Tyre choice

[mainline]

What intermediate tyres are the go these days. Need to be road legal but shouldn't see much tar.

[gettinold]

What size and Type of Bike?

[mainline]

97 ktm300exc, 21 and 18

[Nathan S]

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.

[mainline]

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.

[Moto]

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

[Nathan S]

I don't hate them or anything, I just don't see why others get so excited.

[Andrew L]

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.