> Please pardon a potentially old question. Has anybody used Pirelli MT-21 or Maxis C6006 tires? I'm looking for new tires for my '95 DR350SES. I ride back and forth to work in the spring and summer and do some desert riding (black rock desert Nevada). I'm thinking that a 50/50 tire would be a good choice. IRC GP 110's might be a little less suitable for offroad, though I don't do anything really harsh when I am offroad.
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> Thanks
>
> Mark Tynan
> ext. 147
go with the MT-21s, Mark
they are amazingly quiet and sticky on the road--a bit skwirmy in the rain--
well within the power/traction potential of the DR in the dirt unless you do muddy enduros or hare scrables
4000 km on mine with 40% life left (80% dirt and gravel, 20% asphalt)
15 ips with staked rims, no rim locks (just don't overdo the talcum, cornstarch
is more organic, anyway)
I have a set of IRC GP 110s waiting to go on next, riding in the bush will be a bit hairier,
but they promise to be a good compromise, we'll see
free advice: build your confidence with dirt-worthy tires, then learn to dance with spooky
road rubber: MT60s on my R90S in the dirt are a real trip!!!
> Please pardon a potentially old question. Has anybody used Pirelli MT-21 or Maxis C6006 tires? I'm looking for new tires for my '95 DR350SES. I ride back and forth to work in the spring and summer and do some desert riding (black rock desert Nevada). I'm thinking that a 50/50 tire would be a good choice. IRC GP 110's might be a little less suitable for offroad, though I don't do anything really harsh when I am offroad.
I've been using a Dunlop K695 in the rear and a Dunlop 755 up front.
I've been riding about 70/30 street/dirt. The Dunlops are pretty good
on the street, but I have spun out the rear once on some black ice. I
think any street tire would have done the same. In the dirt the tires
are pretty good, but I made the K695 pretty useless in a short amount of
time. The 755 is just now starting to round, but it's not rounding like
the a rear tire would. It's actually rounding on the braking side.
I've had them on for about 1500 miles, and there's still a little knob
on the rear, but not much.
I'm going to try a set of Michelin M11's next (these tires have been
replaced with the M12). These are very aggressive looking knobbie's, so
I doubt they will be very good on the street. I'm going to enter a dual
sport up at Tahoe at the end of the month, so I wanted something more
for off-road. We'll see how quickly I wear down the knobbies on these.
Subject: Re: (dr350) Corbin vs saddleman (travelcade)
Date: 25 Jun 1999 11:42:26 -0400
Mark Tynan wrote:
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> Secondly, I have heard that it is a good idea to put the non-vacuum gas petcock from a dirt > DR on the DR350SE (vacuum type petcock) gas tank. What would the Suzuki part number be for
>
Couldn't you accomplish the same thing by setting the vacuum petcock to
"prime?"
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Subject: Re: (dr350) Corbin vs saddleman (travelcade)
Date: 25 Jun 1999 12:43:48 -0500
Mark,
In my opinion, the Corbin seat sucks for any long term in the saddle time. It's steeply angled so that it slides you to the tank and if you have enuff sticky clothing on so it won't do that then your Male Orgons are in a bind. ha ha ha. I took a Corbin and had a friend modify it to build me a butt pocket where I like to sit. It doesn't interfer with stand up riding and if you have to do 100 miles of pavement to get to an offroad riding area, it won't kill ya. I just did a Plus 1100 mile trip in 3 days on my '97 DR350SEM and my butt wasn't happy but it wasn't crying either. Ha ha ha...
Don' t forget Sargent Seats in your quest to find the seat you want either.
Andy
Jennings, La.
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