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Making sense of the Golden Tyre rear enduro models??

Norman Foley said:
You asked a very specific question and I understood what you were asking, ride in pretty similar conditions and answered you about the tires you asked about, as I have experience with them. We don't really have a dry season here, just a less wet one.
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I think I took your advice from your first post on the Gummy. I don't do any road or even fire road riding on this bike, so that's why I went with gummy instead of the regular enduro compound. I'm sure that for the 3 or so months of wet riding, it'll be fine. And, I'll be riding just like G-Force Jarvis!
 
Cosmokenney said:
I think I took your advice from your first post on the Gummy. I don't do any road or even fire road riding on this bike, so that's why I went with gummy instead of the regular enduro compound. I'm sure that for the 3 or so months of wet riding, it'll be fine. And, I'll be riding just like G-Force Jarvis!
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:thumbsup::cheers::oldman:
 
Huskynoobee said:
The funny thing about all these tire threads is that if you asked a bunch of desert racers what the best tire is, you'd be hearing nothing but praise for the mx51 and 52 because we just don't get piles of wet leaves hiding roots and rocks.

I know Ajaxauto loves the Golden 523 and I must say my experience with them has been good, especially with a soft slightly shrunken mousse. The 216 gummy does seem to be the go to nasty slick shit tire. Just ask Jarvis right?

Ask a bunch of guys about tires, oil, suspension services, fuel mixture, fuel types and additives, and you will get answers from all across the range.
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You forget carbs and decals :busted:

Robert-Jan
 
The other thing that should be stressed in all these tire discussions is that until your suspension is dialed in you can't really judge tire performance. My 300 was all over the place until I got the proper springs and sag numbers. :cheers:
 
NCSteve said:
The other thing that should be stressed in all these tire discussions is that until your suspension is dialed in you can't really judge tire performance. My 300 was all over the place until I got the proper springs and sag numbers. :cheers:
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Thanks man, I have to say that this bike handles like a dream. Got new springs front and rear about a year ago. Sag is just about perfect front and rear.
 
One ride in on the GT Fatty front and GT 216X rear. Front tire is awesome!! No need to review it. Everything everyone else said about it is true.

We've had an el nino winter this year which means we've been getting rain almost non-stop for weeks. This past Thursday, only one of the many local OHV areas finally opened for trail access. So we took a day off. I ran the GT Fatty front and 216X rear with tubeliss on both. Trails were wet. Red mud on clay everywhere. Both tires worked really well. But the rear gummy has an issue with wet, polished, exposed roots. It gets over them, but any off camber ones you hit at an angle will deflect the rear end a little. Not as much as, say an IT tire. So it's still confidence inspiring. And the thing grips like a full trials tire on wet rocks which are actually more prevalent here than roots. And it has cornering grip! Finally I have cornering grip with a tire that can also handle wet rocks!! So far I've tried the MT43, GT 257 and MotoZ MH. All have great straight line grip, but can't handle a turn. The MotoZ MH was really fun on the 2T, BTW, coming out of a turn and hitting the gas!

I ran 6.5 psi front and 5.5 psi rear. Also, I've never run tubeliss before, but I found if my cornering technique on fast fire road turns was off by having my weight over the rear wheel, the rear tire tended to flop over a little. But, shifting my weight up to the tank (like it should be) was all that was required to remedy that.
 
My 216 aa front I run a mousse at about 12 maybe 14 PSI anything less it fells like it rolls over in the turns.I run it this way for both the Hare & Hounds and KOM I have run the 216 gummy in the rear at King of the Moto for 3 years But this year I ran a Rocky 523 K which is 140/80/18 FIM also a sticky but more for rocks
and Finished kom After about 35 miles of extream KOM the tire is about wore out But I got a finish and that is priceless
 
ajaxauto said:
My 216 aa front I run a mousse at about 12 maybe 14 PSI anything less it fells like it rolls over in the turns.I run it this way for both the Hare & Hounds and KOM I have run the 216 gummy in the rear at King of the Moto for 3 years But this year I ran a Rocky 523 K which is 140/80/18 FIM also a sticky but more for rocks
and Finished kom After about 35 miles of extream KOM the tire is about wore out But I got a finish and that is priceless
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I've resisted the mousse but now am thinking it's been around long enough to be leading edge, not bleeding edge - am I reading your post right that you run air pressure with the mousse?
 
No, it's the equivalent feel. You can tailor a mousse to feel soft or stiff. For instance, I installed a brand new mousse for the last Hare n Hound. It's now broken in a little (shrunk some and gotten softer) so now I need to cut it and stuff a little more in there to bring the "pressure" up.
 
I have run the 216 gummy rear at king of the moto and last dog standing for 2 years now This year I ran a 523x at king of the moto it got me a finish The 523x works about like a 216 gummy Today I ordered a 523KX which is like a 523x but the KX is not FIM legal and has taller knobs My plan is to use the KX at Last Dog Standing which is at Glen Helen Not a lot of rocks but a lot of hill climbs and tight canyons with some rock waterfalls. The taller knobs should help on the hills
At all the Nationals Hare and Hounds I run a regular 523 Rocks Crazy that there are 4 different 523s but they all work where needed
 
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