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smo:
I know that tyres get discussed to death, but the only comment people make other than "this is better" is "noisy"...

Well, how do mud tyres REALLY behave on road, i'm in a quandry as i use my 90 for masses of miles 20+k (hopefully decreasing soon) on road, and yet like to play off road too, nothing majorly serious but definatly in need of mud tyres.

So, is it worth going for muds like the BFG MT's, Michelin OR's or similar traditional mud pattern and if i do is it going to turn my 90 into a wandering beast with no cornering or stopping ability??

TimM:
I used to have Road tyres (came with it) and now have swopped to BFG MT's.

There is an obvious difference, but it doesn't put me off, everything is OK apart from high speed cruising (or rather REALLY high speed cruising).

Where are you from? (if you click on profile at the top and add your location it'll stop people asking  :wink: ).

If there is a pub meet near to you, head down there and I'm sure there will be a variety of tyres in the car park and willing volunteers to demonstrate  :D

smo:
Hmm, what do you class as "high speed" - i do a LOT of motorways and dont want to loose out there, perhaps a second set of rims with MT's on would be better but then its such a pain to jack her up and swap them everytime we want to go and play!

TimM:
It depends on what MT you get, some handle better than others, my opinion is that these are the best, based on write up's in the comics and discussions with other MT users.

Some have bad handling at lower speeds, but mine are OK at legal speeds, only getting too noisy and a little more wandering at illegal speeds (not that I do those  :twisted: ).

BUT.... some of my bad handling and wandering is due to the fact that it's lifted and has larger tyres, as well as them bing MT's.

I have spare wheels in the garage, I was going to have road tyres on the alloys and MT's on the steels, but I now can't see the point  :wink:

Get thee to a pub meet and try some  :lol:

smo:
Well if i do change for a "permenant" set itll be BFG MT's or Micheling Off Roads which are near identical, the Michies are not herd of as much due to the massive cost but Costco make them quite attractively priced :D

If i went second set i'd get remoulds, Insa Turbo Dakars probably as they are another BFG-MT pattern but they still need to cope with 1-200 mile road journeys on occasions when we go on hold and plan to go laning whilst there.

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