more on shinko trail master e-705 tires....

[kjedick]

Looking forward to putting these tires on my 09 after my k270 wear out. I figure they have another 8000 miles in them. Sent from kje iPhone

On Aug 30, 2010, at 12:01 AM, Jeff Khoury wrote:

  Yes. You can get a set delivered to your door for under $100.00 If you look back through the archives, I have posted my thoughts on their handling on and off road. Here is what they look like on the bike: Rear: [url=http://bit.ly/9Z2OsR]http://bit.ly/9Z2OsR[/url] Front: [url=http://bit.ly/96NDz2]http://bit.ly/96NDz2[/url] And what they can stand up to: Front: [url=http://bit.ly/967BWY]http://bit.ly/967BWY[/url] Rear: [url=http://bit.ly/9tIiJB]http://bit.ly/9tIiJB[/url] Those last two pictures tell the tale of a tough tire.  After that impact, both tires stayed inflated.  I was able to land the bike without crashing and the tires are still on the bike some 5,000 miles later. -Jeff Khoury ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Copeman" To: "Jeff Khoury" Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 1:02:45 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] MORE on Shinko Trail Master E-705 tires.... Thanks Jeff. The K761 is a Kenda? Ed [b]From:[/b] Jeff Khoury [b]To:[/b] fasteddiecopeman [b]Cc:[/b] DSN KLR650 DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> [b]Sent:[/b] Sat, August 28, 2010 11:48:04 PM [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [DSN_KLR650] MORE on Shinko Trail Master E-705 tires.... If you want a street-y DS tire, check out the K761.  I've got over 7,000 miles on my rear and I estimate at least 2,000 more to go.  No cracks, splits, nothing.  Ridden hard and fast the whole time, and it stood up to the giant chunk of metal that ruined my rims.  Outstanding street-oriented tire, and it's less expensive than the Shinko. -Jeff Khoury ----- Original Message ----- From: "fasteddiecopeman" To: "DSN KLR650" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 9:42:58 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [DSN_KLR650] MORE on Shinko Trail Master E-705 tires....   I went for a 250 mile ride, pavement and dirt/ gravel, yesterday in about 90F temps, and took a REALLY good look at my tires after cleaning and lubing my chain. There are 17 of the LARGE tread blocks on each side of the rear tire, and of those on the left (chain) side, 12 are experiencing 'incipient' tread separation. All 17 on the right are OK (???), as are ALL those on the front! The rear tire has 6,920 kms (4290 miles) on it, the front has 7,168 kms (4444miles), their build dates are 2709 (F), 2409 (R), and I run pressures of 36 psi F, 42 psi R. Cornering on these has been very confidence-inspiring, but these separations are NOT!!! I don't think I can or will recommend these again. I just added some pictures in the "photos" section under "Shinko D/S tires on my KLR". When you look at my pictures, bear in mind that I just finished WD40ing the chain.

[dooden]

Sure. BUT, how many folks on this list have driven away and did'nt know that the forks were still in shipping position ? Talking about 3/4" (.750) Its that tiny bit I needed to get traction when in the woods, my feet slipped at the worst time, now I can at least get a grip. No effects to handling for me, other than bit shorter rake. no biggy Dooden A15 Green Ape

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "skypilot110" wrote: > > Be careful putting the forks up like that. If you get them to high then you could get a high speed shake, worst case schenario would be a tank slapper. You shorten the rake and trail when you raise the forks. > > snip > > Same with my forks I have them up about 3/4" outta triple, gave me that little bit of lowering I wanted to have better footing offroad I needed, but nothing changed, and its free farkle.