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  1. #16
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    tyres can last along time, it just depends how throttle you use and how aggresive you are on it, a mates got a yz144 and he goes through tyre faster than i do on the 450 and we ride just as fast as each other, but he is all ways up on the top of the rev range and i short shift untill i need the hp then let the big dog eat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 4stroke View Post
    put a bridgy m402 on last week and still have the pirelli scorpion midsoft on the front that is lasting prety well, the s12 xc lasted well till the hard pack arrived then fell to pieces, for a four stroke in the summer id be running the
    m402 or the metzler mc5, those are the usuall choices for me, although it is hard finding good tyres in 18" tho, 19" have way more choice.
    yep, def the bridgy combo, the hard pack roots any tyre though unless your riding ripped or watered tracks, spare set of wheels with older tyres is a good investment!

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    Quite like the look af a mitchy s12 xc on the front,

    On the rear I reckon it's between, a mitchy mh3, m12xc, or a perelli extra's

    Any more ratings on the m12xc would be good
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rupe View Post
    Quite like the look af a mitchy s12 xc on the front,

    On the rear I reckon it's between, a mitchy mh3, m12xc, or a perelli extra's

    Any more ratings on the m12xc would be good
    I did a google Rupe, the feedback on the S12 front seems to be good grip but lets go a bit unpredictably?? only new out yet though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reckless View Post
    I did a google Rupe, the feedback on the S12 front seems to be good grip but lets go a bit unpredictably?? only new out yet though.

    read it here http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/arc.../t-794532.html
    i found the s12xc a lil like that on the rear, it would all of a sudden just let go and you'd be facing the wrong way..
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    am agreed on the rather sudden loss of grip from the s12xc awsome up until then though and seems unstopable in the mud and sand only 8hrs on it so far bu tseems to be holding up fine
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    easily the best tyre for wear on my 650 is the mich s12.the price isthe only down side,for my budget anyway.i normally use duro's.cheap and nasty,great on soft stuff,terrible on the hard.very easy to destoy in one shingle blast but cheap.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reckless View Post
    Jeepers Cam, those tyres in the pics are thrashed, If thats only one ride they must give them arseholes! You'd wonder if a little less throttle would make them hook up better, the rider a bit quicker and not stuff the tyre. Where they on 450's?
    RMZ250, dude was parked next to me and reckoned he couldn't figure out why the rear felt so weird until shock of seeing it! Probably still worked semi-OK due to a lot of tire contact on the hardpack. I had a wander round and there were a few pretty trashed tyres but nothing near as bad as these. The other one was on an RM250 2t (I just remembered they printed a photo of it in DRD). Just shows how agressive some guys ride. I always roll the throttle on in gravel type stuff to save tire. No podiums for me anyway.

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    well I dunno about all those tyres you're talking about, but....

    Michelin Starcross

    Me and all my mates swear by these things for traction everywhere (sand grass mud dirt clay gravel concrete rocks and mum's garden) and they lasted much longer than the pirelli scorpio thing my mate tried.

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