What’s your favourite front tyre and why?

[Steve WyethMember]

Also, where do you stand on the fatty or finny? 80/100 or 90/100……

[ianMember]

gotta go with my favorite michelin M12 xc competition bought one when i had my husky 510 and it just went anywhere i put it and gave me heaps of confidence and with the ktm 300 and the cr i still wouldnt get any other tyre for the front and im actually running a 90/90 on the front

[GregMember]

huskybloke wrote:

gotta go with my favorite michelin M12 xc competition

Plus one with a mousse tube of course or a 90/90 will give you 50cent rims ridden hard in the rocks. They work on any bike I have ever tried them on s12 as well

Tenere I like Dunlop 952 and 907 80/100 to protect the rim on ten big heavy bike. Can’t runs mousse tubes cause to heavy to hot to much high speed

TB

[Steve WyethMember]

It’s funny that the first two suggestions are for one of the few tyres I haven’t tried.

A 90/90 is near as a gnat’s dick the same as a 80/100, i.e. 81mm? Is that a stock Michy size, I haven’t used Michy’s for a while?

For what it’s worth I’ve been preferring wider fronts (90/100) and tyres with more knobs than less as the majority of stuff I ride is hardpack, rocks, roots and general bush shit. Not a great deal of mud/clay.

The Michy M12 XC looks quite good in that regard. I need a new tyre and altough I have 2 new ones sat in the garage I they are both 90/100’s and I need a 80/100 (or equivalent) as the front mousses are dying too quickly in the 90/100’s.

[GregMember]

Try one they rule

TB

[Geoff ForshawMember]

A round and black one with nobs that doesn’t go flat! :blink: :laugh: :laugh: but I would have to agree a Michelin S12 or M12 are the go however they are quite soft in the side wall so UHD tubes are a must and the right pressure. As for something that has a stiffer side wall I don’t mind the Dunlop MX51, they both give good rider confidence.

Thats my 2cents worth.

The Left One

[ianMember]

Isn’t 90/90 near as a gnat’s dick the same as a 80/100?? i.e. 81mm? Is that a stock Michy size, I haven’t used Michy’s for a while.

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Michys have some funny sizes they are also hard to(at our local anyway) get hence why i have the 90/90 as it was the only one there but im pretty sure for the other bikes i ran a 90/100 wether it was slippery red clay of dungog or rocky old wallaroo they have been a good tyre for me, i wont buy anything else for the front but will try for a bit of value on the back tyre

[Steve WyethMember]

Anyone that runs a M12 XC tried a Michy MS3 or MH3? I used to love the MS3 after switching to it from the S12. It’s been so long since trying them though I couldn’t compare them now.

Last few fronts have been Pirelli Scorp Mid Soft, Pirelli Extra X and Dunlop MX51. All of which have been good. The Dunlops are a pig to fit as they have a tough sidewall, the Pirelli’s are like mountain bike tyres.

I run mousses so don’t give a crap sidewall stiffness from a flat perspective, I think I’d rather a firmer sidewall though to give the mousse an easier time though. I’m a mousse destroyer!

I’m now tossing up between the MH3 and the M12 XC.

[GregMember]

The MH3 is my fav out of them, couldnt remember the number but thats it. Walked out and looked on the way to Chris’s :laugh: They grip the same IMO but last better and the edge knobs dont break with a mousse

TB

[Steve WyethMember]

Sold

[Mike WyethMember]

Can’t believe you have’nt tried the M12XC mate, i’v been harping on about them to you every time we talk about tyres :dry:
They are awesome 90×90 for me

[Jeffrey SmithMember]

I think I posted something similar once before but,

I had an m12 on my drz that I initially hated but as the knobs wore down it got better and better to the point where I didn’t want to change it

[GregMember]

mike wrote:

Can’t believe you have’nt tried the M12XC mate, i’v been harping on about them to you every time we talk about tyres :dry:
They are awesome 90×90 for me

Yeah I have banged on about them forever as well :laugh:

Are you sitting in your motel somewhere Moto :huh: :laugh:

TB

[Mike WyethMember]

Jeffro wrote:

I think I posted something similar once before but,

I had an m12 on my drz that I initially hated but as the knobs wore down it got better and better to the point where I didn’t want to change it

Yes I’v had a year out of one before and I ride quite regular, as you say Jeffro the knobs seem to wear down but the grip does’nt get worse :huh: great value for money tyre

[scott bockingMember]

I too am a big fan of the M12 front. I run them thin but then again I am on an MTB :laugh:
S12 needs very soft ground or it starts to roll the knobs. M12 front, S12 rear :woohoo:

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