Manufacturers don’t recommended because they don’t will tell you to use other brands or “don’t use our tires, use others ones”
The tyres never will have the same grip characteristics. A front and a rear are different even on the same trade or model, the sizes are different, the weight on front and rear axel are different so you have different grip on both.
I’m not telling you to mix tires if you have an option but on the needed come the discovery. I have used a Pirelli Scorpion AT on the front and Avon Gripster on the rear and worked very well on tarmac even wet and fast also on some dirt. Now I’m using Metzeler Karoo on the front and Conti TKC-80 rear very goods on the dirt and ok on asphalt.
Don’t be obsessive, if you need to buy both buy the same model if you need only the rear take some similar to the front.
My two cents
Javier…
www.dakarmotos.com
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