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07/15/08 at 11:27:41

My dad (85 years young) took me digging for gold last month up by big bear lake. And there are a lot of jeep trails up there going all over the place, and I got the idea that might be fun to take some of this on a bike. At some point I want an enduro for this purpose. In the mean time, I'm not always going to be able to go with him and will have to meet up at a later date. You know, after camp is set up, claim staked, and dinner cooked... Grin

So, nearly having a spare set of wheels laying about, what tires would you recomend putting on the savage for off pavement duty? But also will see hiway duty to get there.

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Bleemus Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 106 Mt Pleasant, SC Gender:	Re: Savage enduro Reply #1 - 07/15/08 at 11:30:30 I would check with what the BMW GS650 crowd does as those bikes have been around a long time and see dual duty all the time. www.f650.com
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Bleemus Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 106 Mt Pleasant, SC Gender:	Re: Savage enduro Reply #2 - 07/15/08 at 11:31:31 Oops. Here is the link I meant to post... http://faq.f650.com/FAQs/faq-tires.htm
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Keith_T Senior Member Offline Posts: 289 Northern Illinois Gender:	Re: Savage enduro Reply #3 - 07/15/08 at 11:48:16 I am jealous of you folks that have offroad trails near you. I have a Jeep Wranger in the Chicago area with nowhere close to 'go wheeling'!
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prsavage Senior Member Offline atgatt Posts: 306 Nanaimo BC Gender:	Re: Savage enduro Reply #4 - 07/15/08 at 13:08:01 I feel your pain. I have to drive at least 100 yards down a paved road to get to the nearest wheelin' spot. We all have our crosses to bear I guess.
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Toymaker Serious Thumper Offline Dragon Rider Posts: 1534 Granite Falls, NC Gender:	Re: Savage enduro Reply #5 - 07/15/08 at 14:39:09 Yeah, me too...I'm just sitting pretty on 2 acres of rolling hills and a creek...if only I had time....
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Reply #6 - 07/15/08 at 14:42:49

As far as I can tell, no one makes an Enduro tire in 15", so the rear wheel will need to be replaced by something larger in diameter. One possibility would be Bridgestone's replacement tires for the Honda NX250:

TW39 Front 90/100-19 25.9" dia x 3.8" wide on a 1.85" rim
TW40 Rear 120/90-16 24.4" dia x 4.9" wide on a 2.5" rim

Compares with their street tires for the Savage:
G701 Front 100/90-19 27.2" dia x 3.6" wide on a 2.15" rim
G544 Rear 140/90-15 25.2" dia x 6" wide on a 3.5" rim

Front is a hair wider, but the rear is smaller than stock so it'll fit no problem.

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Reply #7 - 07/15/08 at 14:51:31

I recall looking into on/off road tire possibilities for our Later model Savages (Most folks know that there was another 250cc Suzuki "Savage" enduro bike back in the 70s).

There weren't many choices because of the stock 15" rear wheel. A chain conversion and wheel change to 17" would really open up some different tire choices. But the swingarm may be a bit short to fit a 17" rim up.

Anyways, Bike Bandit's tire selector on their site is pretty logical to use and they have a decent selection. I recommend you surf their site.

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Kustomjim Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 86	Re: Savage enduro Reply #8 - 07/15/08 at 15:02:37 Up to an 18" rear wheel is not a problem with slight modification of the swingarm in the front section. See Out There Kustom Shop.com for pics of one already done. K.J.
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Reply #9 - 07/15/08 at 19:27:50

Was dat yogert? m/c knobbies don't wear so well. What da L? That just pisses me off! Dam I may just go over to the dark side on this. And my D404 has just about wore out...

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Reply #10 - 07/15/08 at 21:50:48

Kustomjim wrote on 07/15/08 at 15:02:37:

Up to an 18" rear wheel is not a problem with slight modification of the swingarm in the front section. See Out There Kustom Shop.com for pics of one already done. K.J.

Jim, I've noticed your 18" wheel before. How did you do that? Did you find a wheel that works, or put a new rim and spokes on the Savage hub?

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Reply #11 - 07/16/08 at 07:01:18

Not so sure you need bigger rear tire. I think if you get larger (taller) shocks for the rear it would also work.

Serowbot has the starts of a LS650 "Scrambler" ((Street bike convert to 80% Street/20% Off Road).
see: http://w3.bikepics.com/pics/2008%5C07%5C12%5Cbikepics-1351278-full.jpg

And then Enduro tires.....

EDIT: jst re-read Paladin's mssg.... I guess maybe have a dirt Tracker "cut" some tires for you.....

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Savage enduro Reply #12 - 07/16/08 at 07:39:25 definitely going to get taller shocks. His link didn't have any 15" enduro tires.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Savage enduro Reply #13 - 07/16/08 at 11:20:15 I don't know of any dp tires that come in 15". Sorry. If you're looking to raise rear shocks cheaply, shocks off of a suzuki 800 Intruder are 2" taller and bolt right up. I put'em on mine.
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Reply #14 - 07/16/08 at 11:38:59

T Mack 1 - FSO wrote on 07/16/08 at 07:01:18:

Serowbot has the starts of a LS650 "Scrambler" ((Street bike convert to 80% Street/20% Off Road).
see: http://w3.bikepics.com/pics/2008%5C07%5C12%5Cbikepics-1351278-full.jpg

That certainly is what I'm talking about, add in some fist sized rocks and some... how should I say 'paint can sized' rocks here and there and you got the kind of roads we traveled.

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