Tyre Pressure for DR650 Fully Loaded with Dunlop 606’s across Simpson Desert

[Brenda MarchantMember]

Hello

Can anyone offer suggestions for tyre pressures to run on our DR650’s on the Simpson Desert.

We will be fully loaded.

The pressure for best traction without spinning the tyre on rim.

Cheers Brenda

PS 17 more sleeps … just a little excited

[Jeffrey SmithMember]

I think that is a hard question to answer DC, “fully loaded” can vary from rider to rider and the weight will vary depending on what you are carrying. I think the best thing to do is load the bikes up and play around with the pressures to get enough spread on the bottom of the tyre without being able to easily squash the tyre to the rim.

I am no expert but unloaded you would probably look at around 14psi so maybe start around 20psi and see how you go from there. Make sure the rim lock is tight and maybe even consider adding a second one.

[Mark BuntingMember]

DakarChick wrote:

Hello

Can anyone offer suggestions for tyre pressures to run on our DR650’s on the Simpson Desert.

We will be fully loaded.

The pressure for best traction without spinning the tyre on rim.

Cheers Brenda

PS 17 more sleeps … just a little excited

Good Question DC.

I’m no expert on ADV rides or the desert but I usually have about 28psi as a starting point in the front and rear on ADV rides. If your loaded and run around 20psi you’re asking for pinch flats.

Having said that, I know a couple of the guys had trouble with rear tyres in the sand on the Cameron’s ride. I don’t know what pressure they ran but from memory I think the tyres ran too hot and destroyed themselves.

Hopefully someone on that ride can help.

Good luck on the trip and keep us informed on your travels .

Kram

[WayneMember]

Hey DakarChick

I think I used 24psi front and rear the whole trip with a Bridestone ultra heavy duty front tube and a Heidenau heavy duty rear tube (when are they going to make an UHD 17″ rear???)

Front tyre was a Pirelli MT21 and a rear 606 both with rim locks

It worked well for me the whole trip

You may want to drop tyre pressure in the ‘hills of death’

It depends on conditions really

And you’ve seen the RR

cheers

lotsa

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