This page will cover a few things, including tires, tubes, spokes, etc.
If running the stock tires, there are a few things you should do for ‘insurance’. First, check your tire pressure. Second, learn to tighten/adjust your spokes, especially if loose. Also, check the spoke and make sure they aren’t wearing a hole in your tube. Last, acquire the tools (especially if going away from civilization on a trial) that allow you to change a bad tube on the spot.
If you are looking at a tire switch, I’ll post some photos along with descriptions of the tire that individuals were able to make fit. Different tires will definitely depend on usage requirements as we some everything from completely on-road to completely off-road drivers and a lot of in between. If you are driving off-road, know that that stock tire is almost useless on mud!!
Tire Pressure Guidance:
This guidance is for a combination of on and off-road riding
- Front Tire: 32 PSI
- Rear Tire: 35-40 PSI (Depending on weight)
Tire Maintenance Tools:
Changing a Tire:
Using the above tools, be prepared to do this on the trail and not just in the comfort of your own home!
Tightening/Checking Spokes:
Tire Options:
Honestly, the stock 50/50 tire will do for a good mix of on and off-road. Don’t catch yourself in the mud with the stock tire. If you want some mud time, definitely upgrade to a knobby tire like the ones below. 130/90 is probably a bit extreme per the riders with them, so you’d more likely want to settle around the 130/70 or 130/80 to avoid bottoming out as much I’ll find a few on road hyper moto style tires to suggest in the future too with recommendation from the guys that went that route.
The big fat off-road tires:
Rear: Tusk D-Sport 130/90-17. “Definitely lots of traction off road although a little big and will bottom out quite a bit”
Front: Shinko 520 70/100/19. “After about 2-300 miles of off road riding the tire has broken in and become more stable on road. Off road it does great and doesn’t seem to wash out hardly at all, although if you ride a lot of loose gravel I would recommend a little wider size.” *Not DOT.
– Thanks Cory M! He’s one of the more avid off roaders in the community so join the Facebook group to see some of his videos
Motoz Tractionator Desert H/T 130/80×17 & Motoz Tractionator Desert H/T 100/90×19: – “425 miles on nothing but rough Rocky Mountain terrain & zero signs of wear definitely worth the money it simply won’t slip rocks dirt mud whatever to aim the bike it just tractors along like nothing”
*Couldn’t find direct link to Motoz Tractionator front tire, sorry!
Kenda trakmaster 2: “DOT approved, mainly off-road tire though.. I run 130/90 r17 rear and 100/19 r19 front, width seems maxed for both with the tire lugs..walks through mud, up rocks, and those knobs saved me a bunch of times on a loose stone atv trail I was recently on.” – Thanks Dale!
Kenda big blocks: “Kenda Big Blocks were the best I could find for the tbr7. Front is a 100-90-19 and rear is 130-80-17. ..dot approved, have excellent grip on and off road they are a 60/40 balanced tire more dirt than street but I have never had them slip under me, only complaint is the “knobby wobble” but that’s every knobby tire so no complaints, they dig deep in the mud and give great traction. Hard pack and soft dirt are fine also, haven’t tried in any sand yet though but I’m sure they would do great. Also I have about 500 miles roughly on them with street and dirt and no signs of tread wear as of yet” – Thanks Josh!
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