Anyone here rode Moto with the Tusk tires?

Once. Heavy as shit. 

If you don't ride that much, you must not really go through tires that quickly. I'm not great at setup but I can really tell if my tires are good or not

The only tires we’ve been using the last couple years. No complaints. Buy our sand tires from risk racing and those have been great too.

There are life principals that I have learned through experience and will live by them until I'm off this Earth:

1) always have insurance on everything 

2) don't take life too seriously 

3) be grateful, even during trials 

4) pay the premium especially when it comes to safety (ie Dunlop tires)

Hookup is good but wear is better on the Dunlop's.

It' is definitely worth trying to see if they suit your needs. The hard front and soft rear is a great all around set up.

Cheng-Shin for me.

I haven’t tried these but I’ve tried the moto sport in house brand artrax and they are like riding on plastic.  Theyll wear well but traction and lean angle traction specifically isn’t up to premier brands. Tires are one thing worth splurging on IMO. 

They have poor lean angle traction. They’re not terrible, but I no longer use tusk tires. 

I used the rear tire on my spare wheel and it surprised me how well it worked. Probably not as good as a MX34, but I’ve had worse so called premium tires. 

I used a front and it was so unsafe I actually returned it and they took it. It was like I could not lean the bike over more than 5 degrees without it skating. 
Pirelli mid-softs are like magic dirt Velcro. 

Can you post your data? Assuming you weighed comparable tires…What was the weight difference? 

If a guy wants to save 20 bucks a tire still get a good tire.  Metzeler 360’s are 100 ish, 20 less than Dunlop. Metzeler 360’s do good in tests, Keefer even tested them.  We ran them on our CZ’s and Maico’s back before electricity was invented.  They were good tires then, still are.  I have a set on my 23 Honda 

MX 34 is a hard standard to match, the newest best from the leader in the sport. I would say you will get what you pay for.

Dual purpose opinion...

As long as safety and fun...

I put on on rear of 701, it works fine. Not as good as stock continental, but, cheap and still satisfact.

There’s a tire weight thread here somewhere. Pirellli and Hoosiers are lightest iirc. We were racing 125s and every ounce of unsprung weight mattered. The mx34s are our current fave and their have a good amateur sponsor program that saves me a ton of $$$. 

Amazon Special dirtbike tires are my go to. $25 a tire, I order a set of 4 rears and 4 fronts for $200, lasts me the lifetime of the bike.

And with prime it’s here in 1 day.

Same experience.. I have found them to be hit/miss. One set of their emx t35 I didn't think were to bad at all in deep sand. The next set I ordered the rear was slipping out so bad I pulled it off after a couple rides and sent it back. They covered shipping. Wasn't bike setup issue as the star-cross 5 I put on after did just fine. 

We ran with a front all summer raced a lot and its still got sharp edges and I felt like it had real good front end traction.  No complaints on it.  My opinion it doesn't take much to best a Dunlop though.  Not a fan of crappy wear and so so traction with an expensive tire.

Pretty similar thoughts.  The front is not quite as good as the Dunlops, the rears did not feel much different.  I thought the fronts pushed a little more than the Dunlops but not horrible.  As stated, they wear much quicker than the Dunlops.  I tried them a couple years ago and was comparing them(Tusk 35s) to the MX33s not the 34s.  If price is the driving consideration the Tusks are definitely worth a try.

I have them one one bike. They started chunking within 10 hours 

Most of us aren’t fast enough to drag bar or levers, so the only two things that should be making contact with terra firma are our front and rear sneakers! Having said that, I’d try some Rinaldi’s from MotoMan Pete V. next time you hit Glen Helen: Lots of the REM -scratch that - Saturday at The Glen regulars swear by them, and the price is competitive with those from Tusk. They’re much lighter as well, as others have noted of the Tusk rubbers. Also - If you don’t have a good/consistent digital or 0-30psi tire gauge, not worth spending the extra coin on good tires anyways. Food for thought…

I was given a Tusk front by a friend who won it in a raffle or something, I was looking for a temporary tire for a vintage 125 build at the time. I thought it was fine, so when I did my 89 YZ 125 build I did the 35s front and rear because I think the tread is very similar to the MX33, which I liked. I’ve been running them for a while now and honestly have no complaints, but this is also on a 125 which really isn’t as demanding about front tire performance as a modern four stroke. So depending on your level or type of bike, it may be fine for you. I tried some Artrax a few years ago and did not have the same opinion. But I also still run a premium brand on my 350, I was a long time Dunlop guy but don’t like the 34 so I switched to Michelins for now.

If you are looking for a cheaper option in so cal buy the Rinaldi’s. I think they run $130-140 per set & they are rock solid. 

Yes.  I have gone through 3 so far.  I can get about 20 rides out of a rear tire on a 125.  Side knobs start ripping off around ride 12 or so, but doesn't really bother me to be honest.  I imagine they will improve the quality with their future tires.  

Are rinaldi's "good tires" or "good cheap tires"?

Would you rate them as good as the pirellis? I'm a pirelli guy because I can get them for about the price of the rinaldis actually.

The Mid-Softs or the Mid -Hards?

It's a long time since I've used Metzs - used to love them for all around use. 

I am constantly testing tires and the most important thing is the Date Code - if for example a Perelli is 2 years old when you put it on it destroys itself, if it is "new" as in from the year you purchase it they last. Once the rubber hardens any tire fails quickly. The Tusk actually is a good choice, check date code stamped in every tire. 

The Tusks are good, Ive ran a ton of the 35 rears and a few fronts, I've settled on the Talon front though I like it the best out of all the Tusk fronts. I get about the same life out of them compared to Dunlops. Know lots of A class guys that run them at the off-road races around here as well. 

For East Coast Harescramble and Sprint enduro racing, red clay, sand, grass tracks and tilled moto tracks they really are good and at $60 for a new tire I'm more likely to put on fresh rubber compared to $120 for a Dunlop. 

Not a fan at all, but they're better than other budget tires. For a spare bike I wouldn't hesitate to use them.