• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

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Barely Legal in So Cal !

It has been a while, but thought the 606s were ok tires for street &dirt, I think there are far worse DOT tires for sure.

As always, the simple & cheap way to check things out is by swapping bikes with someone if possible.
 
I have run the 606 in the back and the 908 in the front. This combo handles really well on pavement and gets good mileage. Both have good looking knob patterns, but looks can be deceiving. The 606 is very slippery on dry dirt and the carcass doesn't have enough flex in it. The Michelin AC10 is a very good tire for soft terrain, mud and sand, not so hot on dry and rocky terrain. I am going to try the Pirelli Scorpions next I think.
 
Picklito said:
Just took a 606 off my 450 because it was horrible in the dirt. I'm talkin' serious suckage. Was very surprised how adversely it affected an otherwise very well-behaved motorcycle. It was a little smoother on pavement but I was gonna hurt myself in the dirt.
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thank you for the input, seems like the general concenses is to stay away from the dunlops!
 
I have some miles on the Pirelli Scorpions front and rear and so far they're the best tire combination I've found so far. They're DOT, they hook up ok in the dirt... the footprint on the 140 is a little narrow, avoid the 120 on a 450...its really narrow. I've only ridden them in the desert (lark, corral, anza borrego, ocotillo wells). Tire wear resistance is very good so far. I've put probably 500 miles on them so far with only a little softening of the squares. The front tracks pretty well in sand and great on hard pack and rocks...all in all...solidly good tires. They don't chunk-out since they will deform rather than tear. The one thing I don't like is their very soft sidewalls. The last two weekends when riding fish creek washes I'd hit buried rocks and feel the tire deform and hit the rim pretty hard at 14 psi. I now run them at 16 to 18 psi. I've just purchased the "killer combo" Maxxis Desert IT rear and Michelin s12 front. They're not DOT but I hardly ride my bike on the street. From what I gather, this is what the "baja guys" run. That said, the only thing I share in common with a baja racer is a love of fish tacos. :)

Hope this helps.
 
1kstep said:
I have some miles on the Pirelli Scorpions front and rear and so far they're the best tire combination I've found so far. They're DOT, they hook up ok in the dirt... the footprint on the 140 is a little narrow, avoid the 120 on a 450...its really narrow. I've only ridden them in the desert (lark, corral, anza borrego, ocotillo wells). Tire wear resistance is very good so far. I've put probably 500 miles on them so far with only a little softening of the squares. The front tracks pretty well in sand and great on hard pack and rocks...all in all...solidly good tires. They don't chunk-out since they will deform rather than tear. The one thing I don't like is their very soft sidewalls. The last two weekends when riding fish creek washes I'd hit buried rocks and feel the tire deform and hit the rim pretty hard at 14 psi. I now run them at 16 to 18 psi. I've just purchased the "killer combo" Maxxis Desert IT rear and Michelin s12 front. They're not DOT but I hardly ride my bike on the street. From what I gather, this is what the "baja guys" run. That said, the only thing I share in common with a baja racer is a love of fish tacos. :)

Hope this helps.
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good stuff! thanks.....let me know how the maxxis / michelin combo works for you! right now our season has been suspended due to snow, so i have some time before i re-tire my toy!
 
The Maxxis rear is CHUNKY and hooks up like a recent divorcée. I have one long desert ride and one short trails ride on it...The sidewall are super stiff, running them at 12 psi no problem. The Maxxis is also so tall it will eat a hole in the plastic splatter guard on the rear swingarm unless you move your wheel backward (of course that changes geometry). I actually prefer the Pirelli's over my current combo for all-around riding.That said...the Maxxis s12 combo is awesome in the desert. The s12 tracks nicely through sand and is confidence inspiring in turns.
 
Live in SoCal too. The enforcement in Big Bear is the most intrusive I've encountered anywhere in the state. It's less bothersome elsewhere, at least in my experience. Most times, they just check for spark arrestors.

Just ran a set of Kenda Parker DT's on my baby yammie, and was really impressed. They are DOT legal and do well on a mix of sand over hard pack and loose desert terrain. I'd say they are comparable to the Maxxis Desert IT's. Time will tell if they are as durable.
 
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