Trails tire...WHY?

I see a new trend with trails tires. I'm wondering what are the advantages of those tires.

So what tires do you run on?

I currently have Michelin Desert front and Teraflex on the back.

After reading about them from Coffee's posts for a while, then Woodschick, and then Kelly gave great reviews too, and after reading a 37 page post on KTMTalk about them, I decided to give it a go.

I put on an IRC two weeks ago and I'm sold on the thing. I was climbing a loose, rooty, nasty, rutted, quadded out trail on Labor day with my friend Todd watching and about 2/3rds of the way up I realized I had picked the wrong track. Too late to switch, I gave her a quick blip and the front end lifted over a nice quality root and the back end non-chalantly moseyed over, making it seem a non-obstacle. I Busted out laughing, mostly in disbelief. Todd thought I had lost my marbles. Simply put, it flat out climbs.

Ran an enduro on it yesterday and the only place it didn't hook up was in a large mashed potatos thick mudpit that was a good foot deep. But there was never a shortage of guys stuck in there, and I passed a lot of dudes who had trouble with the creek crossings...

I ordered the front tire as well, but am waiting to put it on until I get a good play weekend to really try it out. Right now I'm running the Scorpion Pro on the front.

paul

Kelly-

You were certainly spot on about the rear, if the front is more of the same, I'm going to be riding around giggling like a little girl.

paul

Anyone know the best source for getting an 18" wheel on a husky?

OK it looks like I'm sold on it. I'm wondering how they will do in Death Valley at higher speeds. Most of the stuff that I run is under 40mph.

BTW can you run them on the street (only connecting to trails)?

I love the trials tire, and will keep using them, but I am going to try a different brand, I have been using the Dulop D803, but on my 525 that I D/S I have ruined 2 of them going over 50 down the highway, the center knobs peel off.....after about 10 miles....I know I shouldn't be using it there but.....anyway going to try a Perelli next

Pirelli MT 43 is rated DOT, at least most that I have found are.
I have also run a Dunlop Trials (803?) in the rear that says it can go up to 80mph, I pump it up to 20psi (on the street) and try not to exceed 65mph. In the dirt I run 12-14psi depending on how much crap I got on my back.

They work well in sand and mud with a high power bike like the 610.
The cases are about bullet proof, very hard to puncture.

As for the trials tires, how do they hold up on a 610 or 510?

I have tried the Mitas and the Pirelli and the Pirelli is by far the better,all of the traction with no wollow on the black top.

You'll like the Pirelli "trails" tire. Kelly...would you please stop calling (typing) it a trails tire!

David

Run an IRC in back and have never looked back after riding Coffee's bike to try it out. I did tear some of the center lugs on some 55mph plus sections last year but they never tore all the way and I am still using the tire with no performance issues. I think I was running too much pressure at the time(20psi plus). I have since kept it under 10psi on all rides. I do little to no pavement though.

No more so than I would expect from the amount of sand I ride in.
But I did switch to a steel sprocket from the start. I have about 1300 miles on the factory chain and it does not show much wear.

What IRC tire are you running? TR-11

I use a trials on the 300 and 525 and like them both, the tourqe the 525 has and with a trials, is a hoot to ride...... to me it is a toss up on which one does best with the tire, if my CR had a 18 I would have one on it....
I wouldn't race with one though....