Rear Tire on Front

dakarchef · 08-03-2008, 05:39 PM

Not sure if this is the right forum or not. Mods, you can move itif you want. The wife has learned to ride on a Honda Ascot and loves the bike. She doesn't feel real comfy riding it on gravel roads with the street tires (especially after her encounter with a gravel shoulder on a 90 degree bend)... she now has a new set of pro tapers on the bike.
Around us we have great gravel roads for riding so I was thinking about a set of d/s tires for her bike. The very limiting factor is the 18" rims. I can find a proper size kenda 270 but they would both be rear tires. Would this be ok for handling etc.? I don't want to kill her, or worse maime her. It was scary looking into my mirror and seeing her go down on the side of the road...don't want that to happen again.
Thanks in advance

Chef

murgatroid42 · 08-03-2008, 05:46 PM

PM Geek about tires for his "Loser", an Ascot VT500. He called it scary, I think. Or search in the Rockies Forum for threads about the Loser, like this one.

dakarchef · 08-03-2008, 06:12 PM

Thanks, read all the threads... It wouldn't be knobbies but a more d/s tire.

Trailryder42 · 08-03-2008, 06:34 PM

Being skittish as she is, I wouldn't be putting K270s on it, specially the front. The 270 front, like was said in other posts, is downright scary. The GP1 however is a great dualsport tire. Looks exactly like the 270 but is a different compound and the tread depth is not as deep as the 270.

dakarchef · 08-03-2008, 07:06 PM

Difficulty is finding a 3.5-18 Front and a 4.5-18 rear. Shinko has a 244 in that size ... any thoughts?

yosmitetom · 08-03-2008, 07:07 PM

If you use a front tire on the rear or a rear tire on the front mount it backwards if it has directional tread. When you end up the "V" should point toward the rider.

PenGun · 08-03-2008, 07:44 PM

You may find this thread to be of some use. The Patman likes meat on the front.

http://klrworld.com/forums/index.php/topic,6.0.html

Kings KT966 is what is on the bike on page 2. Nice ... I think.

dakarchef · 08-04-2008, 02:45 AM

Thanks for the replies. I now have to find out who has what in stock. Thanks for the tip on the k270's...advice taken.

chef

08-03-2008, 05:39 PM	#1
dakarchef ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: May 2008 Oddometer: 247	Rear Tire on Front Not sure if this is the right forum or not. Mods, you can move itif you want. The wife has learned to ride on a Honda Ascot and loves the bike. She doesn't feel real comfy riding it on gravel roads with the street tires (especially after her encounter with a gravel shoulder on a 90 degree bend)... she now has a new set of pro tapers on the bike. Around us we have great gravel roads for riding so I was thinking about a set of d/s tires for her bike. The very limiting factor is the 18" rims. I can find a proper size kenda 270 but they would both be rear tires. Would this be ok for handling etc.? I don't want to kill her, or worse maime her. It was scary looking into my mirror and seeing her go down on the side of the road...don't want that to happen again. Thanks in advance Chef __________________ 07 F650 Dakar,02 Husqvarna CR250, 01 Husaberg Fe650

08-03-2008, 05:46 PM	#2
murgatroid42 Great Adventurer Joined: Aug 2003 Location: Ft. Collins, CO Oddometer: 4,160	PM Geek about tires for his "Loser", an Ascot VT500. He called it scary, I think. Or search in the Rockies Forum for threads about the Loser, like this one. __________________ "We hang around people who think these activities are normal." "Me and gravity, we are really, really good friends." - Streetbike Tommy, Nitro Circus "I'm a dude in his mid-40s, who acts likes he's in his 20's. But I don't plan on stopping any time soon." - Ken Block

08-03-2008, 06:12 PM	#3
dakarchef ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: May 2008 Oddometer: 247	Thanks, read all the threads... It wouldn't be knobbies but a more d/s tire. __________________ 07 F650 Dakar,02 Husqvarna CR250, 01 Husaberg Fe650

08-03-2008, 06:34 PM	#4
Trailryder42 Beastly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2006 Location: Amarillo, Texas Oddometer: 1,050	Being skittish as she is, I wouldn't be putting K270s on it, specially the front. The 270 front, like was said in other posts, is downright scary. The GP1 however is a great dualsport tire. Looks exactly like the 270 but is a different compound and the tread depth is not as deep as the 270. __________________ '00 XR440 '04 KLR650 '09 Wee Strom COHVCO USA-ALL BRC

08-03-2008, 07:06 PM	#5
dakarchef ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: May 2008 Oddometer: 247	Difficulty is finding a 3.5-18 Front and a 4.5-18 rear. Shinko has a 244 in that size ... any thoughts? __________________ 07 F650 Dakar,02 Husqvarna CR250, 01 Husaberg Fe650

08-03-2008, 07:07 PM	#6
yosmitetom Banned Joined: Jun 2008 Location: East Texas Oddometer: 3,354	If you use a front tire on the rear or a rear tire on the front mount it backwards if it has directional tread. When you end up the "V" should point toward the rider.

08-03-2008, 07:44 PM	#7
PenGun Old and In The Way Joined: Nov 2007 Location: BC Arrowsmith Mtn Paradise Oddometer: 320	You may find this thread to be of some use. The Patman likes meat on the front. http://klrworld.com/forums/index.php/topic,6.0.html Kings KT966 is what is on the bike on page 2. Nice ... I think. __________________ 98 KLR650 Molly .... "Run and find out" Rikkie Tiki Tavi

08-04-2008, 02:45 AM	#8
dakarchef ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: May 2008 Oddometer: 247	Thanks for the replies. I now have to find out who has what in stock. Thanks for the tip on the k270's...advice taken. chef __________________ 07 F650 Dakar,02 Husqvarna CR250, 01 Husaberg Fe650

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