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BigIron
12-03-2009, 10:15 PM
Are there any dualsport tires available for the GZ?
I found a 100/90-16 that I believe could work on the front but havent found anything for the rear.
I have moved up to a bigger bike for the street but I would like to make the GZ more dirt road worthy.

JWR
12-05-2009, 12:30 AM
I guess all the response in this thread tells you the answer.

I have not found any in the 15 inch size.

Water Warrior 2
12-05-2009, 06:04 AM
Yup, the response is deafening. I think most of us read the question and are also waiting for an answer too. The subject has never come up to the best of my memory. Rather than looking for tires look for smaller enduros/street legal enduros and check the tire size. That may yield some success. If all else fails just pick up a 12 volt air pump and run lower pressures when not on the streets. Start with 20 PSI and see how it goes. Air up the tires when you get back to pavement.

patrick_777
12-05-2009, 05:45 PM
For offroad, you're definitely going to need to replace the shocks...mainly for stability, if not to stop bottoming out on the smallest bump. Why not just trade it up for an Enduro or some other DS. The smaller cc ones are cheap and a lot of DS riders might take you up on a direct trade for a street-only cruiser. Maybe put the money you'll spend on tires/shocks etc. toward a bike semi-designed for it.

BigIron
12-05-2009, 09:29 PM
I found some chinese made tires but I dont know where to buy them.

http://www.tjwanda.com/eng/readnews.asp ... newsid=633 (http://www.tjwanda.com/eng/readnews.asp?classid=6&newsid=633)

JWR
12-05-2009, 10:30 PM
The first clue is TYRE.

This usually means not sold in the USA.