Tyre recommendation for Honda CRM250AR

[Harry Nicholson]

Hi , I would appreciate your recommendations for the above bike . I am currently using Dunlpo D908`s which give good performance on the mud & rocks but wear extremely quickly even with my staid performance .
Regards

Harry

 

[Eunuch]

What are you using it for Harry?

I had MT21's on my MkII and on the AR but I spent 70% of the time off the road. They seemed fine for road use as long as you didn't push itt too much. Great bike.

Have a look at www.crm250.com. Theres a link there for a CRM forum you want to have a poke around. I sold my AR to Paul who runs the site.

 

[Paul Young]

Hi Harry,

When I first got my CRM, it has Trailwings fitted & they were fine on-road but cr*p in the mud. When I started using it for greenlaning, I fitted some Bridgestone Gritty's (90/90-21 ED661 front/140/80-18 ED668 rear) that I picked up for £23 off ebay. They were a revelation & gave a load of confidence in all but the worst of conditions. The rear wore, way too quickly though... so I picked up another rear from ebay. This time it was a Michelin Enduro Comp 3 & this one has given exactly the same fantastic ride off-road, but has been much harder wearing. It's worked well in gravel, rock, grass, snow & mud &, together with the Gritty front tyre, is still working well after 6 hard days riding with around 250-300 miles/day, split about 175 miles on-road & 75 miles off-road. Road sections including motorways done at speeds up to 80mph have only just started to round off the main blocks. I'd definitely be happy with this combination again.

HTH,

 

[Paul Young]

...I sold my AR to Paul who runs the site.

Excellent choice, Paul. Clearly a man of high intelligence & utmost good taste to combine ownership of the best 2 models of motorcycle available

 

[Harry Nicholson]

Thanks guys , I use the bike say 25% road , balance trails . Eunuch the link you gave works but the site doesn`t open upfor me ! . Paul , I like your combination particularly the wear rate , the Dunlop D908 on the rear has expired after 2000km . Have been looking at the Trelleborg site this evening , they look interesting .
Harry

 

[Pipster]

I alway used michelin AC10s on my WR 250 a good do anything tyre from H&Hounds to trail riding, speed rated to 80 mph road legal

http://www.intobikes.co.uk/products?detail=product&id=000593

 

[Eunuch]

Harry, just tried again and the site works OK for me. I'm using IE 7.0.something and it also works fine in Firefox (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/). If you still can't get it to work try going straight to the public forum http://www.crm250.com/forum/ . If all else fails I'll add posts for you by proxy!

Sorry about the hijack, but I just had to post this up of my AR. I ran the MkII ragged for 2 years goign to the Picos a few times, all over Wales and Devon not to mention all the winter TRF fun here. When I got the AR it was pristine and I didn't have the heart to beat it as hard. Now I wished I'd kept it.