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Originally Posted by Thumper
My Storm and my son's TBR7 both came with a Yuanxing 90/90-19 dual sport front tire (below). I removed mine!
Check out post #6, above. Read the quote from 2t2t250.
"Washes out easily" is relative. I can keep this tire on the ground in almost any conditions, but only if I am not having fun, riding conservatively and working to keep it upright (on the trails I ride)! For me, dirt bikes are at there best when the rear tire breaks loose in a turn, or scaling a narrow muddy ridge on a trail with puddles on each side... adrenaline! So I like knobbies that stick under more extreme conditions, and don't "wash out". I am never going fast enough to break a bone, but a knobby sticks where these tires wash right out (slips out sideways) and the front of the bike goes down, taking the rest of the bike with it!
To me, these are practically road tires 
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Wow! I really just learned a lot. Thank you so much. Those are pretty much identical to my stock tires as well. And I just got another set. Damn. I have to ride very cautiously. I ride in Sand that is like a foot deep in Florida. With those tires. I ride in deep mud that comes halfway up the wheel. With those tires. It seems that I am doing it all wrong. Ha ha
But there is also plenty of road riding, and I would rather wash out off road than on road. Don’t knobbies kind of wash out on the road? Or is it just that they wear down faster?