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03-28-2012 | 12:35 AM

Lotrat

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So what did you get? If it make a difference to you, Dunlop is the only US based company make motorcycle tires... although my stock Dunlops were made in Thailand.

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03-28-2012 | 01:30 AM

Pogiboy

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Originally Posted by Lotrat

So what did you get? If it make a difference to you, Dunlop is the only US based company make motorcycle tires... although my stock Dunlops were made in Thailand.

Got the TM2. Like them a lot better than my stock tires off road here in socal.

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03-29-2012 | 04:59 PM

Highbeam

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Originally Posted by ol'klx-er

"the thing between the disc and the hub" : that's to keep the brake disc vibrations (noise) down. Self balancing tires/wheels.

NOT likely. If you've got rim locks, at very least your front wheel will need to be balanced.
You might want to switch tire techs.

Yep, that tech is a complete moron. You need to fire him and maybe kick him in the nuts for being so stupid.

I have a 2009 and swapped to a D606 front and rear. Very good off-road combo BTW. At the same time I installed rimlocks, Ultra HD tubes, and slime in the tubes. The idea is that I don't want flats and I do want good traction.

The tires immediately were very out of balance. It was comical how bad this thing can pogo at even moderate speeds. So I used wheel weights to balance the front and rear tires, now all is good.

My next rear tire will be a trials tire. The rear D606 is very knobby and on the asphalt it is pretty buzzy.