EDIT -- damned bourbon...title should read -- dirt vs. street!

I have yet to check my tire pressure, but I had a helluva time ridin' some trials at a state forest on Sunday; afterwards, I thought droppin' my PSI may have helped a bit.

The bike's stock and has ~700 miles, but again, I've never checked pressure.

Do any of y'all run different PSI's for different types of riding? Does it make a difference?

Any help is ALWAYS appreciated.

 

Fixt.

 

I rarely run over 12 PSI off-road. I don't recommend that without rim locks, though. The other weekend, though, there was a good bit of road and I put in 18. That was mostly sand, though, so it was fine. But for the rough stuff, like lots of rocks and slick roots, 10 to 12 seems about right, imo. Otherwise, you bounce around like a basketball, at least that has been my experience.

 

Yeah, 15 or less is great in the rocky stuff. On the dirt roads I'll have it lowered if I know I'm gonna be off-road most of the day, even if it's not difficult terrain.

Though you have to be careful at cattle guards when you're going 35 mph and up, you can bend a rim if you're not careful.

 

Dont forget the klx doesnt have rim locks... for newbies..... i dont usually go under 18 or so for dirt with out rim locks... ive gone down to 15 but thats it. I keep 18 in for street also.

 

My rear tire pressure is at 15psi which is low for the street but I have a rim lock installed. The weather change has affected it a bit I like to keep it around 20psi. The front tire I keep solidly in the 20's.

I spun a tire on the rim a month or so after I bought the bike so be carful about that as it does happen.

If I had no rim lock, I'd run solid 20's on the rear tire.

Mike

 

I run max air everywhere I ride. No slipping on the blacktop, and it takes me pretty much anywhere I want to go off road, and if I can't get through some tough area off road, then I don't need to be there. I just for myself don't want to ever take a chance on the tire slipping on the rim. So I have learned to ride in all conditions without running the air up or down.

However, that being said, on my trip to Canada where we rode several hundred miles on rough gravel roads filled with pot holes and wash boards, I now wish I had run at least some of the air out, it really put the beat down on me and the bike.

 

deej u can run that psi cause u never really get off road...

You know when your following 2 two stroke dirt bikes your in for it!! lol. Speaking of, in need a new set of tires...

 

Before I purchased my '06 KLX 3 months ago, I rode an '07 Yamaha XT225. I experimented with lowering the tire pressures a small amount on each ride until I got to 12psi on the front and 16psi on the rear. The terrain here in Central Washington is hardpack dirt and broken rock. I got two pinch-flats on the front tire within about 500 miles of riding. If you are going to be riding over sharp rocks or other sharp obstacles, I would advise keeping the tire pressures up a bit (certainly above 12psi). On my KLX, I ride with 20psi in the front and 22-24psi in the rear and simply learn to deal with the terrain at those pressures.

 

I never go off road? RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!