KH16 Kuhmo in 175/55-15. First impressions
1. Bought off amazon, had installed by a local motorcycle shop. Asked for pressure of 22. They had no problem mounting. I have not had any issue with rubbing.(morning very cold pressure was 21.2, warmest after riding was 22.8, but physics of gas expansion is beyond todays topic)
2. Had six 10-15 mile rides on rural roads, twistys: GRIPS the road LIKE GLUE. Zero wind effect. No sway in cross winds or cupped roads. Need less throttle on twistys(i like the whip effect of accerating through turns, and had to dial it back as the tires did the heavy work.)
3. Went out yesterday for a long ride on route 80 in nj. Plenty of large truckasaurous as usual. First half of ride was 15-20 mile winds. Would normally be swaying uncomfortably and would slow to 55 at most. With new tires found myself passing trucks and in the low 80's with a solid car like grip, no sway and no added vibration. On way back however, wind gusts were in the 35mph range. I had to slow down and work, but still felt in control. With the stock Kendra's i would not have been able to ride at all.
4. The dreaded 73mph belt vibration/grinding. We are have our own little manuevers to minimize the vibration inherent to these machines(acceleration/deceleration rates, different gears etc) i found with these new tires the vibration was still there(always felt more like a grinding to me) and is helped with the same manuevers. However, THE INTENSITY OF THE VIBRATION WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MUTED.( bajaron did help some in past)
as a newby to riding with 11000 miles on my first of any kind bike a 2015RT i would say BY FAR THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT UPGRADE/MODIFICATION FOR ME.(and trust me, i have most of them except the laser alignment for which im praying the folks over at netzley get healthy soon(for them not for selfish reasons)
1. Bought off amazon, had installed by a local motorcycle shop. Asked for pressure of 22. They had no problem mounting. I have not had any issue with rubbing.(morning very cold pressure was 21.2, warmest after riding was 22.8, but physics of gas expansion is beyond todays topic)
2. Had six 10-15 mile rides on rural roads, twistys: GRIPS the road LIKE GLUE. Zero wind effect. No sway in cross winds or cupped roads. Need less throttle on twistys(i like the whip effect of accerating through turns, and had to dial it back as the tires did the heavy work.)
3. Went out yesterday for a long ride on route 80 in nj. Plenty of large truckasaurous as usual. First half of ride was 15-20 mile winds. Would normally be swaying uncomfortably and would slow to 55 at most. With new tires found myself passing trucks and in the low 80's with a solid car like grip, no sway and no added vibration. On way back however, wind gusts were in the 35mph range. I had to slow down and work, but still felt in control. With the stock Kendra's i would not have been able to ride at all.
4. The dreaded 73mph belt vibration/grinding. We are have our own little manuevers to minimize the vibration inherent to these machines(acceleration/deceleration rates, different gears etc) i found with these new tires the vibration was still there(always felt more like a grinding to me) and is helped with the same manuevers. However, THE INTENSITY OF THE VIBRATION WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MUTED.( bajaron did help some in past)
as a newby to riding with 11000 miles on my first of any kind bike a 2015RT i would say BY FAR THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT UPGRADE/MODIFICATION FOR ME.(and trust me, i have most of them except the laser alignment for which im praying the folks over at netzley get healthy soon(for them not for selfish reasons)
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