Can anyone help with some tyre advice please?

[mjaldridge74]

Hello, I have recently bought my lad a 2008 Yamaha DT50X for him to learn on, he is not 16 for a year, but he can ride it locally. It is equipped with supermoto style tyres, I want to swap these for more off-road types until he uses it on the road. The rear is 130/70-17 and the front is 100/80-17. I cannot find any off road style tyres in these sizes, but I am sure I can fit a different height tyre. The problem is that I know nothing about this, can anyone help with advising me? Thanks, Matthew

[Copycat73]

they are road size wheels.. and dont take off road rubber cos they don`t make them in those sizes ...you need off road size wheels to fit off road tires on .. probably more expense than its worth really..
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The rear is pretty easy, you'll find lots of dual sport tyres in those sizes, which will cope well enough with the sort of off-roading you'd hope to do on a 50cc.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130-80-17-Rear-C6006-Maxxis-Tyre-Dual-Sports-Road-Legal-Honda-Suzuki-Yamaha-/221669662620?hash=item339c8a9f9c:g:qtMAAOxygj5ShO4H

Front seems trickier, off roaders tend to have bigger front wheel diameters. On a 50cc I'd risk a rear tyre and take a gamble on something like this:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Maxxis-Motocross-MX-M7305-MaxxCross-Pro-Inter-Track-Rear-Tyre-100-100-17-58M-/401102982997?hash=item5d6399cf55:g:TXYAAOSwJQdXB-qq
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