Ice and snow riding

Chain, what kind of snow tires/studs are you using?

I want to get my drz or cr studd'd up this year. I saw a guy on an xr400 last year riding on the Fox River...carv'n the powder kick'n up a 10' X 30 ' rooster tail. It was great!

Anyone ride on the ice up here in the Lake/Kane/McHenry County? The Fox river is probably a bad idea but Crystal Lake maybe?

Im just running Pirellis Scorpion rear and Mt 21 front with ice screws
You probably want a harder compound for holding screws on ice. Kenda makes an ice specific knobby for around 80.00 ice screw from Dennis Kirk



have fun

I was checking out www.kendausa.com and did not see any ice specific tires. I did find this link however...

http://faq.f650.com/FAQs/faq-tires.htm#Studding%20Motorcycle%20tires

They recommend studding up a Kenda Trackmaster because it cheap. Good idea.

I use a Kenda Trakmaster currently....kick ass tire -- and cheap too...

I used Rocky Mountain ATV -- cheapest....they'll match any price you find.

Rocky Mountain rocks. Did you get the bible they sent out?:eek1

I need new throttle tube, grip heaters, tires and Ice screws. Think the stock DRZ stator can run grip heaters?

Man, the plot always has to thicken. Which leads to the wallet thinning. These guys say to ride with pro built tires on 100% ice or else the studs will rip out of the back tire...

http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=192007&page=1&pp=10

Dose this come with studs?
I want a complete package, already built.

I give up. I actually tried to find some studded tires on my own and not be lazy this time. I have had no luck. Who sells studded snow tires for my KTM525?

I really need to get some studded tires. The roads weren't too bad this morning, but the parking lot at work was a sheet of major pucker factor ice.


:eek1

I got their bible. I don't know how I got on their list though

Carl

Yeah, at least your not telling your lady

Skinner, heres one...
http://winterstuds.com/Merchant4/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=W&Category_Code=T

Holy cow, for that price I think I'll take an old knobbie and install some screws myself. Thanks for the link though, I could'nt find any.

$50 bucks worth of screws + old tire + 1 hour with screw gun = $215 dollar tire

Then again I'm gettin lazy, "just sign your name and they send you stuff"

http://www.motorhelmets.com/htm1/bodyparts-tires-tubes-table.htm

These bad boys are cheap and the head is heat treated for long wear.

How long will they hold up on the street?

Not long at all. 30 miles and you will see some definite wear. too many miles and they are rounded and hard to remove. Easy on the brakes and dont dip too deap in the turns on asphalt. Trust me on this The screws work great on hard pack, but not so well on ice patched asphalt.

so what kinda tires yall running for the winter ride?

Depends on road conditions, Probably the 1/2 worn Scorpion / Mt21 combo thats on there now. maybe wrap sone chain through the spokes and around the rubber

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59934

I wrote the studded tire part for the F650 FAQ and KL5A studded his tires with the same method. If you're only going to be on ice, go with screws. Otherwise, get real studs and knobbies and you'll be making roostertails in the street.

If anyone wants them, I have two 13-/90/17 studded takeoffs and one 100/90/10 that's been drilled that you can take off my hands for cheap. All are rear-use tires but I use the 19s as a front.

Nice price, thanks for the link.

Check this out...

http://www.iceroadracing.net/videos/iceroadracing4b.wmv