Tyre Pressures????

[scott bockingMember]

Hey Action
If you are looking at switching out tyres try the MX Extra. Good allrounder and reasonably priced. As for the lock nut, lock it off on the valve cap rather than the rim that way if your tyre rotates a little it will not tear the tube.
STM

[Bob DowsettMember]

If its slippery as all shit let some out

If you can compress the tyre more than half way with your hand put some in :whistle: :pinch:

[alanMember]

have used both mx51 dunlop fronts and pireli mx extra fronts the dunlops grip better and give you more comfidense but the pirelis will last longer and the side nobs will last longer in rocky conditions .if its not to rocky where you ride i would go the dunlops .but as TB said michelin fronts are good to just my opionion.am trying an s12 front michelin next myself will be interesting to see how it goes

[scott bockingMember]

white rocket wrote:

have used both mx51 dunlop fronts and pireli mx extra fronts the dunlops grip better and give you more comfidense but the pirelis will last longer and the side nobs will last longer in rocky conditions .if its not to rocky where you ride i would go the dunlops .but as TB said michelin fronts are good to just my opionion.am trying an s12 front michelin next myself will be interesting to see how it goes

Wouldn’t the M12 front be better out your way Rocket?

STM

[Brendon CarreMember]

IMO, The most important thing with running low pressure tyres is heavy duty tubes and rim locks, the difference it makes is chalk and cheese!!! Its all about traction and it makes a huge difference !! But you have to raise pressures when the terrain changes and that’s the secret !! Sometimes its about finding a happy medium. :unsure:

[alanMember]

King STM wrote:

white rocket wrote:

have used both mx51 dunlop fronts and pireli mx extra fronts the dunlops grip better and give you more comfidense but the pirelis will last longer and the side nobs will last longer in rocky conditions .if its not to rocky where you ride i would go the dunlops .but as TB said michelin fronts are good to just my opionion.am trying an s12 front michelin next myself will be interesting to see how it goes

Wouldn’t the M12 front be better out your way Rocket?

STM

prably used to run them years ago and loved them just wanted to try an s12

[Bruce CurtisMember]

Coley a former grafton lad showed me this a while back and he is right, it is the best way to keep a constant footprint irrelevant of carcass, tube type…. here he is giving the good oil on it over at the public bar

http://www.dirtbikeworld.net/forum/showthread.php?t=56523

[Scott ButlerMember]

axel wrote:

I ran F14/R12 PSI in the general area your intending on riding in last Sunday (wet wet wet wet wet).
As I was riding I was thinking I probably should have let some more out but see the tires of today work pretty well with high pressures.The front end of my 75% worn Dunflop worked fine (surprisingly) at 14PSI.

Thats the good oil mate.. i ran a DRZ up there for years.. the DRZ is heavy on its feet and i found while lower pressures are good for a bit more grip, you’ll feel the rocks through the front end at much lower than 13 psi. On that particular bike i ran Dunlops and Michelens, the softer compounds are great but suffer due to the weight of the bike..(and rider at 107kgs).. get a good front with plenty of edge grip would be my advice.. you’ll tear em apart but you’ll love em every time the save your ass…

[glennMember]

I am currently running M12s front and rear at 12 psi with HD tubes on my DRZ400 and so far I have had adequate grip and I have not dented a rim nor punctured on this combo.

Run moose tubes and the PSI problem just goes away.. :laugh:

[MalMember]

Mr Blue wrote:

Coley a former grafton lad showed me this a while back and he is right, it is the best way to keep a constant footprint irrelevant of carcass, tube type…. here he is giving the good oil on it over at the public bar

http://www.dirtbikeworld.net/forum/showthread.php?t=56523

I read two pages and it doesn’t say where you measure the ‘clean’ bit from and to. :blush:

Laymans terms folks: have just enough air in your tyres so they slightly bulge when you sit on the big. I rarely use a pressure gauge.

Action – buy a front tyre that has nice sharp knobs. I have used Pirelli Scorpion MX Mid Soft, MX Extra and Dunlop 756 and MX 51.

[MalMember]

Bob wrote:

If its slippery as all shit let some out

If you can compress the tyre more than half way with your hand put some in :whistle: :pinch:

That’s the system I used Bob.

Well Used to use. Don’t have tubes anymore. :woohoo:

[Adam RodgersMember]

mal5.1 wrote:

I read two pages and it doesn’t say where you measure the ‘clean’ bit from and to. :blush:

Laymans terms folks: have just enough air in your tyres so they slightly bulge when you sit on the big. I rarely use a pressure gauge.

Action – buy a front tyre that has nice sharp knobs. I have used Pirelli Scorpion MX Mid Soft, MX Extra and Dunlop 756 and MX 51.

I read more of the post and someone had posted a photo that gave a good idea However I think your method will achieve the same results :cheer:

Action before you do anything, if you haven’t already, REPLACE YOUR SPOKES :ohmy: :ohmy: They were as loose as they could be without having catastrophic failure :whistle:

[GregMember]

Bob wrote:

If its slippery as all shit let some out

If you can compress the tyre more than half way with your hand put some in :whistle: :pinch:

That’s the smartest post and so true. If you feel the rim hitting put some air in or slow down for the rocky bits, I mean we aren’t racing for the Aussie title so an extra couple of pounds and no flats makes for a better ride doesn’t it?

TB

[Bruce CurtisMember]

Ok, was talking with Coley funnily enough just a few hours ago and we were having a joke about rim clean, and I am halfway through putting a new MX-Cross Comp on the front of the warlock, as the dunlop was past grippy stage.
anyway you look at the tyre/rim junction area, and if there is around 3-4mm of clean shiny rim where the tyre has been flexing or rolling onto, for most east coast riding this is the spot…. the rest is clickers, constant footprint/cushioning on the tyres & leave the suspension to do it’s work.

Been using it for a while and will attest it is the best system for off-road riding

[alanMember]

have noticed the rim clean of 3 to 4 mm on my rims before mr blue but have never used this to set tyre pressers sounds like a good idear love the grip.noticed a lot of the black has rubbed of my 530 s rims .hate to much air in my tyres always run plenty of air at oldbull rides but because i normaly get flats on them

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