I've made some mods to my 2015 WRR to make it more dirt oriented. I'm a relative noob when it comes to riding dirt (although I'm totally loving it), so I wanted to get all the help I could from my bike set up. That said, I'd still like to be able to safely ride at highway speeds for a couple of hours when necessary. Not looking for comfortable all day slab touring on this thing, of course. And no need to go passing everyone in sight. Just something that will safely keep me at 65-70 mph for a few hours when necessary.
For what it's worth, unfortunately the offroad terrain I'm learning in really varies. Sometimes its loose sand and mud in the Jersey pine barrens, sometimes it's harder and rockier in PA, and sometimes just plain 'ol dirt roads.
Here is my current set up:
Tires
Front: Pirelli MT21 80/90-21
Rear: Metzler MC360 Mid Hard 110/100 - 18
I use heavy duty tubes (I think they might even be "extra heavy duty") and rim locks on both rims. The tubes scared me a little because of the "no highway" warnings on them, but the guys at the shop I go to tell me not to worry about it. Some googling kind of confirms this, but still curious about it . . . .
Sprockets:
Front: 13 tooth stock
Rear: 47 tooth
Chain: Renthal R3, 112 links. Box says "designed for off-road, enduro, and desert applications" and somewhere the instructions say "not for highway".
Should I be concerned about the WRR for brief (2 hour or so) highway rides set up this way?