r/Dualsport

For the people that ride both on and off road, what is the best tire you have found mind you a lot of the trails around me are sandy soft trails with a decent amount of hills. I have a Dunlop 605 I believe

Looking for a few people interested,

I’ll be on a CRF300L Rally and I’m looking for riders with dual sports/ADVs who are comfortable with a longer dirt-focused ride. Not trying to race, more of a solid adventure ride with planned fuel stops, breaks, and a route figured out beforehand. I am comfortable with camping overnight on trail.

Thinking:

• Barstow area start
• Mostly dirt/off-road toward Vegas
• Possibly 1–2 days depending on the route/group
• Everyone carries basic tools, tubes/repair kit, water, fuel range, etc.
• Beginner/intermediate friendly as long as you’re comfortable riding dirt for a full day

Still flexible on dates and route. Mainly trying to see who would actually be interested so we can get a group chat going and plan it out. When we get to Vegas planning on staying in hotel and eating out and drinks.

Comment or DM me if you’d be down.

I recently sold my EC300 and plan to get a DS instead as a lightweight alternative to my 1300gs to hitch carry and Learn off-roading on a heavier than dirt bike but still lighter than a full size adv. also ride a little bit two up with the wife on our road trips (mostly paved or hard packed)

My dilemma is given the XR650l is discontinued, only a few dealers still have new ones in stock. I always kicked myself for not buying a new 4Runner on the outgoing 2024 model year and instead buying a used 2021. Trying not to have that same regret.

However, is Honda in the works to launch a modernized version of it? Will buying it hastily now at MSRP be a waste? DR650 is still in production and I know has more aftermarket support, so I can likely get a better deal.

I’ve been looking on FB marketplace usually I’ll see reasonably clean DRs but no clean or newish XRs, either they are very old or they have been beaten up.

Please talk me out of making a bad decision - would love to know the downsides of the XR or upsides of holding off and scooping either a DR or XR off season for a better price.

I've been without a bike since I moved back here in 2020 but It was never supposed to be permanent. I'm starting to look at the options out there. I used to have a 98 DR650 & a 411 Himalayan but sold them when I moved. I think I've settled on picking up a DRZ400.

I'm around the Lansing/Ann Arbor area. So I don't necessarily think there are a lot of trails around here to ride to on an actual DS. Which makes me wonder if I'm just better off getting a dedicated dirt bike to trail around.

I'm curious to hear from people in a similar situation, what did you end up deciding to do?

So I installed the harbor freight motorcycle rack hitch and my tires don't fit.

Like the locking pin won't fit in the front because the front tire is too big to fit in the slot. It's thin enough, but bigger than the alotted space.

The rear tire is just wide enough to fit in the slot, but just barely, and the locking pin won't fit.

Does anyone else have the rack and have any suggestions?

I owned and rode a Royal Enfield Himalayan for 2 years and it's the only bike I've spent any real time riding. I sold it a few years ago and haven't been riding since. It's time for me to get a new bike and I really don't want another Himalayan, I thought it was heavy and way too slow.

Realistically I'm going to spend 80% of my time on paved rural roads. I want something that can cruise at 60 or even better 70mph without struggling much. I'd love to keep the price under 3k, the cheaper the better. I don't mind getting an older bike and I'm not afraid of doing repairs. Any suggestions? Does something like a Super Sherpa or a DR-Z fit the bill?

Hello, i have a CRF300L and i have to use it on road as well, as it is the only transportation i have
Right now i have Metzeler MC360 Mid Soft and Mitas MC23 Rockrider (that s how i bought it)
The front tire on road feels a bit unsafe and makes a lot of noise and i was wondering what should i get for the front tire?
Something like Mitas MC23 Rockrider that is 50/50?
Is it rly unsafe to use off road ties on road?
im new to this and i would be glad if anyone could give me some advise

A couple months ago I shared my bikepicker that helps you choose your next adv or dual sport bike. But other than looking at bikes, my next favorite thing is staring at maps and finding new places to ride.

I wanted to have a more contextual view of public land riding areas... so I made a map that has every All American Road, National Scenic highway, State scenic byways, scenic parks & forest designated roads, BLM back country routes, famous scenic drives (like tail of the dragon), National forests and WMAs (that you can drive on and are over 5mi in length)

And those have links to the official government website for official rules and regulations, links to buy permits if needed and more.

You can see the % of a route if its paved/unpaved.

All of this is free, no ads, no logins, no baloney. Download a gpx and add it to your favorite routing app to make your next day trip or weekend getaway.

Thanks for looking.