Mud in Your Eye

Maybe I’m a simple creature, but it doesn’t take carbon fiber or titanium to ignite my prurient interests. Sex appeal and motorcycles go hand-in-hand. Plenty of bikes have it, and plenty don’t, but determining which is which boils down to that old saying about “whatever floats your boat.” Ducatisti have it easy with bikes like the 1198, Hypermotard and Desmosedici. Suzuki V-strom and Kawasaki’s KLR650 owners… not so much. In general street bikes seem to have an easier time turning the temps up in the looks department, but dirt bikes will always have a slight advantage in one area.

In the roosting realm, there’s nothing that gets the juices flowing like a fresh set of knobbies – especially on black rims. It gets me every time, even though I’ve put on tons of tires, it’s still freakin’ awesome to see your bike with a new set of shoes. If you ride dirt and slapping on fresh meats doesn’t get you a bit ramped up then you’re in the wrong sport.

I just finished installing a set of Dunlop’s Geomax MX51 and MX31 tires on the 2010 Husqvarna TE310 and it completely changed the bike’s attitude from a street-legal dual sport to full-blown enduro. I’ll tell you what, Saturday can’t get here fast enough!