• Hi everyone,

    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.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    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 The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

Golden Tyre GT216AA review

Motosportz said:
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Is that classed as a motorbike or earth moving machinery? Holy crap!!
 
Huskynoobee said:
Oh man, that sucks. How long until you're back in the saddle?
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3-6 months the plate will be surgically removed as it will interfere eventually with ligaments etc. Feels pretty good compared to broken shoulder (ski accident last Feb.) so hopefully less than 6 mos. I'm planning to upgrade engine in my VW buggy in the meantime so i can wander the same trails in comfort.
 
Anyone else's GT 216 AA 90/90-21 HB sidewall chunking out a little early? They don't have a lot of hours on them. All dirt...

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The fatty 216 I have on my CR250 husky is holding up amazingly well, zero issues, lots of miles. Tried a normal sized 216 on my AJP PR5 and ALL the side knobs jumped off at about the 400 mile mark. Was not happy about that as I was really liking the tire.
 
I have a fatty sitting in the garage, but I was going to put that on my 511. I guess it's going on the 250. For the price I would have liked the 90/90 to last a little longer. It is a brilliant tire, though.
 
Just received my first fatty and I'm looking for a rear. I'm thinking about going with a tubliss for my rear. My down side is I have a 19" I've ran the mx52 and liked it except the wear was a little high. I've heard a million different suggestions 907 at81 motor exc. I ride 90% high desert hardpack, rocks and sagebrush 10% sand and clay mx. Any help would be great
 
I have been out testing the Golden 523 rocky now for 3 weeks I really like the tire I have been running a Dunlop Geomax mx 51 but since Dunlop does not make a 51 and has replace it with the 52 and the 52 is only in a 19 I went looking I want to try to stay golden tyre Zip Ty is a dealer I did try the Golden Dominator 333 in a 19 it worked ok put did not hook up in the rocks like I wanted It looks like it would last at least as long as a MX51 did Then for 3 weeks now I have been trying the 523 Rocky just the regular non FIM 110/100/18 523 So for it has been PERFECT I can climb rocky hills that other tires would not have got me up. I posted a video about the tire test. As for ware it might not last as long as a 51 but so far it has been out performed the 51 I now order another one and plan to race the next National with a 523 rocky
 
Tinken said:
Mx52 is really good if you have a 19, what I use.
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I ended up going with it and a tubliss kit. What pressures are you finding best results with? I was worried that the 52 Would be too soft and puncture more easily then the rest. I did enjoy the traction and handling with the 52 just not the wear but I guess give and take.
 
The 52 wears much longer than the 51, I think I put 15psi in. Mx71 lasts a lot longer, but not so good in the sand.
 
Cosmokenney said:
Anyone else's GT 216 AA 90/90-21 HB sidewall chunking out a little early? They don't have a lot of hours on them. All dirt...

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I'm really kinda sore about this. I don't want to jump into another 90/90 if it's just going to last a five or six rides. I'm not sponsored and $120 per tire hurts. At that rate I'd go through 8 tires in the riding season. Any suggestions on alternate slow single-track trail tires? Anyone tried a trials tire up front on your 2T trail bike?
 
Once you go with the Fatty you'll never wonder why. I was going to grab a 90/90 for the old IT since my honey rides it and thinks the fatty on my Husky is just awesome. Based on your and Kelly's comments, I can't believe they come from the same manufacturer.:excuseme:

I think I just might get another Fatty to race with and throw my old one (with 3 races including 2 national HnH races, a Hare Scramble, and a few hundred miles of play riding on it and looks barely used) on the IT.
 
Cosmokenney said:
I'm really kinda sore about this. I don't want to jump into another 90/90 if it's just going to last a five or six rides. I'm not sponsored and $120 per tire hurts. At that rate I'd go through 8 tires in the riding season. Any suggestions on alternate slow single-track trail tires? Anyone tried a trials tire up front on your 2T trail bike?
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i have often wondered that
 
My 216 fatty front has over 1600 off road miles and I used it over the weekend in Tennessee. Worked perfect. I have 2 new ones headed my way but this one keeps working. Tons of sharp rocks and no chuncking or knobs tearing. It's nearly unbelievable... But it's for real.
 
Huskynoobee said:
(with 3 races including 2 national HnH races, a Hare Scramble, and a few hundred miles of play riding on it and looks barely used)
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That's the thing. Aside from the sidewall knobs falling off, it looks barely used. I was pretty stoked with how well it was wearing until I discovered that little hiccup.
 
Cosmo.

I'm running the Bridgestone Battlecross front & rear. They are a soft tyre & offer great grip. I have about 6 or 7 rides on mine & the front looks great. The rear is wearing fast like a soft should.
All knobs are still fine with no signs of cracking /chipping etc.

It's the best tyre I've tried in our local areas.
It's good on wet rock (creek crossings ect.) isn't worried about moist roots too much in the single tracks &
feels really stable at high speed on the dry gravel forest roads that link our favourite tracks together.

Definitely worth a look.
 
I'll take a look at the battlecross if the price is right. Our dry season is upon us, so the new 216 Fatty I have is either going to my buddy, or staying in the garage until the rain returns. Can anyone compare the grip the MotoZ Tractionator Enduro I/T to the GT216AA?

Our dry season in the NorCal redwoods is mostly red dirt powder, inches deep, on hard pack. Lots of rocky sections with the occasional root thrown in. I'm running a MotoZ Mountain Hybrid in the rear, so I might as well keep it all MotoZ.
 
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