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Posted by oldfart on June 30, 2008, 4:26 pm
Dunlop 756


Posted by Mike Baxter on June 30, 2008, 10:50 pm
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:28:54 -0700 (PDT),
justwaitafrekinminute@gmail.com wrote:

>>  My son needs a new tire on his 07 KX250F. He races in mostly sand/dirt
>> tracks. If sugar sand was rated 100 and concrete was 0 than most of the
>> track where he races would be 80. (hope that makes sense) Any
>> recommendations on tires?
>>
>> --
>> Rob
>
>I have been watching as another poster suggested, for tire info at the
>local track. I got in on a conversation with a couple of guys who were
>trying different tires. The track is down by the CT River so it is
>hard clay underneath some looser stuff, especially in the corners. I
>would say the track we run on is probably an 80 too. They told me to
>look for tires for hardpack, and the guy was running a Dunlop 739. He
>said it was a pretty good configuration for our track, and that it was
>a harder compound. Another guy had a Michelin I think it was, I did
>notice the knobbies on most of the faster bikes had a similar pattern
>for tread as the Dunlops I noted earlier.
>
>NOTE: This is our first year riding, so any advice contradicting my
>opinion here, should be take very seriously;)
>
>Scotty (Doc)
>RowdyMouseRacing


So you have soft loam on top of hardpack. Try the Dunlop 756. I
think it transitions well from hardpack to loam very well.

Mike Baxter

Posted by on July 1, 2008, 3:00 pm
> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:28:54 -0700 (PDT),
>
>
>
>
>
> justwaitafrekinmin...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> =A0My son needs a new tire on his 07 KX250F. He races in mostly sand/di=
rt
> >> tracks. If sugar sand was rated 100 and concrete was 0 than most of the=

> >> track where he races would be 80. (hope that makes sense) Any
> >> recommendations on tires?
>
> >> --
> >> Rob
>
> >I have been watching as another poster suggested, for tire info at the
> >local track. I got in on a conversation with a couple of guys who were
> >trying different tires. The track is down by the CT River so it is
> >hard clay underneath some looser stuff, especially in the corners. I
> >would say the track we run on is probably an 80 too. They told me to
> >look for tires for hardpack, and the guy was running a Dunlop 739. He
> >said it was a pretty good configuration for our track, and that it was
> >a harder compound. Another guy had a Michelin I think it was, I did
> >notice the knobbies on most of the faster bikes had a similar pattern
> >for tread as the Dunlops I noted earlier.
>
> >NOTE: This is our first year riding, so any advice contradicting my
> >opinion here, should be take very seriously;)
>
> >Scotty (Doc)
>>RowdyMouseRacing
>
> So you have soft loam on top of hardpack. =A0Try the Dunlop 756. =A0I
> think it transitions well from hardpack to loam very well. =A0
>
> Mike Baxter- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks all for your input. I have taken notes and I am off to the
track with the mouse again.. I will be asking questions, I am sorry to
have hijacked the OP thread, I did not mean to...

Scotty




Posted by on July 2, 2008, 9:24 am
> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:28:54 -0700 (PDT),
>
>
>
>
>
> justwaitafrekinmin...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> =A0My son needs a new tire on his 07 KX250F. He races in mostly sand/di=
rt
> >> tracks. If sugar sand was rated 100 and concrete was 0 than most of the=

> >> track where he races would be 80. (hope that makes sense) Any
> >> recommendations on tires?
>
> >> --
> >> Rob
>
> >I have been watching as another poster suggested, for tire info at the
> >local track. I got in on a conversation with a couple of guys who were
> >trying different tires. The track is down by the CT River so it is
> >hard clay underneath some looser stuff, especially in the corners. I
> >would say the track we run on is probably an 80 too. They told me to
> >look for tires for hardpack, and the guy was running a Dunlop 739. He
> >said it was a pretty good configuration for our track, and that it was
> >a harder compound. Another guy had a Michelin I think it was, I did
> >notice the knobbies on most of the faster bikes had a similar pattern
> >for tread as the Dunlops I noted earlier.
>
> >NOTE: This is our first year riding, so any advice contradicting my
> >opinion here, should be take very seriously;)
>
> >Scotty (Doc)
> >RowdyMouseRacing
>
> So you have soft loam on top of hardpack. =A0Try the Dunlop 756. =A0I
> think it transitions well from hardpack to loam very well. =A0
>
> Mike Baxter- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I saw two guys running the 756 yesterday. I really wish I had some
cover, the movie camera would have been fun. When we got to the track,
it was pouring, and aside from one truck leaving, there was only one
car in the lot. The mouse unloaded and dressed but only did three laps
before coming off for a while until things dried out a little and some
more riders showed up to help. The rain came on and off all day and it
was a real splatter fest but somehow the Mouse was the only one who
did not go down once all day and she stayed out in the worst stuff,
slipping and sliding up and down the jumps. I wanted her to come in a
couple of times, but she said it was "good experience", and fought on
through. We had a radar watcher at home and a little portable tv to
watch the radar at the track and the heavy stuff pretty much worked
around us, but toward the end of the day, it opened up. The guys next
to us came off first. One kid came off and complained of being cold,
his brother came off a lap later with fogged goggles, but the Mouse
stayed out for another ten laps or so. The day ended with the two of
us standing there in a torrential downpour deciding if it was worth
the extra 20 mins till the track closed.. Heavier and heavier the rain
came, we finally loaded up and headed out.. Although she had been
there longer than anyone at that point, she still had the cleanest
uniform. Quite a day for us 'rents though, slipping and sliding around
the track in tennis shoes, helping kids get out of the mud, restarted,
and flagging the corners.. All in all great day, but it would have
been better if we had a better set of tires, going looking today to
find some Dunlops.

Now my next question. Do I change the tires myself, or do I have to
have it done at a shop.. and not to sound too noobish, but are they
tubed, or just beaded at the seam?

Thanks again, Scotty.

Posted by scrape on July 2, 2008, 9:56 pm
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 06:24:08 -0700 (PDT),
justwaitafrekinminute@gmail.com wrote:

>Now my next question. Do I change the tires myself, or do I have to
>have it done at a shop.. and not to sound too noobish, but are they
>tubed, or just beaded at the seam?

Tubes and learn to do it yourself. Go slowly, use rounded tire
irons and lots of soap or WD-40 or whatever your favorite might
come to be. Keep a spare tube as you're going to pinch one or
eight while learning to do it.

It's an art.


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