What do you guys think of these tires? Looks like they would last long and still do fairly well off road.

http://www.denniskirk.com/jsp/produc...mp;skuId=64856

 

My guess is that they would be better than the stock setup on the street, and worse off road - depending on where you find yourself riding, that might be good...or not..

Just saw the max 62mph speed rating...not so sure about that - I know I go faster than that on the highway - some do off road too!

 

I am getting the ircgp1 50/50 tire as my next tire

 

Ummm.....I think those would be ok if you only ride in town with a dirt road thrown in once and a while. In the dirt and mud I think you would be FAR from happy with those. Good luck.

 

The 62mph rating is for the "J" models the "S" models are rated at 112 mph

 

Well I think I'm going to give these tires a shot. I'll be putting them on when my current tires wear out, which will be in about 2 months or less.

I'm very curious to see how these tires preform on and off road and I will give an update on them as soon as I can.

 

Unusual pattern, they will suck in mud, prob be good onroad. IMO the original 603's would be better offroad

 

Thats the tire that alot of KLR650 guys run... because they cant quite do what our bikes can off road so they like this tire... decent tire... if you dont do the stuff i do.... lol

 

I politely disagree concerning the stock Dunlops on the KLX. I think they are terrible tires and offer no grip either on the street or dirt. I GAVE mine away, they were worthless to me, and the guy that runs them can't complain.

The IRC made a good D/S tire on my dual-sport conversion Ascot FT500. I rode all over the Rockies on that bike. I used the IRC on the back. I couldn't get (at the time) a matching front, it had a 19" front rim.




I crossed the Divide you see in the background on this bike, doing 100 miles that day, 40 of them up and over, on muddy hardpacked logging road. The crossing was at Cottonwood Pass, over 12,000ft.

 

I've never used the IRC tyres I was basing my comments on the looks. My 603's were fine, they were great onroad and fine offroad except when the ground became wet and slippery.