knobbly bits

[ohdannyboy]

Hi,

Does anyone know if i would need to change my wheels if I wanted to fit knobblies to my k5 drz400SM.

Thanks.
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[stinkwheel]

How knobbly do you want? What sort of ratio offroad to tarmac are they intended for?

Presuming they are 17" wheels, so there aren't any real 'full knob' tyres that will fit. Frankly, unless you like the idea of your bike stopping abruptly with the front wheel stuck in a ditch/pothole, you would be better with a 21" rim for anything other than a dirt track.

There are some knobbly supermoto tyres on the market. I would say a 90:10% on to offroad bias, cope well with forestry comission tracks, useless for deep mud or wet grass. They look the part though.

Avon Distanzia SM tyres did well for me on my supermoto. The corsa compound Pirelli MT60 tyres it came with were mega sticky but wear out frighteningly fast on tarmac.

Pirelli MT60
https://www.alecgore.com/_images/MT60tyres.jpg

Avon Distanzia SM
https://www.partsmag.com/0310/avon-0310/distanzia.jpg
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[Motkram]

Assuming your DRZ has sports bike wheels to make it a SM, then no, you would have to use the standard DRZ wheels for decent knobblies.

If your not sympathetic expect about 400 miles out of them.
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