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TECHNICAL MOTOBRICK WRENCHING In Remembrance of Inge K. => The Motobrick Workshop => Topic started by: k75novice on November 22, 2017, 01:50:49 PM
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I'm thinking about kitting up my K75 abs with a windscreen, heated grips, and handguards to extend the riding season. I'm in Manhattan, NY so roads will be snow free 99% of the time. Can anyone recommend a tire that does well in cold weather conditions? I'm currently on Continental ContiGo All-round V-rated tires, good tread, installed a year and 2,000 miles ago.
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Gryph will add to this, Shinko's very well thought of by many in the US, and he runs them in all weather. Yokohama technology, good wear, grip and excellent price.
Regards Martin.
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Okay, I'll shill for Shinko.
I did about 2,000 miles last winter(December, January, February, and March) with no problems on my Shinko Tourmasters. Granted, temperatures were above freezing most of the time, occasionally all the way up into the 50's and the pavement was mostly dry. I doubt that any tire is going to work on snow or ice with a K bike, but the Tourmasters didn't do anything scary in the cold.
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While I was going to MSU I commuted one winter from Grand Rapids (60 miles or so each way) mostly via I-96. Shinko Tour Masters did great and I've ridden below freezing plenty of times at 80 mph. I still figure that if you hit ice you're F-ed but I haven't hit ice fortunately
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If you're considering a windscreen - FWIW: I added an Aeroflow windscreen to my K100RS and it has made a huge difference in being able to withstand riding when it's below freezing. Plus a significant reduction in wind noise and the bobble-head effect of wind buffeting.
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After seeing it in another naked K build thread, I bought this windshield from Amazon: Slipstream "Spitfire" S06C (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000GTUM9O/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
I'm 6'2" 32" inseam and the wind hits right in the visor. I'm using earplugs to ignore the buffeting as I rarely go on highways (NYC) and it keeps all wind off my neck/collar/under helmet. The cutout fits decently around the gauge cluster. A taller screen would be better but is hard to find.
Still waiting on installing heated grips and generic hand guards (turns out OEM ones are NLA).