XT225 tires

There's a tire survey currently on XT225.com.  Here's my post.

•    Type of riding you do (on/off road mix)

60%/40% (on/off road)

• Tire size

Front: 90/90-21
Rear: 120/80-18

• Tire make/model

Metzeler Sahara 3

• Price w/date

Total would be $241.90 (plus tax, S&H) if ordered 12/3/08

• Where purchased (include link if available)

Southwest Moto Tires

• How many miles you've used the tires

~800 miles

• Indicate front and/or rear

Both

• Wet, dry, mud performance as applicable

Dry pavement: Excellent. 
Wet pavement: Very good.
Dry dirt: Excellent.
Mud: Very good. 
Rocks: Very good.

• Your comments, recommendations, observations and review.

These are my favorite tires for my kind of riding on the XT225. If I did 100% off roading, I would want something knobbier, like the Kenda Trakmaster, but the Saharas are perfect for dualsporting.  

• Any other information you deem helpful

Comments

[Stephanie]

Metzelers make me so warm and fuzzy inside. They are so long wearing I sometimes think that they're loyal as little dogs. Even the one that caught the three inch nail didn't cause an accident like it should have- it just bucked about a bit. <3 <3 <3

[Linda]

Awesome. :)

I really wish I had something like that up here right now. We're getting close to where there will be enough snow and ice to make street riding impossible/highly dangerous, and it would be something to be able to check out the many intriguing dirt roads and trails around here. Not in the budget right now, though--I'd have to sell Beastie, and Beastie needs some (a) tidying up and (b) nobody buys cruisers in the winter.

[KamperBob]

Hi, nice blog. Keep the bike porn coming. :)

FYI, I recently chucked the stock Cheng knobbies on my 06XT225. I went with Pirelli MT90 Scorpions. I mainly ride pavement. While researching what to buy I made an XT225 tires page.

Cheers
KB