Considering your Mexican heritage I find your adaptation to the Canadian winter climate commendable. The fact that you're willing to ride to work in it indicates a strong work ethic. I don't even want to roll the window down when getting my morning joe and I'm 50% Viking.
First snow in mississauga !!
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Considering your Mexican heritage I find your adaptation to the Canadian winter climate commendable. The fact that you're willing to ride to work in it indicates a strong work ethic. I don't even want to roll the window down when getting my morning joe and I'm 50% Viking.
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Iceman
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Yup! I just put a set of TKC80's on the VFR and was out riding when the snow started to fall.
Supernam
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Did these tires grip better in colder temperatures than street tires?
Absolutely. They're mud+snow (M+S) rated, and I've found they're good even on black ice, not that I recommend you deliberately go out riding on black ice. Sport-touring tires (like Z6's, PR2's) were ..okay on concrete down to about -10c, but rubbish on black ice or snow over 1cm deep.
I can't say how they work down at -20c, but at -16c they were still pretty stable. My Heidenau K60 Sport M+S tires on my DL650 turned into hockey pucks at -20c.
The best winter tires would be "silica" tires (like the Heidenau K60 Silica, with the official winter tire snowflake symbol), but I haven't found anything near sportbike sizing.
Just look at the sidewalls of the TKC80's and you'll find M+S.
I didn't know they were M+S until a year after I started using them. Suddenly, their brilliant performance on black ice made sense!
Unfortunately, the Silica (winter) version doesn't have a sportbike size or a DL650 size. I think they do have the stock KLR650 sizing though!
These are available tho and M+S rating.
Heidenau-K60 Scout 150/70B17 Tubeless K60 M+S (69T Load Rating) Rear Tire, 15-1060
P/N:K601507017
Heidenau-K60 Scout 90/90-21 Tubeless/Tubed M+S (54T Load Rating) Front Tire, 15-1082
P/N:K60909021
Since I was going to switch the Pilots out to K60s anyways...might do it now and get him to do the sprockets and chain which I already picked up.
Who has the best price on Heidenau in the area??
Heidenau-K60 Scout 150/70B17 Tubeless K60 M+S (69T Load Rating) Rear Tire, 15-1060
P/N:K601507017
Heidenau-K60 Scout 90/90-21 Tubeless/Tubed M+S (54T Load Rating) Front Tire, 15-1082
P/N:K60909021
Since I was going to switch the Pilots out to K60s anyways...might do it now and get him to do the sprockets and chain which I already picked up.
Who has the best price on Heidenau in the area??
Iceman
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I've found Avicious cycle to have good prices for Heidenau, and usually in stock.
Motorcycle Mike
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Did you try Pete's or Canada's Motorcycle? I am not sure they carry the tire you want, but they might.
Edit, I'm guessing you are talking about a tire for the Vstrom...
A heidenau m+s tire for a rear vstrom is $251 plus hst from Pete's:
http://www.petes-superbike.com/15070b17tl-69t-k60-sc-ms-p-41012.html
Edit, I'm guessing you are talking about a tire for the Vstrom...
A heidenau m+s tire for a rear vstrom is $251 plus hst from Pete's:
http://www.petes-superbike.com/15070b17tl-69t-k60-sc-ms-p-41012.html
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wanted to get them rolling ....could not recall the name - thanks - will note it for next time but like Vicious Cycle...no stock
