Interested in Dual Sport, KLR/DRZ

[Mr Lefty]

Originally Posted by derf

You can get some tires that are pretty good for both street and dirt, probably wont ever perform as well as your R6 on the street but good enough that you can have some fun with them, same for the dirt, they will be competent, but not great.

yeah it's fun bike... not a sport bike by any means... but fun in it's own right. for mostly street with a little dirt, say 70/30 I'd get the stock Trail Wings, they work great for me... but say clear of mud... they turn to slicks QUICK

for dirt mostly the D606's are awesome but are still DOT rated, I've put 1500 miles on a set on pavement alone (had to bring the bike back from Omaha and only had D606's to throw on)

[Full Throttle]

Originally Posted by Mr Lefty

yeah it's fun bike... not a sport bike by any means... but fun in it's own right. for mostly street with a little dirt, say 70/30 I'd get the stock Trail Wings, they work great for me... but say clear of mud... they turn to slicks QUICK

for dirt mostly the D606's are awesome but are still DOT rated, I've put 1500 miles on a set on pavement alone (had to bring the bike back from Omaha and only had D606's to throw on)

Awesome.

[Trip]

PMed ya some info.

[derf]

Originally Posted by Mr Lefty

yeah it's fun bike... not a sport bike by any means... but fun in it's own right. for mostly street with a little dirt, say 70/30 I'd get the stock Trail Wings, they work great for me... but say clear of mud... they turn to slicks QUICK

for dirt mostly the D606's are awesome but are still DOT rated, I've put 1500 miles on a set on pavement alone (had to bring the bike back from Omaha and only had D606's to throw on)

I've got a set of 70/30s on my klr and can easily drag hard parts on the bike, and do light dirt duty, fire trails, gravel, soft pack dirt. I wouldnt try for mud or any hard trail riding though

[Turbo Ghost]

I had 90/10's (Avon Gripsters) on my KLR and it would hang just fine as hard as you want to go on pavement and they do pretty well in the dirt and mud. The D606 I have on there now does great off-road and was surprisingly capable on the pavement! The first shot is with Gripsters and the second is with the D606 rear with a Gripster on the front at the Gap. The last is with the D606 in the mud. Don't blame the tire. Poor choice of ruts!




Oh, I had gear on but, had to take it off during the extraction or die from heat-exhaustion!