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I am getting ready to buy some new tires front and rear. Ride mostly red clay- intermediate to hard(with loose dirt on top).
Looking for suggestions...
Currently running a Michelin MH3 in the rear and a Pirelli MT 32 in the front. Pirelli worked good when new but wore quick and the MH3 is a great on hardpack and wears really good.
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756's front & rear, stick like glue!
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What is Red Clay?
California is all sand. Man im jealous. Follow the money.
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Va?...i have similar dirt here in NC, and hardpacked clay with sand on top down in SC. i work with a magazine as a test rider and we did a very large tire test last year....for conditions here with a tire that did good at different tracks with excellent wear...i found the Kenda Budds Creek to be my favorite tire that is affordable, and the HP-4 michelin starcross to be favorite "expensive" tire. you can usually find a front\rear package of kendas from the big outlet type stores in the magazines for 95 bucks...add some new tubes to get it over 100 bucks and you get free shipping....
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Bridgestone 403 front 404 rear. Douglas Furs tend to be really reserved
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haha, your going to get just about every tire on the market posted before long. its a matter of opinion. some people are made of money (or have sponsors) and can change their tires after every weekend...or more often then that. others change every 6-8 months because their needs are different. a pro racer on a crf450 and a trail rider\weekend warrior on a RM250 are going to have 2 different ideas on what works the "best". if you mostly ride tracks i would go and ask some of the local pros there what they like to run....they probably know what works good in that specific soil and go from there.
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I had a Hare Scrambles guy trying to talk me into a Michelin S12, which is a mud tire lol!
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Dunlop 756 front, Maxxcross IT rear.
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Dunlop 756s are great tires, they just last 1 month.
Bridgestone 403/404 are also great tires, work best in intermediate/hard (budds creek type terrain) and they last about 4 months for me.
Michelin Starcross suck on anything but sand/mud.
Douglas Furs tend to be really reserved
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How do you get 756's to last so long???
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Maxxis IT, front and rear. Good bite and they wear like iron.
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Never a better tire made, that last as long, and work as good.
~ Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser ~
~ Keep a wheel out front !
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I used to run 756s and they are good but like others said they wear out quickly. Thats not the bad part though. I don't think they hook up that well after they get a little wear. I tried a set of Bridgestones and have run them ever since. I run the M601 front and M602 rear. They wear good as well and they seem to hook up pretty decent even after a little wear. The 601 front is a very good tire. The 602 rear is coser to being on par with everything else. I just bought a set front and rear from motosport for $125.00. I also run a Pirelli rear for mud. They are expensive.
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stay away from kenda millvilles.
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Dunlop 745 front and rear. Awesome tires for Int/Hard tracks. I run them all summer here in SoCal and love them. They last alot longer than the 756 too.
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really? whats up with them? I run 756's all around and they seem ok on our MN tracks but are shite in Brasil hard pack and also in so. mn clay. i was thinking of changing to a tire that works great on medium and loose dirt. it seems like the Bridgestones that come stock on suzukis work darn good and last
dont screw with me, i am old and feeling grumpy..
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Appreciate the responses. I ended up putting a Michelin Starcross MH3 on the rear and a 756 on the front. Really did not need a new rear but there is nothing like new rubber!
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This is pretty correct about the 756s. If you put 'em on hard pack they will break off knobs even.
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This is my deal, with one consideration - The Maxxcross IT is the hardest tire to mount I ever did. I don't know why, but that damn thing is tough, tough, tough. I'd go with 756s except they just don't last.
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BDOG wrote: I am getting ready to buy some new tires front and rear. Ride mostly red clay- intermediate to hard(with loose dirt on top).
Looking for suggestions...
Currently running a Michelin MH3 in the rear and a Pirelli MT 32 in the front. Pirelli worked good when new but wore quick and the MH3 is a great on hardpack and wears really good.