The NEW front tires came today YIPPEEEE .




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I wonder how that will feel on tarmac? i know the knobbies on my goped rattle my nuts sometimes

These are great,I ran them on my Vstrom and could scrape the pegs at will.
Now I have to mod the front fender/fork brace to fit it !!.


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Well we took DORA out for her 1st training ride ( my wife to!! Hehe ) and it ran great and with saddle bags on ( unloaded ) it got 60.4mpg !!.
I had figured our fuel milage based on the GS getting 50mpg and my bike getting 60mpg,mine got 75.5mpg and hers at 60mpg we should have plenty of gas $$$ for our trip.





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Ah, Seahorse cases......

I never clicked on this thread because I thought you were working on a purple FORD explorer. Looking great so far though man!

Looks like Trey (aka Dora) had a good day!
We were riding today. Still would like him to stop back for a visit. All the other bikes miss him (her).

He will be by before Alaska,just need to find a time to get together.


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I would love to see the bikes, very much want to see how you have set them up!

This Saturday I plan to be wrenching and cleaning up the Bike Cave. Did a Costco run today for 2 cases of assorted beers so all ready for the week end.

Remember the 15th is Backfire Moto night. Another good time for all of us to get together.

Quote from: adidasguy on May 07, 2013, 09:47:03 PM
This Saturday I plan to be wrenching and cleaning up the Bike Cave. Did a Costco run today for 2 cases of assorted beers so all ready for the week end.

Remember the 15th is Backfire Moto night. Another good time for all of us to get together.

I have a wrench session in Enumclaw saturday.
I plant to ride the sidecar down to backfire on the 15th!!.I might ride over late Saturday afternoon/early evening.



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Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on April 13, 2013, 09:53:43 AM
I wonder how that will feel on tarmac? i know the knobbies on my goped rattle my nuts sometimes

oh no u didn't ! pics, of the goped w knobbies !

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The NEW front tires came today YIPPEEEE .




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man those are sexay 17s.

do they drift well / predictably on gravel ?

I had them on my Vstrom and I could scrape the pegs on dry pavement.On the dirt they work better than any other dualsport tire I have ever tried,as long as you air them down.
I will be running a Karoo 3 on the rear IF they become available in time,if not then we will run K60's.


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the early pics in the goped thread/build show the knobbies ( offroad tires ) have onroad tires on it now. clutch exploded today. did the walk of shame home, then back to work

The new rear tire came today..YIPPEEE.
Now I have both front and rear,mount them this weekend and go find some dirt for my wife to practice on before the Dalton.






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I think my next set of tires will look like that. Is there a significant increase in traction?

Quote from: drbayer on May 22, 2013, 05:52:03 PM
I think my next set of tires will look like that. Is there a significant increase in traction?

Offroad=YESSSSSS
On road=Dry pavement as good as pure street tires.Wet pavement not as good.

These rear tires should last around 12,000 miles on the GS,the front I hope to get atleast 7,000 miles out of.These are not cheap tires,the rear K60 in a 140/80-17 is almost $200.
The 120/70-17 front TKC is about $120.


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Awesome thread.  Subscribed.  Great work on the build.

Thanks,there will be a ride report after this build.


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I plan on mounting the tires this weekend.I will have to mod both ends to fit these tires.The front will have to have the fender/fork brace raised and the rear will have to have the brake bar modified for the wider tire.


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