front/rear tire combo ?

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Edited Date/Time 1/11/2013 8:59am
I have been looking at some new treads for my CRF250 I went to my local shop and decided on the MX51 for the rear. Was digging around for a front tire and saw the MX51FA and also looked at the MX31 for a front, both looked pretty aggressive. Any feed back welcome.
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Travis_Hudson 12/28/2012 11:15pm
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I don't know to much about them.....I ran the 51's once....and thought they were not as good as the 756's......I have settled with the bridgestone int combo....very happy.
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SwapperMX 12/29/2012 10:13pm
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Once you ride on Pirelli's, you will never use anything else. Use an int/soft front everywhere, and int/soft rear on sandier loamier tracks, and an int/hard rear on hardpack tracks. Great tyres, awesome grip and very good tyre life.
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PK27RACING 12/30/2012 12:37am
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Go with a mx51 for the front , I run mx51's on front/rear front tire is holding up great After half a season of racing, great traction also on hard pack and soft loamy tracks
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Craze 12/30/2012 1:57am
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Bridgestone - M403 / M404 combo....

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yz414 1/5/2013 1:04pm
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Craze wrote:
Bridgestone - M403 / M404 combo....
x2 can't go wrong with them
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mynewcr250 1/6/2013 11:19am
1/6/2013 11:19am Edited Date/Time 1/6/2013 11:20am
mx51 and 403 front suck balls...

im with the guy claiming pirelli, and i love the michelin ms3/mh3 fronts too.

personally i get along with most rear tires, the fronts need to feel right and neither the dunlop or the bridgestone do. i ride 2 strokes though, and maybe something about the 4 stroke weight balance has something to do with front tire selection...

just my opinion.
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yzmatt 1/7/2013 1:19pm
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I'm getting ready to put new tires on my 450 and I agree with mynewcr250, the MX51 front sucks balls. That POS doesn't inspire any confidence whatsoever.

I've always liked the 403/404 combo but I'm seriously considering giving the Perelli mid/soft's a shot. I've heard nothing but rave reviews for them and I think they'll be great for the south Texas soil....
Carlton_Fartman 1/8/2013 7:14am
1/8/2013 7:14am
The new Pirelli mid-hard 554 front is real good, totally different than the old mid-hard 454 which lost side knobs like crazy. I'm running MH554 front with MxExtra rear at the moment. I will probably try the MH554 rear next.
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mxjordy127 1/8/2013 5:09pm
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The MX51 are great tires only reason i prefer pirelli is they last much longer
queen of spodes 1/8/2013 10:04pm
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SwapperMX wrote:
Once you ride on Pirelli's, you will never use anything else. Use an int/soft front everywhere, and int/soft rear on sandier loamier tracks, and an int/hard...
Once you ride on Pirelli's, you will never use anything else. Use an int/soft front everywhere, and int/soft rear on sandier loamier tracks, and an int/hard rear on hardpack tracks. Great tyres, awesome grip and very good tyre life.
I agree with that, but the last MT32 rear I got 4 months ago is already showing signs of chunking on the side knobs.. Never experienced this so soon with Pirellis so maybe it was a bad run.
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mynewcr250 1/8/2013 11:09pm
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SwapperMX wrote:
Once you ride on Pirelli's, you will never use anything else. Use an int/soft front everywhere, and int/soft rear on sandier loamier tracks, and an int/hard...
Once you ride on Pirelli's, you will never use anything else. Use an int/soft front everywhere, and int/soft rear on sandier loamier tracks, and an int/hard rear on hardpack tracks. Great tyres, awesome grip and very good tyre life.
queen of spodes wrote:
I agree with that, but the last MT32 rear I got 4 months ago is already showing signs of chunking on the side knobs.. Never experienced...
I agree with that, but the last MT32 rear I got 4 months ago is already showing signs of chunking on the side knobs.. Never experienced this so soon with Pirellis so maybe it was a bad run.
my friends mxms rear did the same. 1 run at cahuilla and the thing had torn every side knob, not to the point of ripping off but you can see the tears...i mean 1 day? at a sand track? worked really well though, maybe thats the price you pay.
queen of spodes 1/9/2013 8:33pm
1/9/2013 8:33pm Edited Date/Time 1/9/2013 8:33pm
mynewcr250 wrote:
my friends mxms rear did the same. 1 run at cahuilla and the thing had torn every side knob, not to the point of ripping off...
my friends mxms rear did the same. 1 run at cahuilla and the thing had torn every side knob, not to the point of ripping off but you can see the tears...i mean 1 day? at a sand track? worked really well though, maybe thats the price you pay.
I've used MT32's for the last 5-6 years and never had one come apart like the rear on my bike now.
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mirramaxx 1/9/2013 10:37pm
1/9/2013 10:37pm Edited Date/Time 1/9/2013 10:37pm
Thanks for the input, for 76 bux on rockymountainatvmc.com I will try my luck with the MX51 rear. Since my local track is better fit for snowcross I still have time to work on the bike !
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Arkmx 1/11/2013 8:50am
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We have had great luck with Kenda's "Millville II" front & rear combo. The Washougal rear works well with the Millville II front.

We ran the Millville II's on Zach & Trace's 125's all season with no chunking problems!

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Arkmx 1/11/2013 8:59am
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The Millville II on Zach's 125.






The Washougal on the 250.







The 125 with the Kenda Millville's F&R at Swan MX.




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