Need pointers on removing rear tire
#21
11-07-2007, 03:54 AM
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: La Costa, CA
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RE: Snow proof tire?
(Knock it off; you guys are making me blush.)
Sadly, there aren't many tire choices for our 500. We haven't even been able to buy the original Dunlops that come on every new 500R for more than 5 years. Dunlop has stopped marketing them and only makes them for Kawasaki's production models.
The advantage to this stock tire is that the pointy, high profile of the stock front tire makes it more sensitive to bar inputs and it makes the bike feel very nimble. The advantage to all the other tires with lower, rounder profiles is that they feel more sluggish but also more stable.
Because the 500 is not as heavy or powerful as other bikes, the rear tire choice is not as critical. There are only four tire choices (three if you don't count the Dunlops that come on the bike) I'm aware of for our bike and they all seem pretty much equal once to me once you get them broken in.
If you really want to split hairs, there are other EX/500/R forums out there and the real 500 sage is this guy named FOG (which stands for Fast Old Guy.) He's abrasive, but he's got a lot of tuning and track experience.
My links to other 500 forums were blocked before, so just Google "EX500" and "forum" and you'll probably be within a few clicks of FOG.
In other forums, you'll find guys who install CBR600 F2 front-ends on their 500's, who make their own frames and do all kinds of crazy p00p. Since I ride almost exclusively on public roads and have no interest in racing against other 500's (at least not while there are so many literbikes in need of humiliation) my bike is mostly stock.
Have fun.
Peace!
-CCinC
Sadly, there aren't many tire choices for our 500. We haven't even been able to buy the original Dunlops that come on every new 500R for more than 5 years. Dunlop has stopped marketing them and only makes them for Kawasaki's production models.
The advantage to this stock tire is that the pointy, high profile of the stock front tire makes it more sensitive to bar inputs and it makes the bike feel very nimble. The advantage to all the other tires with lower, rounder profiles is that they feel more sluggish but also more stable.
Because the 500 is not as heavy or powerful as other bikes, the rear tire choice is not as critical. There are only four tire choices (three if you don't count the Dunlops that come on the bike) I'm aware of for our bike and they all seem pretty much equal once to me once you get them broken in.
If you really want to split hairs, there are other EX/500/R forums out there and the real 500 sage is this guy named FOG (which stands for Fast Old Guy.) He's abrasive, but he's got a lot of tuning and track experience.
My links to other 500 forums were blocked before, so just Google "EX500" and "forum" and you'll probably be within a few clicks of FOG.
In other forums, you'll find guys who install CBR600 F2 front-ends on their 500's, who make their own frames and do all kinds of crazy p00p. Since I ride almost exclusively on public roads and have no interest in racing against other 500's (at least not while there are so many literbikes in need of humiliation) my bike is mostly stock.
Have fun.
Peace!
-CCinC
#23
11-07-2007, 04:04 PM
RE: What about the front tire
i drilled a hole in my garage floor and put a drop in female concrete anchor and screw a big eye hook into that and use a tiedown.
ORIGINAL: fizzit
I was wondering that too. When comes time for front wheel, how to you keep the front end off the ground? I thought about hanging my weight set off the back...
I was wondering that too. When comes time for front wheel, how to you keep the front end off the ground? I thought about hanging my weight set off the back...
#24
11-07-2007, 04:50 PM
RE: What about the front tire
ORIGINAL: hoedogg
i drilled a hole in my garage floor and put a drop in female concrete anchor and screw a big eye hook into that and use a tiedown
i drilled a hole in my garage floor and put a drop in female concrete anchor and screw a big eye hook into that and use a tiedown
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