Trials tyres on enduro bikes.

[NordieBoy]

I'd like to gve it a go just on principle

[crazyxr250rider]

if some one buys me a set ill try it

[laRIKin]

Most dirt bikes these days weigh as much as my old twinshock.As I said,I don't go fast,120kph is pushing it for me.

As you can see,there is some resistance to you accepting a trials tyre will be better than a knob....even I am a bit doubtful.But there is a very big swing to them overseas....why not be on the leading edge?

Well my bikes 150kg dry and I'm 90 plus with out gear and I will ride at an easy 120+ kph on a gravel roads and off road (under the right conditions).
And from my mates review on the trials tire.
It's not for me.
But hey if it smokes your tires, go for it.
And that's fine, I just thought that I would post the short comings of the the tires.
And for some people they may not find them.
But as I have done trials and MX and road raced two and three wheels I do.
And I will not want to push them to the limit as I can buy tires that can take the strain and more than I can give them.
But in saying that, they are a good tire under the right conditions.

[NordieBoy]

I'm 98kg with a 1979 XR250 (non road legal) and might get into 4th gear out of 5 in some sections.
Want to give them a go even more now

[Motu]

Having pushed one hard on seal I have more faith in them in corners than the author of that article,I also doubt many riders (ok,'cept for the Humpster) could push them as hard as the flattrack guys...they would last all season,then flip them over.

Keep an open mind.....I do,and I feel lightheaded all day...

[crazyxr250rider]

Argh.... Just get me a set i've got a whole 5km's of gravel road, 10kms of tarseal and a pine tree block with heaps of papa grease mud and rocky river crossing to test them on then you can have them back and ill do a reveiw.
There, now get me those tyres.....

[Wellyman]

This is a question or a lesson,depending on your experiance...

There is a lot of talk on the net about this,every forum has a thread somewhere,this is more an article,but gives the story.
http://www.chilternhills.info/Trials%20tyres.htm

Even though I've had considerable experiance with trials tyres,it's still a scary thing to do,take off your monster knob and fit a smooth looking trials tyre.I gotta laugh though - I remember back in the 70s and 80s I'd spew when I saw the Yanks riding trials bikes with knobs,they didn't have clue...and now half the field at a race are on trials tyres.

I've been riding trials bikes for 25 years,so have a pretty good idea what they are capable of in the traction department.I also used to run trials tyres on the dirt track,and once rode Shane Scanlon's TE510 which held the Rosebank No1 Flattracker plate - this bike had a summer Michelin on the rear,very soft...and a winter Michelin on the front,very,very soft.This bike was well set up of course and could slide like it was born to do it,drifting both front and rear wheels in total confidance...it was the tyres that allowd it to do that.In 1976/79 I ran a competition trials tyre for gravel and street,also had a shot on Rosebank with it.This was before the days of motard,and I didn't know it,but that's what I was doing.I guess I was a pretty agressive rider as a young fulla,and I found if I pushed it really hard I could slide the rear tyre on seal with confidance,once out there it just seemed to stick even with the rear stepped out.But I ripped it up pretty quick,the blocks were flying off.I tried one of my old dirt track tyres over Xmas,and ripped the knobs off it...but not before I found it had good traction....

So...rather than buy a sharp new knob,I was thinking of going for a cometition trials tyre.Trouble is I still intend to use the DT230 on the road,and that will destroy a Michelin,IRC or Dunlop - so I was thinking of giving the Mitas E-10 a go.These are half way between a serious trials tyre and the crap trials universal that every trail bike came with in the 70s and 80s.The compound is not as super soft (you can twist the knobs on a trials tyre 90 deg with finger and thumb) and the sidewalls stiffer.But will the harder compound and stiffer carcase lose the benifits off road? Oh,decisions,decisions...

I heard the traction you get out of the trails tire is incredbile but so is the price. but is worth the while. and is good for all conditons.
Wellyman

[Motu]

Trials tyres at club level last for years - my front Michelin has so many cracks it looks like it'd fly apart if it was ever blown up,but it only runs at 3 or 4 psi so never would...the tread is perfect.But the top guys at expert level toss their rear tyres soon as the edge is gone - if you get friendly with one you can pick them up cheap,or go to a trial,sometimes they sell them there.

[crazyxr250rider]

Did anyone read my post? This is your chance to know for shure........