Nobblies on road

[Gazdaman]

How bad really is it?

Very tempted with a KLR 250 as my next commuter.

Gaz

[Will87]

For cruising and so forth normally it's not too bad, wierd sensation but very much managable, it all gets to be rather fun when you start pushing it though and things start to slide around alot easier. . .

[Hetzer]

Very dicky in the wet or on shiny surfaces (which includes some bits of tarmac). Harder compound and less contact-patch.
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[G]

Have to take it a bit easier, but can get surprising amounts of lean if you can handle the wobbly feeling.

However, you can get plenty of road-biased tyres for trail sizes.
Alternatively, you can go for trials tyres, which still offer pretty decent off road performance, but with smoother road riding.

[tatters]

Dual sport tyres like the tkc 80 and the mt21 are good for both off road and road.
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I've got an MT21 rear and it's wearing pretty quickly. I wouldn't like to be using that day in day out on the road.

[Dom]

Doable with care. You can't brake though, that's worth remembering.
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[Gazdaman]

Thanks guys. I'll keep you posted! Probably test riding it early next week.

Gaz

[Wave2k]

Find mine fine Gaz, they do slide, but its awsome fun.

just gotta be slightly carefull on the brakes, but offroad bikes brakes suck anyway.
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[colin1]

I think its worth having an extra front wheel, with a tyre with more road biased tyres on so you can switch between the two.

Or even just having a more road biased tyre on all the time.

I find that offroad, its more important to have an offroad rear tyre, but on-road, and offroad rear tyre isnt really a problem.

An offroad front tyre on wet cold roads is extremely dangerous in my opinon, and i have lost the front a few times without much provocation.

If you ride with a front offroad tyre and find yourself brakinging when not going completely straight, be prepared to quickly put your foot down to stop the bike going down.
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[garth]

I Binned the Ts250 on knobblies I rode through winter a few years ago twice.

Granted I was being a tit. They don't grip that badly - they just do not inspire confidence.

Bonus being when you're bored you can ride in the Hedge.
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[Eddie Hitler]

When you say knobblies do you mean proper knobblies or the XR-125 knobblies? Dual-sport or whatever they are called?

[element]

[Gazdaman]

No the nobblies on it have no sort of road bias about them at all.

The dealer's confident it'll get an MOT just fine, so I guess they're not proper proper knobblies.

Gaz

[element]

finally got the pic i wanted off my mobile..

https://w3.bikepics.com/pics/2008/03/14/bikepics-1215862-full.jpg



blatantly illegal tyre but it was fine to ride onroad with.

didnt the law change again recently?
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[element]

I couldnt get an mot with that tyre. It isnt stamped not for road use (although it does say NHS.... Not Highway Safe? I dunno) and it isnt stamped saying its road legal so it wouldnt get me a certificate. Something to do with a DOT rating? Cant remember..
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[G]

Some road-legal off road tyre examples:
https://www.demonmx.co.uk/index1.html

[Gazdaman]

Well, I bit the bullet and bought a different KLR 250.

Here's the original one (and the tyres)
https://www.bikehutbristol.co.uk/vehpics/930-12048274571.jpg

I managed to barter him down to £650, but he wouldn't repair the exhaust, or get it an MOT for that money. So we parted ways.

So I bought this one on eBay. The new exhaust, road front tyre, mirrors and indicators swayed it for me. full mot and tax didn't hurt either.

https://i23.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/e0/8c/099e_12.JPG

£875, but extra money well spent I reckon.

Gaz

[G]

So, Salisbury plain in a few weeks, maybe?

[JBurrows88]

Where is Salisbury plain?


The DRZ has been off road once and it wants more! (And so do i)
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[G]

Near salisbury, so some distance from you.

However, there should be some decent green lanes and the like in your area.

[Gazdaman]

Sounds good to me G-bus.

Gaz

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Salisbury sounds like a plan, I know the muddy SE bunch have been talking about it for a while.