Dual Sport tires

mattster31 · Dec 4, 2008

Has anyone tried this?? I have ridden on gravel a fair bit, and it seems OK as long as I keep my speed in check.....but I may be riding out to Goose Bay next year, and there is a fair bit of gravel road from what I have been told. Thought I might try a dual sport tire........

Should I bother???

RenoJohn · Dec 4, 2008

mattster31 said:
Has anyone tried this?? I have ridden on gravel a fair bit, and it seems OK as long as I keep my speed in check.....but I may be riding out to Goose Bay next year, and there is a fair bit of gravel road from what I have been told. Thought I might try a dual sport tire........
Should I bother???

uhhhh, wheel as wide as the OEM wheel?What dual sport tire are you thinking of putting on? me thinks you're not going to find one.

FJR bike does as good as can be expected (or IMO even better) in the dirt ...lower air pressure and some dirt skillz and you can take the FJR a lot of places. Gravel as you describe?:

... go 22f 28r PSI to start with .....you'll see amazing difference in the gravel ..but keep speeds under triple digits with this pressure on the dirt

BugR · Dec 5, 2008

I've been looking into this for a trip out to Alaska.

The first problem is the front tire size, there is only a very limited selection of dual sport tires that fit the front.

All the ones I have found are supermoto tires, very sticky but potentially very short tire life.

The second is there no dual sport tires which will fit the rear, I am watching the outcome of the "dark side" thread very closly.

Chris

user 213 · Dec 5, 2008

The closest you may come to dual sport tires in our sizes are the Dunlop D616 designed for the Buell Uly.

Dunlop link

monk69 · Dec 6, 2008

There are Tyres like the ones you already have (whatever make),and the only thing you need to do different is look at a road tyre pattern,and pick one with alot cross tread and looks like the worst road tyre you'd want for paved only....Then you'll have the best of both worlds.....The type you seek is made for slower going.....I use a cross pattern for street(PR sporttouring)and it's done fine on packed gravel.....Just ask youself.......what percent is road/dirt .....get a good balance....and your off road skills.