Maintenance & Technical > KX250 / KX125
Tire recommendations?
maddoggy:
jeeks, I ride almost exclusively in very soft fluffy material and have excellent results with the IRC brand rear M5B tire. great traction and lasts real well. by the way, my friends all run this tire as well and all our bikes are 500's and 550's. even the big bikes don't seem to eat these tires. hope it helps, MADDOGGY.
MadKaw:
I've found the Dunlop 756 to be good as well.
Hillclimb#42:
I like Kenda tires now. I have run Michelin, Dunlop and Pirelli. I like a new Dunlop, but they seem to wear fast. Michelin is a good tire also. A Pirelli MT-44 is an awesome traction tire. It is a nobbie tire that resembles a paddle pattern. Dollar for dollar the Kenda's are great tires that hold up well. I have been running the Washougals all season and just now showing any wear. The Millville and Carlsbad are also good tires. The best part is the price. You can get a Front/Rear combo for under 100 bucks. I ride in all conditions so I always get Intermediate terrain tires. To be honest though, I don't know the difference between Intermediate and mixed terrain tires. Good Luck!
eprovenzano:
I like the Dunlop 773. Its "designed" for mud / wet conditions, but I've found it performs very well in all conditions.
Stupid question, since a lot of us ride single track, has anyone tried a set of tires for a trials bike. Its truly amazing what those guys can do, so I was wondering how their tires would work on the single track. :?
don46:
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--- Quote from: don46 on April 26, 2007, 09:29:39 AM ---Actually thats not true, Soft Terrain tires have a hard compound and hard terrain have soft compounds. The old Bridgestone I think M22 was an awesome hard terrain tire, but could be melted off in a race. My experience with soft terrain tires is they peel the lugs off because they are so hard. By the way I run primarily Bridgestone tires so I can't comment on your dunlops.
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Don, do you have any experience with the 401/402 Bridgestone combo..? Presently I have the 601/602
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I must have been sleeping, I missed this altogether, sorry Hammer,I like the 401/402 combo hate the 601/602 but thats my opinion. wish they still had the 77/78 combo those were good.
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