Best Road/Offroad tires?
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    dodemans
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    Best Road/Offroad tires?

    by dodemans » Thu Apr 23, 2020 12:54 pm

    Hey all!
    Recently i started to use the crf also as daily bike, meaning my back tire is getting schredded on the asphalt.
    What are good Road/Enduro tires? Are there any kinda special tires that won't get schredded on normal roads?
    I'm also riding everyday a little part on the highway so the tire's are really not liking this.


    Thank you!

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    Re: Best Road/Offroad tires?

    by Aussiecrf230 » Thu Apr 23, 2020 2:05 pm

    Talk to your bike tyre shop about dual sport tyres. They won’t be as knobbly for dirt but will stay together on road and highways. There are road legal endure tyres (my sons KTM came with them) but you really need to work out your dirt to road time as well as the terrain where you normally ride.

    PS You really need to chain it to something solid to keep the grubs hands of your bike.
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    Re: Best Road/Offroad tires?

    by JimDirt » Thu Apr 23, 2020 2:27 pm

    In the one pic , I can't really read the name or tell what tire it is you are currently running ....... Also , what I noticed in the one picture of the knobs tearing , which usually indicates being/riding aggressive on hard surface , such as hard dirt , or hard pavement and being a bit harsh on the throttle as opposed to just "cruising" around .... so knowing the compound and designation (dirt ,D.O.T. etc.) of those tires would help .... A soft compound tire , though great for traction , is easily worn , as well as tears knobs off easily when stressed on any hard environment street or dirt (I have gone thru several tires where I hardly had any physical wear , but the knobs were torn just like yours or torn completely off , this was a result of using the wrong compound tire and riding real aggressively .....

    Using a tire that is dirt specific , means it will not hold up under "road" conditions , as well as it is not D.O.T. approved , which means the same thing , it was not intended for that use and also has a lower top speed restriction than a road specific tire (if a cop really wanted to push the issue , he could write you a ticket for using them) , in other words you really want a D.O.T. approved tire , not necessarily needing a street tread pattern , just a tire designed to be ridden on pavement , the difference affects stopping distance , and a lot of other things that I really don't have all the info on , but know enough that one is not the same as the other

    What you can do is find a D.O.T. tire that will also work for you when you go off-road , I do not know the percentage of street vs off-road you ride , and that will make a difference in what tire you would want to use , the more street friendly (D.O.T. approved and knobs not tearing etc.) the less dirt friendly the tire will be as far as traction off -road , so you need to consider how much of what riding is more important (unless you get a used set of wheels and swap from street tires , to actual dirt tires , so there is not compromise) , but that is the issue , is there is not really one specific tire that will do all for both street and dirt equally without compromising something , there is always a compromise and only you can make that choice of what you are willing to live with , or live without .....

    But my suggestion is if you are only occasionally going to venture on the road , then get a tire that is D.O.T. approved , but barely , this will give you the safety requirements the law wants you to have , and still give you decent (not great or even good) , but decent off-road capability ... or if you are mostly riding the street now , then go with a better street design (which will mean it should last much longer) and live with what you get for off-road ... ... I can't recommend a specific tire or brand , because the variance is dramatic depending on the use specifics as mentioned ....

    Hope that helped some .... hopefully someone else who rides the conditions you do , can chime in with a recommendation that is more specific ..... I pretty much stick to the dirt anymore (since the mid 80's) , I feel much safer fighting off the occasional tree in my path , rather than a 6000 lbs vehicle in my path .... I spent a year in a wheelchair because of one of those exact encounters , and do not wish to do so again ... :cry:

    EDIT: .... It looks like Ray chimed in with some good info while I was writing my 20 page story ........ :-~
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    Re: Best Road/Offroad tires?

    by Back2-2 » Thu Apr 23, 2020 4:05 pm

    If you want the toughest off-road knobby tire made it is the Maxxis Desert IT. Nuff said. :D
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    Re: Best Road/Offroad tires?

    by Samanjo » Mon Apr 27, 2020 10:17 am

    Have a look at Kenda K270 or Dunlop D606

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