Tire Recommendations

hoofarted · Post by **hoofarted** » April 28th, 2010, 10:19 am

I am looking for a rear replacement tire again. I am coming off of a Maxxis Desert IT 120/90/19 - lasted a long time for sure! I am debating on going back with the Maxxis or trying out a Dunlop D739 in the same size. The riding I do ranges from rocky and slick hard pack, to desert sand/rock and the occasional track ride.

Desert IT:

Dunlop D739

I am skeptical on Dunlop because all the models I've had in the past dont last very long. What do you guys suggest? What has your best experience been with?

Xylicon · Post by **Xylicon** » April 28th, 2010, 10:38 am

I love the Maxxis Desert IT, its all I ever use.

I run the 110/100-18 on both my bikes.

britincali · Post by **britincali** » April 28th, 2010, 10:56 am

Michelin S12 is the best tire Ive ever run.

pstoffers · Post by **pstoffers** » April 28th, 2010, 11:00 am

Dunlop 952.......

JR650 · Post by **JR650** » April 28th, 2010, 1:17 pm

x2 on the s12, also been running a kenda millville lately, best tire out there for the money IMO. i mostly ride in sand and sandy dirt and a few trips to the mountains each year(dirty bush, logs, rocks, mud). we always ride pretty aggressive.

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » April 28th, 2010, 4:22 pm

if you want a badass tire go with the m5b, 140/80 i think is what i got. frikin thing is a monster

seanmx57 · Post by **seanmx57** » April 28th, 2010, 4:35 pm

I like the S-12 considerably more than the dunlop 952.

caseyracing222 · Post by **caseyracing222** » April 28th, 2010, 4:50 pm

pstoffers wrote:Dunlop 952.......

Ya Boy except it doesnt last very long

I like the IRC M5B

Rosco-Peeko · Post by **Rosco-Peeko** » April 28th, 2010, 7:14 pm

100hp honda wrote:if you want a badass tire go with the m5b, 140/80 i think is what i got. frikin thing is a monster

Yep yep!

nmdesertrider · Post by **nmdesertrider** » April 28th, 2010, 7:43 pm

s12 is great in the sand and handles/holds up surprisingly well on hard pack or rock, + they are still usable when they are 50% gone

dubious01 · Post by **dubious01** » April 28th, 2010, 7:47 pm

the only tire more durable than M5B is terreflex. They both are brutally heavy tires... your suspension will hate you for it, and handling suffers, but man they move allot of dirt!

For bush riding and wear I ran allot of M5B, and for the track a lighter tire

caseyracing222 · Post by **caseyracing222** » April 28th, 2010, 8:34 pm

dubious01 wrote:the only tire more durable than M5B is terreflex. They both are brutally heavy tires... your suspension will hate you for it, and handling suffers, but man they move allot of dirt!

For bush riding and wear I ran allot of M5B, and for the track a lighter tire

The Terraflex is almost twice as heavy as the M5B and IMO doesnt hook up as well

sabreguy · Post by **sabreguy** » April 28th, 2010, 8:36 pm

Another vote for the M5B

dubious01 · Post by **dubious01** » April 28th, 2010, 8:53 pm

caseyracing222 wrote:
dubious01 wrote:the only tire more durable than M5B is terreflex. They both are brutally heavy tires... your suspension will hate you for it, and handling suffers, but man they move allot of dirt!

For bush riding and wear I ran allot of M5B, and for the track a lighter tire
The Terraflex is almost twice as heavy as the M5B and IMO doesnt hook up as well

I only owned one Terraflex, but about 20 M5B!

caseyracing222 · Post by **caseyracing222** » April 28th, 2010, 9:16 pm

One thing I experienced with the M5B is when I run 7-10 psi in the tire (prevent a flat on a long ride) it will chunk the knobs on rocks I usually run 3-5 psi with 2 rim locks and dont have that problem

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » April 29th, 2010, 5:06 am

the terraflex by cheng shin was better than the interco versions now. we've had 6 of the newer ones and 1 ride will take the good out of it

hoofarted · Post by **hoofarted** » April 29th, 2010, 8:27 am

Hmmm - this M5B sounds tempting. Read good stuff on it. But the only thing that concerns me is that is says for soft terrain. But reviews indicate otherwise. I ride mainly So Cal desert and fire roads......hmmm

Rosco-Peeko · Post by **Rosco-Peeko** » April 29th, 2010, 10:40 am

hoofarted wrote:Hmmm - this M5B sounds tempting. Read good stuff on it. But the only thing that concerns me is that is says for soft terrain. But reviews indicate otherwise. I ride mainly So Cal desert and fire roads......hmmm

M5B!!!! That is all I used in SoCal. Cant beat it in the loam, rocks, roots, mud and singletrack. It does "ok" on hardpack.

asteroid500 · Post by **asteroid500** » April 30th, 2010, 6:45 pm

i've been using a budget tyre for the last 2 years and love it.
I highly recomend the, Excella OF/217 cross competition.
I came strongly recomended by a fellow enuro rider and a recomendation well founded.

this tyre on my 99 CR/250 has done 3 x 3hr endurance races,covering.... swamp, mud,rock,sand,iron gravel,quary rock,beach,bull dust,logs,stumps,roots,slime covered water ways,ashphalt,hard pack,very hard pack.
3 x 3, flat track meetings consisting of 4, 10 lap races...as you can see it's just about a it's ware marker now...not bad IMO and it gripps like hell throws a roost at any unsuspecting opponent as it has a paddle like stack of knobs on every second row and is pure value for money.

blownbillybob · Post by **blownbillybob** » April 30th, 2010, 10:05 pm

try the IRC VE-33 volcanduro ( i think its called) allmost the same radical knob pattern as M5B but for mediun terrian

theres more meat at the bead area to protect the rim also

dont last as long as the M5B but for better traction on harder terrain you need a softer compond so you have to give a little somewhere

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