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gust0261
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tire pressure, service manual, or psi on side of tire?

Post by gust0261 » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:35 pm

Question: I have what I think are stock tires on my KLR650 2007. The Service manual says I should have 21 psi on the front tire but the tire says 36 psi holds a certain max carrying weight load. Do I go with the pressure on the tire or what it says in the service manual. The same goes for the rear tire. In the service manual it says 28 psi for the rear tire and the tire itself says 36psi for a certain max carrying weight load. I'm planning a 3,000 mile road trip soon (almost all on-road) so I'm wanting to avoid a blowout. I weigh 230 and will be carrying around 90 pounds of baggage with me. Any thoughts?

transalp 1
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tire pressure, service manual, or psi on side of tire?

Post by transalp 1 » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:00 pm

The max pressure on the tire itself is the max. safe pressure recommended. Sort of like a car tire that says 40 or 45psi. You wouldn't want to run it that high. But, if you did, it wouldn't cause damage. So said, the day I brought my 09' home, my friend that took me to the dealership followed me home and commented on how low the rear tire looked. The manual says 21psi front and rear (up to 215 lbs load) and 28psi up to 401 lbs load. The shop had set the bike up at 21/21. I increased the rear pressure to 28psi - per the manual. The front tire cupped a bit from riding on road aggressively and the rear wore out in under 6k miles. I'm 185 pounds w/o gear & since then have been running 30psi in each and have had no ill effects doing so. Like your planned trip - I ride almost exclusively on road. One thing, I must note: I have a set of Avon Gripsters on the bike now. As others pointed out, they get the nickname Slipsters in mud. But, as a 90/10 street/trail tire last a pretty long time. ( I went through several sets on a pair of XL600V Hondas. ) On the KLR, I noticed the rear rubbed the chain guard right after I installed the tire. Then I realized I hadn't adjusted the tire pressure from seating the bead. With about 40psi, the tire balooned up until it made contact. Once I set it back down to 30psi, all was fine. No tire rubbing. eddie
> [Original Message] > From: gust0261 > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> > Date: 7/25/2010 1:35:49 PM > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] tire pressure, service manual, or psi on side of
tire?
> > Question: > I have what I think are stock tires on my KLR650 2007. The Service
manual says I should have 21 psi on the front tire but the tire says 36 psi holds a certain max carrying weight load. Do I go with the pressure on the tire or what it says in the service manual. The same goes for the rear tire. In the service manual it says 28 psi for the rear tire and the tire itself says 36psi for a certain max carrying weight load. I'm planning a 3,000 mile road trip soon (almost all on-road) so I'm wanting to avoid a blowout. I weigh 230 and will be carrying around 90 pounds of baggage with me. Any thoughts?
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mark ward
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tire pressure, service manual, or psi on side of tire?

Post by mark ward » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:10 pm