Winterized my bike today

[RandyO]

[FirstDuc-1098]

goin' with ice picks also?!?

[butcher bergs]

Noice!

I'd like to pick up a streeted XR400 or something for the snowy days...

I envy you, Randy.

Bravo!

[Sheppo]

Noice!

I'd like to pick up a streeted XR400 or something for the snowy days...

I envy you, Randy.

Bravo!

+1 I have my eye on an old XT350 or some old Yammie 350 dual sport

[markbvt]

I'm looking at studding the tires on my XR650L.

--mark

[RandyO]

as much as I'd like to stud them, I know that studs make things shittier unless your on ice

I ran the same Karoo Ts last winter as well, wish I had some pictures/video of some of the places I went. conditions such that I did not want to stop just to get going again

I'll have to set up somehting for video

[richw]

I guess it doesn't dawn on bike tire guys to make

Blizzak MC street tires

[Stoneman]

I can vouch for Randy being a fucktard during & just after heavy snowfall. I think I have some pics of him on his old SV the day after like, a 12" storm pulling into my yard...

I truly think he's going for Urban Legend status...

[markbvt]

as much as I'd like to stud them, I know that studs make things shittier unless your on ice

I was worried about that too, but from what I've heard, if you use regular tire studs in a tire like a Conti TKC80, enough rubber stays in contact with dry pavement to still give pretty good traction. Not as good as a non-studded tire, of course, but definitely rideable. And the studs apparently improve traction on packed snow and ice by a huge margin.

I'll give it a try once it starts snowing here regularly and let you know how it works out.

As for Blizzak MC tires... that would be cool. I wonder how hard it would be to add a bunch of siping to something like a Kenda 270 or Mefo Explorer...

--mark

[RandyO]

the Karoo Ts do have the M & S rating printed on the tire casing