Can dirt bike ride on pavement

[carlosrowlett]

Hey to all,

A buddy of mine thinks that if you ride a dirt bike on pavement its more likely to blow up rather than ridding in dirt.

Is there any truth to this.
His reason was because the tire doesn't give on the pavement like it does in the dirt.

Any opinions on this?

[seddon]

buddy was talking about 2 srokes 4 sorkes are just find

[AutoXer]

he may be thinking about the cush drive that is in the rear tire. dirt bikes don't have the "cush drive" like a street dike

[cr480r]

IMO the only reason a bike may be more likely to blow up on asphalt is because on the paved roads it would be easier to keep the engine at high rpm for extended periods... Although it makes no difference your buddy obviously doesnt realize how easy a knobby actually spins on asphalt...

[cody2]

Thats 100% true. As soon as a DIRTbike sees pavement, it instantly begins shaking and sweating in fear. It attempts to escape but if you peer pressure it enough eventually it will give in, only to blow a motor.

[Tri-Z 250]

Yes they can, especially if the trailhead is just down the road.

[Meat-BoX]

Well if a dirt bike sees pavement, it wants to rip some shiot and go real fast. But if you throw on some DOT knobbies the tires tell the bike to chill and then thay let you ride forever.
Ive been drinking. But from my experience. and depending on the bike. DOT knobbies will let you be legal and ride all day. Cant say if you will sty upright, Knobbies arent made for long term road use. But you will be legal and then can bust a move. Hopefully not on yo ass. I have washed out on pavement on my dirtbike before and still have the gravel to show. But maybe DOT tires are softer and they are made for the pavement. There are many diferent patterns depending on what your use is. In the late 70's and 80's an enduro tire was pretty good for both. Not to agresive a Knobbie , but in the mud you are always wishing for big Knobbie Lugs. Big lugs on pavement while rippin = a probabal hard crash in the corners. I wiped a YZ 490 going straight on pavement. The rear just busted sideways and it was a hard slam. Everyone I know has two set of rims and tires for that scene. One for dirt and one set for Road and dirt. i guess it depends on how much road riding you are gonna do. If its a street legal bike I would go with 2 sets like I said. If only for dirt, I would go easy on the pavement unless you want a real closeup of the pavement style when your front end washes out and you going in face first or the ass end kicks out and you in a world of hurt. Thats the look I got and 20 years later I still see that crash as if it was last week. I think I still feel it. Damn gravel in my palm. Back then all there was, was crazy 2 stokes and mild but fun 4 strokes. I was on a 2 stroker and the front end just slid out on one and the rear slid out on the 490. Tires and compound are they key. Remember I can ride anything on the road, but can I ride it and make it back home without a trashed bike and a Big Ass Hospital Bill. I ended laid up for a little over a week and I was going maybe 20 mph. Its all about the tires and riding skill. Comen sense helps alot but it seems you dont get comen sense until your in you 30's Between there alot of slams and hardcore crashes, unless you ride like a sight see'er. Im a sight see'er at camp about 35% of the time. Other that that I fly by at arount 50-70 mph on the quad. 40-50 MPH on the 86 200X, I plan on the Tecate up there this summer. For that, and the way it is I dont know. Its too triks to go slow, but I know that Beast will kill me if I get stupid. Im 39 May 26, Ive learned a little bit not to get stupid but damnit sometimes you just cant help it.

[Macs]

I was at the yami dealership the other day and the salesman told me the same thing. I was looking at the wr450 and was going to make it street legal and he said that the tranny will blow pretty quick if you ride it on the street alot. He said the tranny cant take it with any rear tire slippage. It scared me away thats for sure. Thinking of going dual sport now.

[3WW Star-Yamahondaman]

Iv'e had Knobbies on my DR650 and they do slip on pavement.. they rob power too .. it was 15 mph slower ...

[300rman]

I was at the yami dealership the other day and the salesman told me the same thing. I was looking at the wr450 and was going to make it street legal and he said that the tranny will blow pretty quick if you ride it on the street alot. He said the tranny cant take it with any rear tire slippage. It scared me away thats for sure. Thinking of going dual sport now.

thats a big bunch of horse sh!t. what does rear tire slipping have to do with the trans?

i have heard of people street-moto ing cr250's and 500's all day long.

cruising down the road cant be as hard on a trans as slamming the gears all day long on a MX track, and how often do you hear of someones trans letting go in a race?

[hondawasaki]

dont forget supermoto, no cush drive just 17" of roadrace rubber.

[84 ATC 200M]

Ya I think that a lie also becuase a few years back me and my dad were at yamaha and looking at this one model of bike and a seller walked up to us and said he likes this model becuase he uses them for street moto. I am talking about a dirt bike.

[The Goat]

I have heard that the oil splash doesn't occur when on the smoother pavement

something about the lack of gyrations allow certain areas to not get enough oil tot hem.