Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
what size paddle tire?
kx666:
i like to scare the sh *! out of my self, but in the sand my bike cant pull the hills as well, yet...
many years ago a cop clocked me doing a wheele just under a buck thirty (or so he said, i thought it was more like 110mph)
i ride my Yz on the tight trails, the k5 is too heavy for them so she gets the wider trails and i found my self running out of gears, i also change gearing a lot depending on where i ride.
kx666:
i really like running lower pressure in the sand, usually 6.2 to 8.6 psi depending on how wet the sand is. my tires were lasting longer with the lower pressure but every one at the shop gave me a hard time but each time i run higher pressure my tire doesnt last but one or 2 rides..
i dont know, do we have a tire expert here???
BDI:
According to my gear ratio calculator the theoretical top speed of your bike is 165 mph. A buddy of mine Jeff price of price racing (a full on Kawasaki factory backed team) went to a dry lake bed with team Honda to do an artical for Dirt Rider magazine. Their goal was to to gear the kx500 and cr500 factory race bikes so high that they would slow down. They started gearing them up a little at a time the cr500 peaked out at 129mph and the kx500 peaked out at 142mph. Jeff loves telling that story because the honda guys striped every thing off the Hondas that they didn't need to run. Jeffs team did not take one bolt off their bike they ran It just like they were in a desert race, skid plates, pipe guards and all. I plan on doing the same thing with my kx500 very soon we are going to use GPS and a radar gun, should be fun. I will be taking pictures and posting all results hear.
BDI:
--- Quote from: kx666 on October 14, 2007, 08:01:06 AM ---i really like running lower pressure in the sand, usually 6.2 to 8.6 psi depending on how wet the sand is. my tires were lasting longer with the lower pressure but every one at the shop gave me a hard time but each time i run higher pressure my tire doesnt last but one or 2 rides..
i dont know, do we have a tire expert here???
--- End quote ---
I think with the lower pressure the paddles bend backwards and do not hook as well so It would make sense that your tires would last longer. I run the king paddle at 14 psi and it lasts just fine and it hooks awesome. It took some convincing to get me to try that paddle because it was a eight cup my ego kept telling me I had a big bad ass 500 and an 8 cup would never do but I was wrong.
Arigato:
BDI...No complaints running the 8 blade turbo paddle. I also run in the 15-20lb. range with it as well. The only time I get excessive wear is running comp. hill at Dumont because all the sand is blown out at the bottom.
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