To answer Menaces’ question yes I have tried a trials tyre, the Pirelli on my old 300exc it gives amazing traction in most instances, but was unpredictable in braking and MX style cornering, it suited the 300 as they are slower on the revs than most other smokers and have good torque and nose down steering. Having said that once on swamp grass or similar it was a nightmare of the highest order, a bald mitas was far superior, but that was the only surface I found in 1000ks of riding that stopped it, hillclimbs were a cinch and power sliding on loose stuff was very progressive, wear factor was excellent and because of the high sidewalls you could run it down to 4.5 psi in real bad times and the rim didn’t get a single mark.
Looks poofy though although very Avante’ garde’ Knighter used one in erzberg last year.
wouldn’t put one on the YZ though as it spins up like no other bike I’ve ever owned and tends to rely on friction to get forward motion underway, so my current choice is dunlop soft compund 736 on front, very surefooted and neutral, and dunlop 952 on rear not as good as the 736 rear but lasts more than one ride and gives good grip and predictable response on most surfaces.
But remember the YZ weighs in around the 100kg mark so it probably wouldn’t suit a semi-touring heavyweight firetrail blaster.
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