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Looking for a good enduro tire for a five hundie
FYRBUG:
I am in the process of turning my 03 500 into a street legal machine, not a motard just a road legal dirt bike. I have looked for a trials tire that will fit on the 19" rear wheel and cant find one. ( I dont want to change my rear wheel out for a 18")
Does anyone know of a good traction, good wearing enduro tire out there that will serve my needs? The motocross tire thing aint workin. :cry:
Polar-Bus:
You are kinda' confusing me with your term "enduro" tires ? In my mind enduro tires are aggressive knobbies. Are you looking for "dual sport" typr tires ?
If so, I ran Pirelli MT21's on my street legal WR250F, off road they were good, on road they were excellent, but keep in mind no matter what tire you choose, asphault will chew up knobs it's the nature of the beast...
Danger4u2:
--- Quote from: Polar-Bus on April 30, 2010, 12:04:34 AM ---
......but keep in mind no matter what tire you choose, asphault will chew up knobs it's the nature of the beast...
--- End quote ---
That's why I trailer or truck the bikes to the dual sport meets.
I only run trials tires on my trials bike. They don't work in the mud. I should say Oklahoma mud. It sticks in the groves and you virtually have no tread once it gums up. Same way with all the dual sport tires I have used. The problem with street/ trail tires, if they are good off road they're not good on road. And vise versa. I have 2 sets of wheels for my KLR650 and my dual sport KX500. One set with full on street tires and a set with knobbies. It never fails, we have someone in our ride group that struggles because they have a 50/50
street/ trail tires. This spring at the Arkansas Hillbilly Dual Sport ride we let 3 riders tag along in my ride group. The guy with the KLR had 60/40 tires, 60% off road, 40% on road. He had problems any time we got into wet muddy areas. He fell in one of the water crossings and drowned the bike. Set us back an hour and 20 minutes. He fell again as he exited a water crossing.
I've tried the Mefo tires and they are ok on the road but not off road. No more Mefo tires. The TKC 80 tire is ok but not in hard core off road. That's what I'm running on the KLR and the K5 for off road. I fell down last fall at the Clayton Ok dual sport ride in the mud with the TKC 80's. When they wear out I will change to a full knobbie tire. I have Scorpion tires on the KLR street wheels.
hughes:
--- Quote from: Polar-Bus on April 30, 2010, 12:04:34 AM ---You are kinda' confusing me with your term "enduro" tires ? In my mind enduro tires are aggressive knobbies. Are you looking for "dual sport" typr tires ?
If so, I ran Pirelli MT21's on my street legal WR250F, off road they were good, on road they were excellent, but keep in mind no matter what tire you choose, asphault will chew up knobs it's the nature of the beast...
--- End quote ---
I have seen enduro tire that are D.O.T rated. A guy where I work has a WR450F that he rides to work with D.O.T knobbie tires. I think that's what he is looking for.
bigbellybob:
although not DOT hard compound desert tiers wear good on the street. i would get the cheapest DOT tires you can find to get her plated and then switch back to the tire that works good for your riding. as for the trials tire they r soft, to soft IMO. traction is great but the soft compound will wear fast on the street and in the dirt if your spinning it on hard pack or loose rock. the biggest problem i had with the trials tire was the super soft side wall. on the street it felt flat, it was unstable at high speeds ( rear end walked around ). when cornering the tire also felt flat like it was rolling off the rim.
the bike one the right is my new dual spot and hopefully the 2 on the left will be plated soon so we can do some dual sporting stuff.
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