Guest Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Hello Gents I have been rebuilding a TY250 that I purchased as a basket case and I am at the point of bolting everything back together once my Forks arrive back from be Re-Chromed. The Bike was fitted with Pirelli tyres and whilst they have plenty of tread on, the side walls are cracking so I am thinking of replacing them, I am planning on doing some road work so I would like something that is road legal but yet still resanable on a trial does anyone have any suggestion's. I have seen poeple saying that the IRC tyres are good but I think these are not road legal and the Police are very Hot on Endro's/Trials bikes as they are trying to detere everyone from using the Byways The only part of the bike that I have not done yet is the wheels but these will have to wait as the budget is starting to run very low I really did under estimate how much this has cost to rebuild but the bike is being rebuilt to ride so I would rather get a new set of tyres than the bike look all sparkly Again thanks in advance for your replys Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_nc Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Mark, The multi-purpose tires are fine if you want to ride the roads some but you are going to be at a real disadvantage in a Trial. Don't know your local laws but a IRC- TR11, the Dunlap 803 or the Mich.... all will wear very quickly and be useless as Trials tires after just a few road trips, even if they are legal. Mainly because of the tires, Trials bikes don't lend themselves to multi-purpose use. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feetupfun Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 MITAS make a road-legal rear competition trials tyre that is much better for off-road use than the normal road-legal rear tyres, but it is made for tubeless rims. I have had one on my 348 rim but it took lots of perseverance to get ot to stay on at low pressure and I do not know if it will fit properly on a standard Yamaha rim. These MITAS tyres do wear lots better than IRC/Michelin/Dunlop comp tyres, but are lower profile so will always be a bit performance limited on edges (sharp rocks, slippery roots etc) compared with the favorites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richty250e Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 (edited) Hi Mark, I've just bought a pair of Michelin trial comps (both tube type) from Woosters Motorcycle Spares in Leeds for Edited June 17, 2009 by richTY250E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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