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Hey, I am needing some tires for my 650, I hang out in the 250 forum. I did a search and did not come up with much.

I am thinking a 50/50 tire that will work in fireroads/gravel & still be capable of 90mph on the hywy without too many worries. Most of my riding is errands on pavement, but I would like to get something more gravel road capable.

What is everyone using here that would meet this criteria?

Maybe you're already looking at them too, but there are some great other KLR650 forums and threads. ADV & .net come to mind. Have you looked at them?

Dunlop 606

http://www.motorcyclejazz.com/images/D606_Rear_400.jpg

Dunlop 606 @ 90 mph? Let me know how that works?

I'll check out those other forums, thanks.

I'm not so sure about a 50/50 tire that you want to spend many miles at 90 on. YRMV. Are you sure you're not looking for something like an 80/20.

Here are a couple I follow:
KLR650 Only Thread...... - ADVrider

KLR 650 Modifications - ADVrider

You're likely to also find some good tire-specific threads on ADV that are not KLR specific.

and here's the .net

KLR650.NET - Your Kawasaki KLR650 Resource! KLR650 Forums, KLR Forum Community For Technical Help

Who wants to go 90 on a KLK anyway?

Hey thanks for the tips, I'll checked out the links. I actually do not have a KLR, but it is a 650 & I am a member of this forum.... so it was easy going here. My 650 will do 90, I don't know about yours, hehe.

Why? Because it can?

OK, I looked at the other forums, then looked at the tires. I have Metzeler Tourance tires on the bike now, they look 95 R/5 D.

I am thinking more like a 75-road/25-dirt tire.....and the winner is.....

Shinko 705's Q rated (99mph)

Any bad news or comments welcome?

I just took a 17 mile test ride on a new 2012 KLR650. I got it up to 90mph and the front end wasn't happy about it. Keep it under 80mph.

Personally I've run Duro Median HF903/904 dual sport tires in all kinds of conditions, with a lot of both pavement and gravel on my KLX650. They stick like a good road tire on pavement, clean out fairly well when in mud and work great in general. I get about 4000 miles on them before the rear is low enough on tread to spin too much (not bald). The pair sells for less than $120 last time I got them. I do both at once, because the front is cupped enough I dump it too. Great tires, I've used them for over 30,000 miles now here in eastern Ohio both on back dirt/gravel roads and playing supermoto on the paved ones.