendas are so loud on the pavement without ear plugs. I'm generally running slow on the Kendas so I don't always put in the ear plugs. Hence the little noisy hiway sections. But, you would be surprized where you can go with a Gripster if you air it down a bit and take your time and choose your lines. But a knobby, it's not. I have went on my hiney a few time with the gripster when gassing it a bit hard going thru a mud puddle in a grassy field where I think, less throttle or grippier tires ( Kenda or others ) would of keep my hiney off the gound. As said, the Gripsters is not a tire you want to have to take off in the field unless dire necessary. Be sure to have a good bead breaker, good air pump and slick stuff for beading. Andy > Offshore La on a 14 day hitch getting gas and oil from the sea bottom. '00 KLR 650 '06 DLK

[E.L. Green]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Andrus Chesley" wrote:

> > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "klrnut" wrote: > > > > > > I am looking to buy some new tires.I have narrowed it down to

either

> > > the Kenda K761 or the Avon Gripster.Any feedback would be

appreciated.

> > > > > > > I have both for my A14. Kinda depends on where I'm going riding to > what wheels I use. If it gonna be mainly hiway with light dirt or > gravel roads I put on the Gripsters. > If I'm gonna be exploring and it may be a little damp out on the dirt > or rocky roads, I put on the Kendas. Just that Kendas are so loud

He said Kenda 761, not Kenda 270. Kenda 761's are a totally different tire from the Kenda 270, and are not loud on the pavement (or off-road, for that matter). They're also nowhere near as dirt-capable as the Kenda 270, but much better behaved on pavement. -E

[Jacobus De Bruyn]

Listmen, Yes, I read most of the rants on this list, and I remember having read something about leaving the valve locknut off, but it seemed weird to me. I don t have to believe and swallow everything I read, do I? Why would the innertubes supply the two nuts, and why would everyone I know use it the "normal" way, if it is better not to tighten the locknut? I still think it was mostly using tubes too small for the tire size, because that would kind of induce the same situation as running the correct size with lower pressure? I don t use low pressure, as the distance between tarmac, potholies, slippery mud and stoney roads is very short here, and it would be silly to inflate and deflate every three minutes. I keep the tires at a 30 more or less. Front a bit less. But to start, I will loosen the locknut a bit, if Jud says so, I trust him. Can NASA not come up with an alternative for airpressured tires? We have waterbeds....special foamy stuff? About Costa Rica, very green and lush vegetation, laid back and all that, but stealing is a national pastime, presidents do it, priests do it, no shame, they are proud of it, and feel smart when they break into your car to relieve you of your dirty undies. Tourists are the main attraction, but we all are at risk here. People live behind bars and walls, windows have bars, alarm systems, dogs, my house is my castle becomes my fort. As everywhere, things could be a lot better, but the human mentality seems not to allow it. Jacostarica. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping

[Mike Frey]

http://www.tireballs.com/ $$$$$$$ expen$ive Jacobus De Bruyn wrote:

> > > > Can NASA not come up with an alternative for > airpressured tires? We have waterbeds....special > foamy stuff? > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping> > >

[Jud Jones]

There's Bib Mousse, too, also expensive, hard to mount, and melts down at the temps generated by high road speed.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Mike Frey wrote: > > http://www.tireballs.com/ > $$$$$$$ expen$ive > > Jacobus De Bruyn wrote: > > > > > > > > Can NASA not come up with an alternative for > > airpressured tires? We have waterbeds....special > > foamy stuff? > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping> > > > > >

[jean luc ascencio]

Hey Jake I have been lurking and read all of your latest saga. Sorry to hear all the trouble you ' ve been having lately with your beloved KLR. Its seems that trouble always come in a bunch.... Concerning Costa Rica,I am not surprise that stealing is becoming a national past time ,money always bring more gangsters activities and I guess you have to pay the price for all the touristic development that happened the last 20 years in your beautiful adopted country. I just hope that Nicaragua (by the way, second safest American country after Canada -no joke-) will not become the new Costa Rica... Cheers Jean-Luc Jacobus De Bruyn wrote: Listmen, Yes, I read most of the rants on this list, and I remember having read something about leaving the valve locknut off, but it seemed weird to me. I don t have to believe and swallow everything I read, do I? Why would the innertubes supply the two nuts, and why would everyone I know use it the "normal" way, if it is better not to tighten the locknut? I still think it was mostly using tubes too small for the tire size, because that would kind of induce the same situation as running the correct size with lower pressure? I don t use low pressure, as the distance between tarmac, potholies, slippery mud and stoney roads is very short here, and it would be silly to inflate and deflate every three minutes. I keep the tires at a 30 more or less. Front a bit less. But to start, I will loosen the locknut a bit, if Jud says so, I trust him. Can NASA not come up with an alternative for airpressured tires? We have waterbeds....special foamy stuff? About Costa Rica, very green and lush vegetation, laid back and all that, but stealing is a national pastime, presidents do it, priests do it, no shame, they are proud of it, and feel smart when they break into your car to relieve you of your dirty undies. Tourists are the main attraction, but we all are at risk here. People live behind bars and walls, windows have bars, alarm systems, dogs, my house is my castle becomes my fort. As everywhere, things could be a lot better, but the human mentality seems not to allow it. Jacostarica. __________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Mike Frey]

I thought Costa Rica was the next paradise for Americans to retire to....? You just made it sound like Puerto Rico (which I know and still love) Mike > > > > About Costa Rica, very green and lush vegetation, laid > back and all that, but stealing is a national pastime, > presidents do it, priests do it, no shame, they are > proud of it, and feel smart when they break into your > car to relieve you of your dirty undies. > Tourists are the main attraction, but we all are at > risk here. People live behind bars and walls, windows > have bars, alarm systems, dogs, my house is my castle > becomes my fort. > As everywhere, things could be a lot better, but the > human mentality seems not to allow it. Jacostarica. > > __________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping> > >

[fasteddiecopeman]

Jacob, I'm going to OFFEND you on purpose: if you read this list and are too bull-headed to take advantage of the FREE advice given by riders that have OBVIOUSLY forgotten more than you'll probably EVER know - than SUCK IT UP! Many of us have shared wisdom that took many SKINNED KNUCKLES and OH MY GOD'S to learn, and when we share it with YOU, it's to help you so that you MIGHT not have to go through all that we have learned through the SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS! IF you choose, DESPITE ADVICE TO THE CONTRARY, to ignore it, and then have EXACTLY the problem we've tried to help you avoid, DON'T come back whining that you..."Listmen, Yes, I read most of the rants on this list, and I remember having read something about leaving the valve locknut off, but it seemed weird to me. I don t have to believe and swallow everything I read, do I? Why would the innertubes supply the two nuts, and why would everyone I know use it the "normal" way, if it is better not to tighten the locknut?..." At this point, I'd like to apologize to the rest of the list that this had to happen. Cheers, Ed