DOT Tires for 70% Trail/30% Town Riding

[Mike-AK]

Any recommendations? Trail riding ranges from damp to rocky with roots. I try to avoid the mud, so I am thinking an intermediate to intermediate/hard terrain tire. Occasionally I like to zip around the hood on a joy ride, so something that would not wear too quickly on pavement would be nice. Thanks.

 

[Zomby woof]

I'm a big an of the K270 rear. The front is a disaster, but you an always pair it with something more aggressive, as the front outlasts the rear by a lot anyway. If I recall, all Kenda MX tires are DOT, and I was getting more than a season out of a soft one on my dual sport.

The Motoz desert tire is supposed work well, and last also.

 

[Mike-AK]

I'm a big an of the K270 rear. The front is a disaster, but you an always pair it with something more aggressive, as the front outlasts the rear by a lot anyway. If I recall, all Kenda MX tires are DOT, and I was getting more than a season out of a soft one on my dual sport.

The Motoz desert tire is supposed work well, and last also.

Thank you.

 

[bigmo]

Any recommendations? Trail riding ranges from damp to rocky with roots. I try to avoid the mud, so I am thinking an intermediate to intermediate/hard terrain tire. Occasionally I like to zip around the hood on a joy ride, so something that would not wear too quickly on pavement would be nice. Thanks.

The absolute best bang for the buck that wont put you on the ground with regularity is the Dunlop 606. These tires have been all over the world in some of the nastiest terrain. I keep coming back to them when I need longevity.

For my day-to-day, I run a trials rear and an IRC enduro front (full knobby that happens to be DOT). The trials do not like long pavement, so that is a no-no if you have pavement runs in excess of 10-15 miles. The 606, on the other hand, can survive 100 mile pavement runs and not leave you face down on the trail the first time you hit mud.

It is all about compromise...you need to decide how much offroad capabilities you want to sacrifice in order to have decent road manners.

 

[jerbear610]

MotoZ IT Enduro, ST Enduro, Desert HT and X Circuit are all DOT and are excellent in the dirt.

 

[Johnrg]

The Unicross have been good all around but they have seen 99% dirt. They don't wander on the street though I don't corner them hard. No real wear after 700+ miles but some small slices in rear knobs though nothing torn off. Good traction on wet rock and mixed media to granular sand and good dirt. Talcum powder stuff around here in places seemed the front would think about drifting so maybe a warning. Otherwise predictable. Thinking about trying the Kenda Parkers but honestly for trail riding and mixed media the Unicross are good. I see even Golden Tyre has an exact clone in their lineup.

 

[Zomby woof]

http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/kenda-tire-reviews.43601/#post-423291

 

[R_Little]

Kenda 270 on the rear with a Tubliss and about 8 lbs pressure for dirt and 20 lbs for street.

Cheap and effective!

Hard terrain knobby on the front.