Let's talk tires?.

Years ago I found a stash of the trelleborg ten master rear tires. I had some of my husqvarnas with these 500-17 Swedish tires. Now there impossible to find in the states. There is some 14" rim trellborgs on sale online very cheap if you have a small bike.$29 online search. We don't have many choices in tires for out huskys. Even the 83/250 takes a big rear tire. I used the IRC v33 volcanduro 510:17" rim tires on my cr husqvarnas before along with the 5:10-18 too.

Chapparell has a sale right now on IRC M5B tires 140-80-18 and IRC V33 volcanduro 510-17 on eBay. These have larger/taller lugs.

I just purchased the IRC 110-80-18 m5b for my sons birthday for his KDX. My son was complaining about wheel spin.

So what rear tires are you using on your left kickers?

i like the metzeler unicross and the pirelli mt16...
both very versatile, very durable. they work in a wide variety of terrains. the uni used to be a bit shorter lug height, but both have the same height now.
i ride woods and sandy/rocky terrain, wet and dry.

The last time we talked about the front tires I purchased five different front tires you guys mentioned. There all mounted. Now it's time to mount the rear tires. Then it's wheel bearings, brakes ect. When everything is ready and the engines are rebuilt I'm like fords assembly line. I'm a legend on super bowl Sunday night for starting up new bikes. One midnight ride.

I make sure each bike has new tires, new tubes and good brakes. Safety first.

I love the M5B but if he has wheel spin it might be because it was meant for soft terrain, if he is on hardpack they don't work as well
the Unicross work well in most situations, but more lugs as in less spacing is better for hard terrain
open lugs are for soft terrain as they are self cleaning

He's running a different tire brand right now with no bite lost of wheel spin. The m5b should work better.

im not a fan of the m5b..it performed ok but wouldnt hold up. if it encounters any rocks or wheelspin it degrades quickly.

This is where the trelleborg ten masters got my vote there one tough tire. I never ripped a lug off of them, I never seen any wear. The rear wheel on my cr390 only stopped spinning when I shifted. I was on the throttle. This is why I see so many used Husqvarna bikes with one trelleborg tire still on it. When I say I ripped with that 390cr I lost 60lbs in three months it was my gym workout.

Before you buy tires check ebay. The IRC v33 volcanduro 5:10-17 is around $65.

Y

Your right each season NETRA riders come up with what the trick setup is tire wise.

IMO, hard to beat the big VE33, especially for the price. I just put the 100/90 on my 165 w/Tubliss and loving that too. If you don't mind the weight, Shinko 520 lasts forever, works great with Tubliss. The 120/80 is a big, tough tire.
For the KDX he might like the B'stone M204. Supposed to be great everywhere and wear well, on sale at Motorsport.com. 100/90-19 only weighs 10lbs!

Years ago we purchased a '85 cr125 Honda. It had a 500-18 Chen sin tire on it. As fast as we put a new one on it was worn out right away. This was when we first started out. Cheap & affordable wasn't so good.

my 140 80 18 M5B still has 3/4s of the tire still there after 25 or so hard 4 hour rides on rocky shale trails.
Been a good tire to me, its the 3rd 1 i bought, will buy another. the top of the knobbs comes off a little fast but the reat hangs in really good for me.

i also did not experience any "knob failure"...for me, the tire seemed to skate sideways alot. it wasnt that bad of a tire, i just like the unicross/mt16 so much. they are pretty much the same tread design.

The unicross looks good. I like the side lugs.

The IRC 140-18 m5b is going on my 82 cr430 and the IRC v33 5:10-17 is going on my 83 wr430. So far that's the plan. The other bikes will get the 5:10-17.

After viewing this and other tire threads I went with the MT16s. If they perform half as good as they look, I'll be pleased:

They'll never look this good again!

Shinko Cheaters (the best all around tire) ......

nice move

I know this is an old thread, but it seems like the right place to ask... will be replacing the tires on my '80 390 WR. It currently has a 4.60 x 17" rear, but also has plenty of room on each side of the tire... has anyone run a 5.10 on these old 390's?

Thanks in Advance,

It should work my 78 250CR came with a 510 Trellborg new
Bill

Thanks Bill. How do you like the Trellborg? I'm still shopping at this point...