Went from a 75 road/ 25 dirt tire to a d606 set, plenty of wobble. It was on a 03 KLX 400 that had no wobbles at 90+. After the new tires, wobble would start to get bad at 70 or 75. Awesome in the dirt though!

 

My KLX is bone stock. Last weekend I had it WOT at 92 mph (indicated)....no "death wobble" or head shake. Surprisingly enough, it was pretty stable. The "death wobble" must only apply to heavily modded KLX's

 

My 2007 was solid as a rock with a brand new Kenda K270 on the front at any speed. Now with 2500 miles and a bit of cupping going on it starts to wobble a bit at 75. Bet a balance on the front (or a new front which is coming) would take care of that.

Anyone know if I can turn the Kenda around and get a few more miles out of her or is that a no-no?

 

Do dirt bike tires have directional markings like sportbike tires. I haven't seen any...

 

Some do and some don't. I've flipped rear tires when I happened to have the tire off to repair a flat or something but that's a lot of work just for a bit more life. I don't do the flat tire thing anymore.

I think I may try and adjust the suspension sometime. I've got everything in stock center locations.

 

Highbeam,

I'm in the Olympia area, noticed the South Sound location in your post. The wobble could be a number of things or combination of a few; aggressive D606, tire balance, tire pressure, stem bearings needing repack and adjustment, front fender catching air, suspension adjustments, loose hardware, etc. I am no suspension expert and usually just make small adjustments, recording as I go from the nominal settings and try to get an improvement. I suspect it is a combo of tire selection/balance/air turbulence from the front fender?? There's a lot of folks that ride the highways with the smaller supermoto front fenders on their D/S bikes.