DUNLOP MX14 | Can it Harescramble??

Using the Dunlop mx14 motocross tire in a cross-country off road harescramble race

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[EarthSurferUSA]

I found out how good this tire is after I got more low end power from my YZ250 2-stroke. With high rpm power, the bike is moving pretty good when you get into the power, and any decent tire is good. But with more low end power, (V-force reeds, FMF Gnarly pipe, Lower the cylinder by not using a cylinder base gasket (use a great sealer like "3M Nitrile 847 rubber and gasket adhesive, brown") and 100 octane gas.), the bike rips from lower rpms' and you can really feel this tire hook up for great acceleration on anything "golf course" hard or softer. I don't gas it hard on clay or hard ground, (mostly soft stuff in Michigan anyway), but in the sand, it is pulling the front wheel off the ground as I hit the gears. I have never had a tire do that before, sans a paddle tire. No doubt, I would use it in a Michigan hare scramble. I have never had a tire hook up so well on grass or anything softer. Makes the bike a blast to ride too. Easy to get the front end over stuff. Doug in Michigan.

[JoshRochep]

Thanks for the review. I have had the MX-14 on the shelf for about a month and was nervous to race it at VCHSS. After your review and getting worked over at Graves Mtn, I am going to be running it at Peninsula.

[KetemaHarris]

Were there any rocks or hardpack? If so how did it do? I live in Florida and this tire is awesome for the sugar sand down here, but I’m taking a trip to Idaho and wondering if I should switch it out?

[garycomer]

have you ever ran a pirelli mt 16 rear?i was told thats the tire to run here on the east coast.

[WADZUP]

Great review. I just got back from a dirt bike trip with my friends and we were in Western Canada in a place called Bralorne BC and Mud Lake which had lots of hill climbs and the terrain on many of the hills could be describe as Kitty Litter. LOL. Thick, dense, deep sand and fine rocks which is how I found your channel. We do mostly single track but a lot of the soil in BC is sandy, loose and deep with lots of steeps that require mad traction. Going to give these a go. Thanks amigo. WADZ from BC Canada

[EarthSurferUSA]

Dunlop did not market this tire well. Even though Eli Tomac used it for the entire national MX series, (and won), they marketed it as a sand/mud tire only.
I find it superior to any tire that can dig into the ground. Grass ground? Keep your finger on the clutch when getting on the gas. :)

[EarthSurferUSA]

Heck, we paid $80.00 for a good Dunlop back in the 80's, about 40 years ago. With the inflation of "EVERYTHING" since then, $120.00 for the tire is a drop in the bucket of our costs to live. But, ---they are not made in the States anymore, and communism with out our regulations, can make them less expensively.