5 or 6 gears?

[SniperOne]

Kind of a big question for thumb boarding on the phone Fred, but I'll give it a shot. As you know I bought the first pair of Heideneau K60 tires that went out the door of your shop and installed them on my KLR just before my mid-Sept road trip. I also installed new HD tubes and ran them at 25 pounds air front and rear on a heavy KLR w/ gear (9" touratech panniers, 34 ltr caribou trunk, 20" wolfman dry duffle, wolfman tank panniers, and nerf bar bags, all full, plus the weight of the guards, plates, skids, ctr stand, etc). I did 2300 miles across NM, Co, Wy, Ut, Az in 8 days, all dry road highway miles. The tires handled very well, the mountain curves were very stable and showed no signs of giving me pucker factor. They seemed to deal with asphalt tar snakes as well as any tire I've run, and better than my usual D606s. At trip's end I noted a slight flatening down the center 1" of the rear tire, none on the front, and zero saw-toothing on the front. Both still had most of their injection moulding hairs (except in the middle) even though I had been pushing them pretty hard in the curves. The next weekend after I returned to Albuquerque I did about 150 miles of equally mixed pavement, fine gravel, and dirt two track. I dropped pressure to 15 pounds front and rear and found they tracked very well in the gravel & dirt, and even at 15 they were very stable on the highway at speeds up to 80. When done with that I took the bike into the desert to run some sandy singletrack. I expected the front tire to begin washing out, but it didn't. I only spend an hour in sand (1~3" deep) and the K60 seemed to handle as well as my previous D606s (for a heavy KLR in that environment). This Sunday I plan to run them over the forest roads from Albuquerque to Chama, and return on the highway. A fellow rider knows some single track in the forest and I may get off on a little of that for testing, even though the KLR is NOT suited to tight forest stuff. Most will be rocky two track and fine gravel. I've yet to get into deep mud with the K60s, so the jury is still out there. At this point I don't foresee going to a different tire when I wear these K60's out (which looks like it will take alot of miles). I do however plan to do D606s on my DR-Z, when the Kenda Trackmasters wear out. Randy Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone -----Original Message----- From: Fred Hink Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 8:08 AM To: KLR List DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com>; SniperOne Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] front tire So what s your impression of the Heidenau K60 by now? Fred http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com From: SniperOne Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 7:56 PM To: KLR List Subject: RE: [DSN_KLR650] front tire The Heideneau K60, Mefo Exployer, and several others are also engineered to run the opposing V pattern described. For similar reasons of why it works in the loose stuff, it also helps with water on the road. Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone -----Original Message----- From: Fred Hink Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 7:45 PM To: mailto:DSN_KLR650%40yahoogroups.com; davey [The entire original message is not included] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[RobertWichert]

It goes fine, but it winds up fast, so it's shift, shift, shift, shift unless you are really trying in which case it's s h i f t, shift, shift, shift. It will go up on its own into second though if you are up in the revs when you shift. No lift required. It doesn't come up much, but it's off the ground. Off road it's nice to actually get out of first now and then. Before I put it on I would be in first all day! Robert Wichert P.Eng. LEED AP BD&C +1 916 966 9060 FAX +1 916 966 9068 ===============================================

On 10/12/2012 1:29 PM, Bill Kinnison wrote: > So how's the bike off the line with that small a sprocket? > > - > Bill > On Oct 12, 2012 1:00 PM, "RobertWichert" wrote: > >> ** >> >> >> Well, I have a 13 tooth front sprocket, so there isn't much difference >> between fourth and fifth. What I really want is a wide ratio six speed. >> >> Robert P. Wichert P.Eng. LEED AP BD&C >> +1 916 966 9060 >> FAX +1 916 966 9068 >> >> On Oct 12, 2012, at 12:41 PM, "eddie" wrote: >> >>> I've got about 1,400 miles on a new XT1200 Super Tenere twin, which is >>> timed to feel and pull like a big single. >>> It's got 6 gears. >>> But, I frequently find myself cruising along at 55-60mph, getting 50+ mpg >>> indicated......in 5th gear by accident. >>> Ditto my former DL1000. (Only without the good fuel economy. Geez, that >>> bike was thirsty!) >>> eddie >>> >>>> [Original Message] >>>> From: Jud >>>> To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> >>>> Date: 10/12/2012 3:37:05 PM >>>> Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Versified KLR >>>> >>>> >>>> --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, RobertWichert wrote: >>>>> What I would like is a 650 single air cooled with a six speed. Is >>> there a swap for that? >>> >>> DR650 with a DR350 gearbox. >>> >>> (Actually, I have never felt the need for another gear on my DR, or on my >>> KTM, for that matter. Neither do you hear guys crying out for more gears >> on >>> the various fora for those bikes.) >>> >>> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > List Sponsors - Dual Sport News: http://www.dualsportnews.com > Arrowhead Motorsports: http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok: http://www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Member Map: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DSN_KLR650/app/peoplemap/view/map > Group Apps: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DSN_KLR650/grouplets/subscriptionsYahoo! Groups Links > > > > > >