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Re: Best first mods for newb
Reply #15 - 06/01/14 at 08:29:08

WD wrote on 05/31/14 at 23:21:09:

Flat spotted? Nope, I usually have to change the foot pegs every other tire change. My bikes tend to have a pretty steep lean angle due to the firm tires, and I use every bit of it. My pegs end up chisel pointed.

What kind of tires do you run? I'm planning on doing more "canyon running" than anything else.

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Re: Best first mods for newb
Reply #16 - 06/01/14 at 13:56:55

S-P wrote on 06/01/14 at 08:29:08:

WD wrote on 05/31/14 at 23:21:09:

Flat spotted? Nope, I usually have to change the foot pegs every other tire change. My bikes tend to have a pretty steep lean angle due to the firm tires, and I use every bit of it. My pegs end up chisel pointed.

What kind of tires do you run? I'm planning on doing more "canyon running" than anything else.

I prefer Dunlop 404s or Dunlop Qualifiers, the cruiser version, not the sportbike version.

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S-P Serious Thumper Offline Back in the saddle again Posts: 816 Phoenix, AZ Gender:	Re: Best first mods for newb Reply #17 - 06/01/14 at 14:00:28 [quote author=0C1F5B0 link=1401489893/15#16 date=1401656215]S-P wrote on 06/01/14 at 08:29:08: I prefer Dunlop 404s or Dunlop Qualifiers, the cruiser version, not the sportbike version. Thanks! Stock sizes?
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Re: Best first mods for newb
Reply #18 - 06/01/14 at 14:14:33

[quote author=7C7B6A796A617F6E7A630F0 link=1401489893/15#17 date=1401656428]WD wrote on 06/01/14 at 13:56:55:

S-P wrote on 06/01/14 at 08:29:08:

I prefer Dunlop 404s or Dunlop Qualifiers, the cruiser version, not the sportbike version.

Thanks! Stock sizes?

No. 90/90 front and 130/90 rear preferred, but the Qualifier only was available in 140/90. Sam currently has a 100/90 Shinko 712F (very light duty) and a 140/90 Qualifier. I picked up a pair of close out Qualifiers a few years ago for $36 each plus tax. Motorcycle Superstore has the matching fronts, you want to look up tires for a VS1400 or a VS800.

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Re: Best first mods for newb
Reply #19 - 06/02/14 at 03:50:42

Tocsik wrote on 05/30/14 at 19:28:38:

With the Raptor manual petcock, do you have to turn it 'off' every time you park the bike?

I don't turn my petcock off during the ride - but I turn it off about 1/2 mile from my house....the bike runs out of gas as I pull into my driveway. Just for piece of mind knowing the bike has almost no ethanol fuel sitting in the float bowl.

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