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[T.W. Day]

I'm still in the "asking for advice on the KL250" mode, I hope this isn't too boring for the KLR'ers. I'm thinking about going full road tires on the KL. It, currently, has a pair of Dunlop knobbies and I am wearing them out fast. I expect to use the bike about 75/25 road/off-road and don't think I need off-road tires for anything I will be doing. I get along fine on my DL-650 with Metzler ME880 tires on the dirt roads I travel. The KL would be better on those roads with just the rims. Has anyone SuperMoto'd a KL with street tires and, if so, what tires did you use? T.W. Day HYPERLINK http://home.att.net/~twday http://home.att.net/~twday HYPERLINK "mailto:twday@..."twday@... No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 0.0.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.10/908 - Release Date: 7/19/2007 6:10 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[T.W. Day]

Thanks, Mike. I am talking about the Super Sherpa. I'll check into the IRC's. T.W. Day http://home.att.net/~twday twday@...

> -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Frey [mailto:mike21b@...] > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 2:59 PM > To: T.W. Day > Cc: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: KL250 owners? (Now tire suggestions) > > TW, I assume that when you write "KL250", you are talking > about the Super Sherpa. I have IRC GP-1 tires on mine. Good > on the street, better than the stock Trail Wings off road. > > The Sherpa group is pretty active, although not as much as this > list: > > http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/1999-2003_SUPERSHERPA/ > > Mike > > T.W. Day wrote: > > I'm still in the "asking for advice on the KL250" mode, I hope this > > isn't too boring for the KLR'ers. I'm thinking about going > full road > > tires on the KL. It, currently, has a pair of Dunlop > knobbies and I am > > wearing them out fast. I expect to use the bike about 75/25 > > road/off-road and don't think I need off-road tires for anything I > > will be doing. I get along fine on my DL-650 with Metzler > ME880 tires > > on the dirt roads I travel. The KL would be better on those > roads with > > just the rims. Has anyone SuperMoto'd a KL with street > tires and, if so, what tires did you use? > > > > T.W. Day > > HYPERLINK http://home.att.net/~twday http://home.att.net/~twday > > HYPERLINK "mailto:twday@..."twday@... > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 0.0.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.10/908 - Release > Date: 7/19/2007 > > 6:10 PM > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 0.0.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.10/908 - Release > Date: 7/19/2007 6:10 PM > >

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[E.L. Green]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Norm Keller" wrote:

> It is certainly difficult to find top motorcycle technicians in Canada as it

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> I know the techs in four local bike shops and might be willing to accept > that one had made a mistake but not that one has done something incompetent > or dishonest.

Ah. Canuckistan. Where the ethical standards of "if you don't get caught, it's not a crime" and "if you don't like it, see this middle finger?" haven't taken hold (yet). Sadly, the same is not true in many parts of the United States. I would blame it on decades of corrupt leadership at the top setting a bad example for the rest of the nation, but of course the U.S. has no such monopoly on such (see: sponsorship scandal, Canada). But there is a decided difference in attitude between "everybody for themselves, rip off everybody because you know they'd rip you off if they could" attitude that is common in the "service" industries in many parts of the U.S., and the attitude you describe in Canuckistan. -E