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Clubroom => Trail & Track => Topic started by: mainline on July 02, 2012, 09:06:10 pm

Title: Tyre choice
Post by: mainline on July 02, 2012, 09:06:10 pm
What intermediate tyres are the go these days. Need to be road legal but shouldn't see much tar.
Title: Re: Tyre choice
Post by: gettinold on July 07, 2012, 05:18:21 pm
What size and Type of Bike?
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Post by: mainline on July 07, 2012, 10:23:50 pm
97 ktm300exc, 21 and 18
Title: Re: Tyre choice
Post by: Nathan S on July 24, 2012, 07:42:27 pm
Michelin AC10s suck, esp the front. Anyone who tells you otherwise should be punched. In the face. With a chair.
I used to think the rear was OK, but ran on on the TTR at the 24hour and hated it.
Michy Comp 3 & 4s are pretty good.

LOTS of the Pirelli front tyres are road legal - even their MX tyres. They're not always advertised as such because the matching rears aren't always road legal. Their naming conventions seem designed to baffle you... I ran an MX Extra Mid(?) and thought it was fantastic, but it was hard to say just how good when the rear was so bad...

Not been much of a fan of the new Metzelers although some people love them.
Title: Re: Tyre choice
Post by: mainline on July 24, 2012, 08:44:03 pm
Thanks, i'll see if torpedo7 have some of those you've mentioned. My local shop closed recently and the next option re shops couldn't tell me what day it is.
Title: Re: Tyre choice
Post by: Moto on July 24, 2012, 08:55:12 pm
Nathan, I am one of those Metzeler lovers,they are fitted to the front of all my bikes(MC5)
 MCA have them on special at the moment for $65(front)$75 (rear) or they have Pirelli Scorpion MX for $70(front) $85 (rear) bargain prices
Title: Re: Tyre choice
Post by: Nathan S on July 24, 2012, 08:59:25 pm
I don't hate them or anything, I just don't see why others get so excited.
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Post by: Andrew L on August 15, 2012, 09:49:19 pm
Not sure if road legal but michelin M12 front and rear(now m12xc dont know what the xc is for but same pattern) use't to be a good all rounder intermediate for riding around here (otways/high country) not much good on the road but but great in the slop, wear reasonably well.