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I dont pay $140 Ollie, thats way to dear
, your getting ripped my friend 
, give me a ring and I can help you out mate or more so any Old Bulls with any brand of tyreSleep well
TB
AnonymousFrom the sound of the riding you do Boony, I would give the retreads a go for sure. The Pirelli Scorpion that TB was talking about is also a great cost effective tyre. So far I have found Michelin S12 to give the best grip, they do wear quick though and as a result I wouldn’t recommend them to you.
IRC M5B also have great grip with decent wear
I hope you go okay with Fortune :ohmy:Moto wrote:
Quote:From the sound of the riding you do Boony, I would give the retreads a go for sure. The Pirelli Scorpion that TB was talking about is also a great cost effective tyre. So far I have found Michelin S12 to give the best grip, they do wear quick though and as a result I wouldn’t recommend them to you.IRC M5B also have great grip with decent wear
I hope you go okay with Fortune :ohmy:Thanks mata
I dont need the grip levels yous bloke require so Im gunna try the fortune run at 16 psi and see how it goes and when i wear that out I`m looking at one of ollies retreads, still got bout 2 rides left in the kendaHonest feedback on Ollies MX retreads.
BTW thanks Ollie the deal you did was excellent.
Ok I ride somedays like a woose other days i ride like my background hints, today was a good day, head was in the right place and everything was to my liking.
I like a predictable tyre that will spin on high speed, low speed and all speed corners if I demand it too, now all tyres will spin, but the idea is that they are predictable and the performance is repeated time after time.
My bike weighs 105K wringing wet (Yes it does, YZ250 platform)
I weigh 96 kilos or say about 105 without backpack.The bikes’ power is tuned to come in very early and quite sudden and hold a linear curve through to around 9K, a Yz250 supposedly has 47 hp and is the torque is a direct result of the HP (or other way around anyway), mine has a flywheel weight and retarded timing possibly rider too
) but still is a hard hitter down low .Like all MX riders and ex MXer’s I tend to ride the rear more than a traditional trailrider in a straight line and tend to slide and weight the front up when cornering, so we tend to be hard on rear tread. this mornings ride was in the stinking heat on sand, loam S/T and some fine gravel forest roads, definitely no mud here ATM is dust dust dust, i was riding with my Son, two of my Riding mates and one of my Mates; daughters on her TTr125.
so I went fast, I went slow, I went medium, depends if I was out front or babysitting the kids.
Fast on hardpack= reasonable, predictable cornering was good, straights not as good
Slow on hardpack= bit loose and skittery, but had enough bite to get me out of some nasty holes and ruts without fuss, probably not it’s forte’ but i can live with it as i can “feel” my tyre
Sand= great drive
Loose metal and gravel high speed, I mean 110kph feet up slides tapped in top everywhere, up with the kendas on this stuff, predictable and you know where it’s going, loses a bit of drive coming out onto the straights, takes a bit of time to hook up but would make a great F/track tyre for me.
Loose gravel and metal lower speeds, reasonable as any new knobby here, I actually find a trials tyre better than any knobby for getting drive on this surface.can’t comment on skatey wet surfaces yet, but will when we finally get some rain round here.
it’s archilles heel so far is hardpack or solid granite, can’t find its’ feet all that well, but is predictable and does lose traction and spin up a bit much no worse than a Carlsbad.Wear- here’s the funny thing, we only did about 55ks this morning admittedly it was some rocky stuff and gravel at speed without sparing the horses, but it wore a bit more than i thought it would, then again at the price it can, not as fast as a 756 but still more than my riding mates’ kendas’ Carlsbad and Milleville.
so far for the money I won’t complain, it’s certainly better than the crap 952 I’ve been barely tolerating for a while, but it’s no 739 or 745, seems to lack a bit of bite in comparison, the compound seems similar to the feel, but maybe the tread isn’t as “diggy” but it is about 1/2 the money and i am being completely honest, running 9.5 psi with an UHD tube, let’s see how it goes in the Border ranges next ride, with some nasy gully climbs and maybe (fingers crossed) some wet conditions.
Oh it was teamed with a Dunlop 745 front about 1/4 worn at 11.5 psiBruce C
Thanks for the feedback Bruce. I try and look after all my customers be it tyres,filters parts advice etc.Honesty goes a long way in my books.
Cheers
OllieSeeing we’re bagging Bashing Ollie’s Retards :blink:
oh i mean retreads. my bike is somewhat diff. to BC’s racer. 160ish kgs, i’m an MX rider there abouts heavier than Bruce :ohmy: and all on STD suspension without any fiddling with the compression, rebound etc.
i had done about 150 -200 km before the Snow ride, and was used to running 28psi in both ends. currently about 18 with rim locks, another 1st for me.
the surface around Mansfield is a mix of red sand, shale? slateish with rocks from golf ball sized through to stuff up to dinner plate in diameter x 2-3″ thick, to 2-3 ltr milk bottle sized.
Friday had the 2nd most challenging hill for me. it was dry for friday, the bike was predictable and i was confidant to go where i pointed it.
saturday was wet and the same, was confident to go where i wanted. until my soil sampling effort.
now back home we have hard pack clay type stuff, and disused gravel pits. the same can be said here too, the only thing is i’m not yet used to riding the flat track at the pit with the lower pressure in the front, rear seems fine. tends to lock the front in the sand and slide/skate away on you.
next time i ride out there i’ll put the front pressure up and see how it feels.
i cannot fault the tyres on the black top either. and to Ollie’s horror prob 50/50 ATM.
i don’t think i thrash my bike, however i’m not kind to it either :huh:
tar or dirt. i :kiss: the induction sound it makes, WOT up through the gears :woohoo: :silly:
if you can do a tread depth measurement of a new tyre ollie, i’ll post up the measurement of how much is left on mine?
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