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Originally Posted by *Touring Ted*
When I destroyed my 18" tyre in Ethiopia I couldn't find anything but 17" tyres. Even in Kenya I had to find the only KTM dealer and buy a horrendously expensive Sahara 3. Ride with what you have...
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This same scenario has also played out to riders in S. America running 18" rear tires. Most on KTM's. They had to go to a KTM dealer and pay about $200 USD for a rear tire. Where 17" ones were for sale from $60 USD up to $100 USD.
Hardly ANY of the hard wearing dual sport tires (like the German ones) are any good at all in nasty mud. But if you run a FULL motocross knobby you're going to hate life once back riding on wet pavement!
So, it's always a trade off. Sometimes that sticky mud cannot be avoided. I struggled to get across parts of Colorado on my Vstrom when mud jammed up under front fender (had to remove it) and then trapped rear wheel between hugger and swingarm. WHAT A MESS! We barely made it out of there before dark and the start of even HARDER freezing rain. Vstrom suck in MUD with street tires!
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