slow speed swerve with hands off handlebar

[kevincrossett]

Got new gripsters coming and new tubes. Hope that works out my little problem. Thanks everyone for the assistance.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Crossett wrote: > > Yeah. I am shopping for tires and plan to replace front and rear soon. I would certainly not count myself in the 5 percent club. With just over a year of riding and no off road experience yet, I would say I have a lot to learn. Having good equipment helps. A new suspension system front and rear has helped with handling and removes another variable in the ongoing troubleshooting experiments I have been going through. The stock shocks just could not handle my ample girth. And finally getting my steering wobble under control helps too. Eliminating suspected preload issues with the inadequate shock removed them from the equation for the front stability issues I am starting to dial the bike in. New tires should help a lot. > > On Feb 2, 2012, at 10:16, Jeff Saline wrote: > > > On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:46:24 -0500 Kevin Crossett > > writes: > >> I thought so too but I can't get more than a five percent increase > >> from cold to hot on the front tire with higher pressure. The > >> manufacturer suggests 32 rear and 26 front for the KLR. James from > >> Horizons Unlimited suggests a 10 to 15 percent increase from cold to > >> hot. At 26 PSI in the front I only get to 27 psi hot which is less > >> than a five percent increase. On the rear I go from 32 psi to 36 > >> psi, a 12.5 percent increase. I understand that a lower pressure at > >> cold equates to a hotter tire and higher pressure at speed. I may be > >> completely wrong, but the physics sound right, especially as weight > >> is added or subtracted from the bike. It seems sound that tire > >> pressure should be adjusted for the load instead of running a > >> standard pressure in all road conditions. Of course things change in > >> the dirt, but I am concentrating on road use in this situation. > >> > >> As I said, I could be completely wrong. If so, I look forward to > >> being corrected. > >> > >> Cheers > > <><><><><><><> > > <><><><><><><> > > > > Kevin, > > > > I would say a pressure change of 3% is more appropriate/realistic if you > > are a performance rider. So if you start at 30 psi (which I think is > > still too low), after some higher speed riding of maybe an hour, the > > pressure should maybe increase to 33 psi or so. > > > > If you only have about 1mm of life left in the tire now is a good time to > > change rubber. > > > > There are way too many variables involved in tire temps to use them for > > much in normal riding situations. Just like suspension, I'll venture a > > guess that better than 95% of riders can't/won't benefit or tell the > > difference of small changes. > > > > I remember being told that before you are good enough to benefit from > > suspension tuning you need to be able to make a fast run, 5 times over a > > few miles and keep the same exact line on each run. If you can't hold a > > line then you aren't good enough to really benefit. Now I'll suggest > > that most riders will think they are good enough to be in the 5% that can > > hold a line. Well, until they give it an honest go. Then, like me, > > they'll maybe admit they are a better rider in their mind than on the > > road. : ) > > > > Best, > > > > Jeff Saline > > ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal > > Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org > > The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota > > 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650 > > > > . > > . > > ____________________________________________________________ > > 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 > > The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried > > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f2aa98fdfd349b79d9st01vuc >