• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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Tires whats the hot ticket lately?

Kartwheel68 said:
They didnt do it to reduce weight, although that is a secondary advantage, they did it to do tire changes without having to fight a rim lock. Also with pins you can run lower tire pressure and the tire will not slip at all, where even with a rim lock at low pressures the tire can slip and rip the valve stem out.
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hat was not what i meant
the rims themselves with or without the pins were lighter than the same size rims of other makes
the metallurgy was not perfected yet
 
fran...k. said:
I just put mitas tire in the ebay search box and not far is a seller named moto_race in Wilbraham Mass. The same name as used to come on trellborg tires as a sticker and the same name as a fellow club member used to work at. I couldn't find any ten masters rear tire not sure if that was the one that came as a light or not. Might be worth the effort to contact this guy or gal or company. How about this one a stone eater tire, that is right up there with vulconduro for naming success. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mitas-C-17-...rcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item58bef26fd2

For me a new tire is pretty impressive. If you ride on your own property things are looked at a bit different than if you ride on a closed course (or any course) that you pay for an entry fee and there are trophies. The difference seems significant when conditions are not dry.
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thanks for the tip fran, he does have some of their line....i had found a better price on the studded "pro" tires by $100 a tire direct from europe. the rest of his mitas are at a good price..sadly he seems to carry an awful lot of the kid cross line, and a ton of the adventure line, with only 2 or 3 of the full size dirt tires. still pretty good assortment tho
 
Kartwheel68 said:
I have Nordisks with pins and no cracks and I have Nordisks with no pins and cracks so I'm not sure that is the cause. I've got several bikes with Sun rims with pins, none of them have cracks. I've also drilled DIDs myself for pins and none of them cracked so far.
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only place ive noticed cracks on any of my nordisk is right at the weld..some are low mile and cracked and some are very worn with no crack..
 
but back to tires, seems at the cost of 2 tires and the limited use the frustration is finding something that works most everywhere
good place to start is look what most teams use for ISDE
the Unicross was used by a few teams in their day
 
2premo said:
but back to tires, seems at the cost of 2 tires and the limited use the frustration is finding something that works most everywhere
good place to start is look what most teams use for ISDE
the Unicross was used by a few teams in their day
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ive been very happy with those front and rear on the 360 and any of the swedes..people i have never rode with have made fun of them, asking what the heck are those things, seeing that old tread design is unimpressive. they change their tune after the ride, as the uni shines where i live. we have sand, silt, mud, pebbles, small rocks, roots, hardpack, everything. they work well everywhere, and they seem to like being run low on psi as well. they arent the lightest tire, they are well built and are dot rated front and rear to show it. they used to be only available 110/90 but i see they are now available in 120/90..
im willing to try the pirelli, some say its better. they are the same size now tho.
 
Ok ordered the mitas stone eater front tire too. The Pirelli is on the way too. Three bikes, six tires, I'm tired out for now. lol Lots of work coming up soon.
My new folding shift levers just arrived too. The plan is starting to come together.
 
Best and longest lasting rear tire that I've found for all around use and open desert here so far has been the MotoZ Tractionator desert HT. 140/80/18. My Buddies hate it though. Really need an all around tire here that will do it all. Many of my buddies run the Maxxis desert IT and a few even run Pirelli MT43s. So we do have some different types of riding situations and preferences on tires here trust me.

Have ran everything from a Kenda Southwick on the front for the sand washes. To Maxxis 7313 EN fronts, Michelin desert, Bridgestone M603s, Geomax MX31s, Bridgestone M59,X30,M23 for more open areas. Depending on the weather, the dry Winter's or Summers (monsoon season) require this. Have changed front tires, like oil changes over the years. I don't even want to count them.
I guess I'm Gonna get on the prepaid list for the infamous GT216AA next.

I'm in the high desert, 4200 to 5000+ ft. Elevation. The forested tree lines not too far away. We get a little of everything here. Including soft loamy soil, even softer cow paddies, sand washes, Mud, muddier water holes, rocks, roots, and leaf litter, dead cactus you name it.

I haven't ridden in any rock pit here in Arizona.
 
Bigbill said:
Ok ordered the mitas stone eater front tire too. The Pirelli is on the way too. Three bikes, six tires, I'm tired out for now. lol Lots of work coming up soon.
My new folding shift levers just arrived too. The plan is starting to come together.
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I hope you noticed that stone eater tire is a dot approved tire. I only intended to comment on the name. I will see if I can get a clarification from my friend who I presume knows the owner. I would have gone there myself years ago but was told not a walk in and buy storefront, ex employees were different.
 
DOT?? The thread pattern looks good, it's a barum tire? They offer a 13 0/17" rear DOT tire too. Put the old 84 milk truck on the street too, ride to the dam. I have the Speedo/drive but need a cable. I really liked the trellborg tires.

The mitas front tire is called the stone eater. The rear tire is called the stone king from the one I see for sale the knobs are big similar to the trellborg tires.

I didn't read the DOT on the front tire.
 
I should of knew better. There so hard I can't spread them open to install the wooden blocks for a few days so the beads stay open so the tire is easier to mount.
 
Kartwheel68 said:
GT 216 looks like a copy of the Pirelli MXMS/MT32. Thats not a bad thing since the MT32 won a lot of world championships over the years.
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From the outside, the 216's look like the same tread pattern. For the "Fat Tire" it's a 90/100-21 although in reality it's a 100/110-21 Italian race tire with a super light dual compound motocross compound and weave. They are DOT legal and typically see 2-3k miles of use before replacement. Chilly did a review here: http://www.enduro360.com/2014/08/19/products-tested/golden-tyre-gt216aa-front-review/
 
Bigbill said:
I should of knew better. There so hard I can't spread them open to install the wooden blocks for a few days so the beads stay open so the tire is easier to mount.
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I HEAR ARMOR ALL LOTS OF IT AND NICE WARM TEMP FOR A WHILE SOFTEN THAT SUCKER RIGHT UP OR SO I'V HEARD:excuseme:
 
It's UV light and O3 that cracks tires. The new Armorall has a UV inhibitor which is good. Not sure anything will help a hardened tire, it probably baked for years in a connex box. I had a tire like that and it flew apart.
 
That's what I'm thinking it's so dry and hard it will just fly apart. I purchased older trellborg tires that were ok.
 
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