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Dakotakid
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Well, here we go again....
Late today, I received an order from Dennis Kirk. In the order, I received two tires for my newly acquired '82 GS 750 EZ.
I elected to go with a Dunlop on the rear and it's date (upon arrival) is 0510. A year and a half old through the door???
Tonight, rather late, I called Dennis Kirk operator and she stated I need to call back during business hours to talk to customer service regarding the date.
Honest comments about the date, please (from you guys).
Yes, it is another Dunlop 404 even though I recently felt my 404 on the 850 ran a little hot in hot weather. I plan on riding this new bike quite a lot as it is rather pristine and it sounds so very nice. And, yes, I am going to pull the pan and see if the pressure relief mode has been done yet.
The front is a Conti Go and I probably should have elected to go with one on the rear....but, money is beginning to be tightish. Also, my rear Conti Go's are erasing rather quickly on my other bikes. I have a lot of concrete roads out here in western SD and it seems they are rather hard on the tread as the concrete is highly siphed (misspelled?) and there are literally millions of sharp edges per mile of driving. Is the concrete the same in other states?
What do you suppose my response will be from the Dennis Kirk representative tomorrow? It's a 120/90-18 and I was expecting a fresher date...and, yes, I realize they have multiple warehouses throughout the country. Maybe my warehouse did not sell very many of these this size?
If they are willing to swap it out....I think I will step up to the Conti Go.
Edit: I also see that there is a wide diversity in the number of sidewall and tread cords in these new tires and in the ones I am currently running on these bikes. I never really paid attention before. For instance, the new front Conti Go (100/90-18) is "V" rated and is only a two ply sidewall with three ply tread face (two nylon and one polyester). The tire is about as light (weight) as a Trojan "love innertube." In contrast, my Michelin Commander on the 850 is a four ply polyester on the tread and in the sidewall. The Michelin is a very dull tire in the sense that it reminds me of the 5-ply Metzlers I used to run on open class bikes in the deserts.....they would absorb impacts and not deflect....very predictable. I like that...the Michelin is super at everything on the 850.
This new Conti Go appears to be more "boing-boing" looking....although that is NOT the case in the Conti Go I have on the GPZ. Apparently, the manufacturers are constantly changing the construction and I was not aware of this.
Late today, I received an order from Dennis Kirk. In the order, I received two tires for my newly acquired '82 GS 750 EZ.
I elected to go with a Dunlop on the rear and it's date (upon arrival) is 0510. A year and a half old through the door???
Tonight, rather late, I called Dennis Kirk operator and she stated I need to call back during business hours to talk to customer service regarding the date.
Honest comments about the date, please (from you guys).
Yes, it is another Dunlop 404 even though I recently felt my 404 on the 850 ran a little hot in hot weather. I plan on riding this new bike quite a lot as it is rather pristine and it sounds so very nice. And, yes, I am going to pull the pan and see if the pressure relief mode has been done yet.
The front is a Conti Go and I probably should have elected to go with one on the rear....but, money is beginning to be tightish. Also, my rear Conti Go's are erasing rather quickly on my other bikes. I have a lot of concrete roads out here in western SD and it seems they are rather hard on the tread as the concrete is highly siphed (misspelled?) and there are literally millions of sharp edges per mile of driving. Is the concrete the same in other states?
What do you suppose my response will be from the Dennis Kirk representative tomorrow? It's a 120/90-18 and I was expecting a fresher date...and, yes, I realize they have multiple warehouses throughout the country. Maybe my warehouse did not sell very many of these this size?
If they are willing to swap it out....I think I will step up to the Conti Go.
Edit: I also see that there is a wide diversity in the number of sidewall and tread cords in these new tires and in the ones I am currently running on these bikes. I never really paid attention before. For instance, the new front Conti Go (100/90-18) is "V" rated and is only a two ply sidewall with three ply tread face (two nylon and one polyester). The tire is about as light (weight) as a Trojan "love innertube." In contrast, my Michelin Commander on the 850 is a four ply polyester on the tread and in the sidewall. The Michelin is a very dull tire in the sense that it reminds me of the 5-ply Metzlers I used to run on open class bikes in the deserts.....they would absorb impacts and not deflect....very predictable. I like that...the Michelin is super at everything on the 850.
This new Conti Go appears to be more "boing-boing" looking....although that is NOT the case in the Conti Go I have on the GPZ. Apparently, the manufacturers are constantly changing the construction and I was not aware of this.
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