New X owner

Just traded in my 96 FZR 600 for a very clean 2009 wr250x. The dealer put on off road tires so I might as well use them up. I haven't been able to take this thing off road yet but I'm very curious to see how this thing handles going from off road to street tires. Anyway to the point of this topic. How well does this thing truly handle off road on gravel/dirt/mud with actual street tires?

Get an 80/20 tire and youll do fine ,- the mud, you need a knobbie for that. Something like the Shinko 705's.

You can go everywhere offroad (except sand and mud) regardless because of the seating position, low weight, and ground clearance. Better tires just let you turn and stop faster off road. Not worth the trade off IMO since the increased weight reduces on road fun. I go in the woods, dirt service roads, and on single track with pilot powers on.

oic0 wrote:

You can go everywhere offroad (except sand and mud) regardless because of the seating position, low weight, and ground clearance. Better tires just let you turn and stop faster off road. Not worth the trade off IMO since the increased weight reduces on road fun. I go in the woods, dirt service roads, and on single track with pilot powers on.

From looking at these http://motorcycle.motorcycle-superstore.com/motorcycle/80%2020%20Dual%20Sport I think thats what is currently on my bike. I'll look at my tires when I get some time for the details. Hopefully when I switch over to street tires I'll be able to fully put my feet down when stopped.

oic0 wrote:

You can go everywhere offroad (except sand and mud) regardless because of the seating position, low weight, and ground clearance. Better tires just let you turn and stop faster off road. Not worth the trade off IMO since the increased weight reduces on road fun. I go in the woods, dirt service roads, and on single track with pilot powers on.

I just looked at my tires and the shinko 705's are what I have!

I had those before my current tires. They're ok but they reduced my mileage and made the bike less responsive at lower speeds on the road. Completely different feel with Pilot roads and pilot powers due to the profile, weight, and size. I wouldn't buy them again unless I were very broke (they are super cheap).

I THOUGHT MY MILEAGE SEEMED LOW! Anyway wanna trade?

Most of that is most likely your wrist, not the tires :P They're not THAT much heavier ;) I got over 70mpg when breaking mine in, never come close since.

I have what's called a need for speed. You supermotards might not be familiar with that disease

Also when you had those shinkos on, did you get head wobble at 80mph+ and in a semi's dirty air?

Yeah at high speed a little breeze would give it head shake. Nothing serious but it would keep doing it until I physically stopped it. Also you might wanna glance at GPS on your phone etc... as with most bikes the stock speedo is off bad. About 7.7% stock. With the taller tires you have more like 4% or so. On that note the stock odometer is spot on but is going to be slow with those tires. You'll have to do some math compensation to properly calculate your gas mileage. I think it was miles x 1.035 but I could have the percent wrong.

Most bikes and cars you get your best mileage on the highway because of the lack of stops. Our bikes actually do better at the lower speeds in spite of the stops.

lmao this bike is seriously ass backwards. Knowing this new information I probably won't calculate my mpg until I get street tires. But even than, 1.035 won't make a huge difference. Decisions, decisions, decisions.