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  • Stevie WonderS Stevie Wonder

    @declan one hundred percent back this. I’ve had the maxxis maxxcross’s on my bike three quarters of a year it’s on the road as often as off and I have to say they’re sick. There tread pattern design also makes them grip better then any other ive rode on corners. You can usually pick up a set for under 95 if you shop about. Just some advice though I ran the 140’s on the rear and had an issue with rubbing on the mud flap, you’ll feel like you’ve raised your bike an inch off the ground and it effects performance a lot. If I was to buy another set I’d 1000% cop another pair just in the proper size

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    @Stevie-Wonder yeah i got a 120 and its a lil overkill 110 would be perfect

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      Cheers for the advice 👍

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      • declanD declan

        @Stevie-Wonder yeah i got a 120 and its a lil overkill 110 would be perfect

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        @declan I’m looking at 120 and 110 tyres but for the height will 90’s work or should I be looking at 80’s?

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        • DTleeD DTlee

          @declan I’m looking at 120 and 110 tyres but for the height will 90’s work or should I be looking at 80’s?

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          @DTlee mines 120/100 but 110/90 would work better and look better

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          • declanD declan

            @DTlee mines 120/100 but 110/90 would work better and look better

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            @declan cool Cheers, quite difficult to find tyres for these

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            • declanD declan

              @DTlee mines 120/100 but 110/90 would work better and look better

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              @declan what size are you using on the front. I can’t work out what I need?

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              • DTleeD DTlee

                @declan what size are you using on the front. I can’t work out what I need?

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                @DTlee ill look tomorrow

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                • DTleeD DTlee

                  @declan what size are you using on the front. I can’t work out what I need?

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                  @DTlee mines an 80/100 front it’s just a motocross tyre not road legal

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                  • declanD declan

                    @DTlee mines an 80/100 front it’s just a motocross tyre not road legal

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                    @declan cheers just gives me an idea what I’m looking for. Whilst checking for a tyre size. did notice that who ever put the last set on put the tyres on the wrong rotation 🤦

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                    • DTleeD DTlee

                      @declan cheers just gives me an idea what I’m looking for. Whilst checking for a tyre size. did notice that who ever put the last set on put the tyres on the wrong rotation 🤦

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                      @DTlee I’m a nightmare for doing that and even when I get tyre shops to fit them they do it aswell 🤯

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                        does 120/80-18 fit?

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                        • J jonne123

                          does 120/80-18 fit?

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                          @jonne123 probably

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                            does 120/80-18 fit?

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                            @jonne123 they’ll fit but I don’t recommend. Get a 110 or something smaller. Also when I say they’ll fit take that with a pinch of salt as fully inflated they rubbed against the mud flap

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                            • Stevie WonderS Stevie Wonder

                              @jonne123 they’ll fit but I don’t recommend. Get a 110 or something smaller. Also when I say they’ll fit take that with a pinch of salt as fully inflated they rubbed against the mud flap

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                              @Stevie-Wonder the 120 is width isnt it?

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                                I use trial tyres on mine as I can't do more than 50mph on knobbly ones without being almost thrown off. I think I might have got mine off mytyres so that's always a good place to look.

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                                • riley_racerR riley_racer

                                  I use trial tyres on mine as I can't do more than 50mph on knobbly ones without being almost thrown off. I think I might have got mine off mytyres so that's always a good place to look.

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                                  @riley_racer I highly recommend a change of knobbly’s or checking your tire pressures. Remember when you buy a knobbly for a road legal bike always consider the contact patch with the road and the way that changes/can be effected when you lean into corners. Some knobbly’s just flat out don’t offer any support on the shoulders of the tire which as you can imagine is quite unsafe

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                                  • Stevie WonderS Stevie Wonder

                                    @riley_racer I highly recommend a change of knobbly’s or checking your tire pressures. Remember when you buy a knobbly for a road legal bike always consider the contact patch with the road and the way that changes/can be effected when you lean into corners. Some knobbly’s just flat out don’t offer any support on the shoulders of the tire which as you can imagine is quite unsafe

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                                    I have an interesting spare rear now I think of it it has nobblies but is more flat on the corners of the tyre so you can corner properly on the road I swapped it out though because it made me crash off-road since you can't corner off-road on that tyre I'll get the name of it so i can post it because it's a good tyre if you just want to do green lanes

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                                    • declanD declan

                                      I have an interesting spare rear now I think of it it has nobblies but is more flat on the corners of the tyre so you can corner properly on the road I swapped it out though because it made me crash off-road since you can't corner off-road on that tyre I'll get the name of it so i can post it because it's a good tyre if you just want to do green lanes

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                                      @declan good job being informative. Most people say “blah blah” tyres good or bad without any evidence as to why other then their own preferences and experiences. It makes it very confusing and hard to get a conclusive answer when trying to find a decent tyre.

                                      https://youtu.be/jRocay3xlgc

                                      https://youtu.be/N_2y9LSxbvQ

                                      I think Ryan over at fort nine did an amazing job explaining this and anything I haven’t mentioned

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                                      • Stevie WonderS Stevie Wonder

                                        @riley_racer I highly recommend a change of knobbly’s or checking your tire pressures. Remember when you buy a knobbly for a road legal bike always consider the contact patch with the road and the way that changes/can be effected when you lean into corners. Some knobbly’s just flat out don’t offer any support on the shoulders of the tire which as you can imagine is quite unsafe

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                                        @Stevie-Wonder yeah that's why I use trial tyres mate 😂 best of both worlds

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                                        • riley_racerR riley_racer

                                          @Stevie-Wonder yeah that's why I use trial tyres mate 😂 best of both worlds

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                                          @riley_racer I got served a section 51 riding field the other day. Needless to say the rozza’s definitely have me in my feels about my my off road usage 😞

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