FE/FC Trials tire on a FE501?

I am due for a front tire this season. Maybe having a big list will help one of the dealers make an order?

By the time it's readily available, the "next best front tire" will be out anyhow, so I'd just rather go with something available that's known to be good enough and easy to get the first and second time around...

endurocrotts,
will look at that M-59 Bridgestone.. thanks for the tip.


Sort of looking for something like this with tighter nobs that I can ride on offroad single track hardpan and rocky sections at speed, and ride 30 mile stretches of road to the trails and not completely destroy the tires in the process. This is the Bridgestone ED77 and ED78, something like this.

Recommendations for tires like this appreciated, especially if they are D.O.T approved or maybe specific offroad tires that will last longer on road.

The tires are on back order. Tires that did come in, were shipped out to those who had pre-ordered, by date of purchase. The US distributor for GT is no longer and no one currently has access to the tires in the warehouses. We will have them back in stock as soon as they can ship another container to us.

Sorry, didn't realize you were D/S ing. Pavement will definitely eat the 803 in short order and be rough on the M59. The Maxxis IT's do pretty well though.

Why not a MotoZ I/T for the rear to match the front?

Motoz IT rear doesn't last too long is most likely why. Were talking dual sporting and the pavement will cook a tire quick.

Spoke to a rider today who's tried all three of the I/T, I-H/T, HT tires for dirt and dual sport use too. His explanation was simple. My primary question was around why people tend to "intermix" vs using the same tire on front and rear. For the kind of 75% dirt riding I do and 25% paved road getting to the to the trails, he said this FWIW to anyone, quote:


"H/T front and rear will last longer, will do better on the hard dirt/road. Not as well on softer dirt for front but still works okay.

I/T front and rear will be better on softer dirt for sure, will wear faster on road and not as good on road as H/T.

I/T front does better on dirt and H/T on rear helps with wear; in combination mixed.

don't try the I-H/T XC tires, stick to either H/T, I/T front and rear, or H/T rear with I/T front.

Noted all three of these tires are more aggressive than a Dunlop D606, and loud on road."

IF the I/T front and rear tire will hold up within reason taking some 25 mile road abuse to get to the dirt trails every other weekend, I might try a front and rear I/T.

Question: Has anyone here abuse an I/T on pavement a bit, how does it hold up? Did you end up swapping out the rear for an H/T later on?

I've used 2 it motoz rears and both were destroyed in a week of multi day dual sport use. I tried the enduro it and the x circuit. Both had very short lives. Hi way trail connections at 55mph just fried them out Sadly.

I like the look of that 270. I am always looking for a trials type tire (that is not a trials tire) for sticking to rocks. Cam.

Thanks you just saved me a lot of wasted time. Kind of what I suspected. I'll be going a different route then.