This handy guide tells you everything you need to know and also lists all the road-approved enduro tyres you can ride on your motorcycle – most of which can be purchased from our online motorcycle tyre shop or have them mounted on your motorcycle at our London motorcycle workshop. If you need a soft Terrain Enduro front tire, choose the Geomax Enduro soft, produced for years and which has a somewhat cult status. Yes, a motocross tire that is legal on the road! This is a road-approved motocross tire that is also manufactured in a useful 19-inch narrow rear. Michelin has just released a brand new range of enduro tyres and after seeing the great progress they have made with sports tyres with the Power RS, they are now raising the bar for enduro. The previous series has certainly stood the test of time, the Enduro Comp III has been around since the 90s and still wins races and championships year after year, it is a favorite among professionals and amateurs alike. They are replaced by the Medium Enduro rear and a choice of front Medium Enduro or a Hard Front Enduro for tougher and dustier conditions. There is no confusing choice of compounds or alternatives, these tires will do it all. Technically, the front tracks are good, turn quickly and confidently and cut well above the ruts, the fins are controllable and the grip of both ends is welcome on difficult climbs and smooth grass and roots. There is a choice of two front sizes, a narrow tire to cut the rough and allow very fast and accurate spinning in the traditional 90/90-21, alternatively the 90/100-21 absorbs rough things and ensures less tiring exits, with a huge flat footprint when the front brake is hard. Although these are pure, F.I.M. approved off-road tires, they are road legal and give riders a huge advantage when gnarled around.
Get dirty! Not all tyres are road homologated and it`s almost impossible to ride on trails in the UK without venturing out onto the road, so how do you know if your Enduro motorcycle`s tyres are road legal? The Bridgestone Battlecross E50 is an F.I.M. road-approved enduro tyre, perfect for Welsh rallies where asphalt is used between stages. The E50 Extreme is only produced in a rear trim and has an extra soft compound to handle more extreme terrain (but that`s not road legal). The K779 Gauntlet and Enduro are both Kenda`s rear tires. The Enduro version is more suited to really technical terrain, the Gauntlet is designed to work in a variety of conditions. Both are street legal and can be mixed with K776f and K777f. The Michelin Enduro Competition range includes some of the leading FIM off-road motorcycle tyres available today. The range consists of 4 types of tires, which are available in different sizes and harmonize with the specific starting number intended. FIM Enduro approved Dunlop`s EN91 meets all the boxes if Offroad Enduro is your thing. It`s a quality tyre. The K777f Knarly is the Knarly rear tyre K778. It is legal to take you to the trail and works great in mild to medium conditions.
Tyre samples have been developed and tested globally by almost every factory Enduro team from 125cc to 500cc, no matter what you do off-road, there`s a tire that`s right for you. If you want to take the risk and drive on your local paved road to enter your preferred greenway, proceed with caution. A bypass or right-of-way is a highway because roads do not legally require asphalt. So if you`re pulled by an off-road motorcycle on a green trail — when they`re on — you could find yourself in hot water. Therefore, it makes sense to install tires marked for on-road use. The body has new layers of polyester and is more flexible for better cushioning; This is especially noticeable at slower speeds. Part of the improvement in grip is due to the new tread design, but it is facilitated by the flexible housing, which provides an extended contact surface to the pipe holding pressure. Radiated tread blocks help avoid the piece, not that the old series would have suffered, but any feature that preserves tire life should be welcome. And welcome to Silica Mix tread compounds for the off-road world, a first for Michelin. The off-road benefits reflect the advantages of road tires made of silica compounds, wet grip immediately improves in all areas, as does tire life, a 15% improvement in life compared to the Comp III, a tire that has already been praised for its endurance. A directional design of the rear tread ensures the best performance, but the tires are also reversible. Once these sharp, cool edges of the tread are rounded and grip fades, turning the tire on the rim provides sharp new edges to cut into the ground.
From a technical point of view, a foam is therefore not legal on the road.