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KC
1978 KZ650 D1 ~ Carb jetting: 107.5 & 20 & 4th groove with pods and 4-1 Exhaust
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For under $200 shipped to your door you can get Dunlop GT501's by price matching MAW to Dennis Kirk, and that's about as good as it gets for tires for the KZ's. I have bought three or four sets composed of 130/90/16 rear and 110/90/19 front that way in the last couple of years.
Who is MAW? Also, for balancing, do you take them in to have that done or do it yourself?
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but Steell where do you get your tires mounted and balanced?
I need some tires taken care of and really do not know who to go to.
Pugsley
1983 KZ750F1 shaftie, 1980 KZ750H1
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I have a Harbor Freight tire changer with the motorcycle adapter, but I only use it to break the bead, I can demount and mount them faster and easier by hand. But I have changed over 1000 tires by hand, everything from lawnmower tires to earthmover tires, motorcycle tires are easy.
Just checked your profile and discovered you are local
$40-$60 at Benson (McGalliard and Nebo) if you take the wheels to them, don't know about Anderson PowerSports as I have never talked to anyone that had them done there.
Give me a call
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How old? I wouldn't buy any tire more than about three or four years old because the rubber does dry rot sitting on the shelf unless extraordinary measures are taken to seal it completely from air and light.Has anyone ever heard of Carlisle tires? The local shop has a NOS sitting on the shelf that is a white wall in the right size. Any ideas?
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I am not sure I would want to buy them considering there age, besides the new tires have come a long way over the last few years
77 kz650, owned for over 25 years
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73 z1,, gonna restore this one
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I was looking at the Carlisle because it was about 30.00 cheaper than my original choice, but after what I've heard I will hold out for a better quality tire. It was just the cheap part of me that it appealed to .
Thanks for the help. If anyone has experience with Bridgestone tires for good or bad I would love to know now before I pick them up next week.
KC
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Still recovering,some days are better than others.
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