All muds and no alloy makes Mihi a happy man!

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All muds and no alloy makes Mihi a happy man!

Postby MihiT » Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:44 pm

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

5 new KM2s!
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Re: All muds and no alloy makes Mihi a happy man!

Postby mudlva » Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:39 pm

Very nice

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Re: All muds and no alloy makes Mihi a happy man!

Postby lax2wlg » Mon Aug 22, 2016 9:08 pm

Loving it! 33x12.5x15?
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Re: All muds and no alloy makes Mihi a happy man!

Postby MihiT » Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:07 am

lax2wlg wrote:Loving it! 33x12.5x15?

10.5w on a 7" rim.

Initial impressions, riding at 45psi:
Road noise, none
Steering, still lock to lock
Speedo now a solid 10% under.
Revs, still take off in second. Sucked a bit of it out up top (4th 5th) But I didn't buy it to race.
I had a bit of a hoon in the paddock with them down at 24psi, didn't get all the way back up :oops: and didn't check my articulation (I assume sway bars stop too much stupidity) but certainly very competent.

Very happy chappy :D
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Re: All muds and no alloy makes Mihi a happy man!

Postby MihiT » Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:13 pm

One thing though, and I'm not sure if it's chinese rims or bigger tyres or just a poor fit up, but the rims have 1-200 grams front and back to balance, which seems like heaps to me. I am thinking about balancing beads inside but not sure if I should be having these pulled and rebalanced!
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Re: All muds and no alloy makes Mihi a happy man!

Postby lax2wlg » Tue Aug 23, 2016 2:56 pm

Not sure about your balancing issue, sorry!

But regarding pressure, I had my BFGoodrich KM's 33x10.5x15 on 7" rim down to 8-9psi and never lost a bead, even when being rough, slamming sideways into banks etc (not intentionally like a clown monkey, just momentum + front spool = hold on) :D
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Re: All muds and no alloy makes Mihi a happy man!

Postby MihiT » Tue Aug 23, 2016 6:24 pm

lax2wlg wrote:Not sure about your balancing issue, sorry!

But regarding pressure, I had my BFGoodrich KM's 33x10.5x15 on 7" rim down to 8-9psi and never lost a bead, even when being rough, slamming sideways into banks etc (not intentionally like a clown monkey, just momentum + front spool = hold on) :D


Less pressure wouldn't have helped me yesterday, was a bit much angle, plus I had mowed the lawn in my previous attempts so it was down to slippy clay, and I wasn't keen on hitting it faster, but yeah, that was one reason for pinching them down onto the skinny rims.

Plus my diff needs shimming. And I need a front Locker. :lol:
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