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anyone using the goldentyre fatty up front? It's a pretty tall tire, wondering if anyone drops the triples a bit. My bike isn't real confidence inspiring with this tire on it, and am curious if it's the geometry now.

Hey guys, just like the title say I’m curious if anyone has tried the 216 fatty cheater and whether it chunks likes the regular 216 fatty? I’m looking to replace my front tire and was about to pull the trigger on the GT 216 after reading about the side knob chunking of the Shinko fatty but then saw a review by Tokyo offroad for the cheater version and he stated that it didn’t chunk like the regular fatty did. Slaven had a video on it as well and said the carcass was pretty stiff too so it shouldn’t wallow too badly for a soft compound. It’s also about $50 cheaper than the GT in my area too. Anyone try it yet? Specifically interested in whether it chunks but if you have any other feedback, I’m all ears! Cheers!

Hi everyone I have a 2015 CRF250L with 13/42 gearing, FMFQ4, EJK, and airbox mod, and stock suspension. I'm 5'10" about 165 lbs. and I mostly ride dirt. I bought the 250L new and have put about 9K miles of mostly dirt riding. I consider myself intermediate skilled rider. When I bought the bike new, first thing I did was throw the original tires away and spooned on (myself) some HD inner tubes and Pirelli MT21 front and back. I ran a few sets of MT21 for the first 3 years or so. Great tires. Night and day difference compared to stock tires. Then just recently I needed a rear tire asap while out camping and traveling and ended up getting a dunlop D606 on the rear only. Now I need a new front tire because my MT21 in the front is worn out. I have a D606 front tire that I picked up when it was on sale but I have not put it on yet. I usually ride with a friend that has a drz400 and he just put on some goldentyre 216aa Fatty in a 90/100/21 and goldentyre 333gt in the back. I rode his drz and it seems to grip very well in the sand and loose stuff and my friends riding has improved greatly as well. He used to run MT21 before the goldentyre. Nothing wrong with the MT21. I have been very happy with them but I feel my skills have improved greatly and the speed and difficulty of the trails I ride has increased as well. I'm thinking about not using the D606 for the front and saving that tire for emergency and I want to order myself a goldentyre 216aa Fatty for the front. I know it will wear out faster than the MT21 but I don't mind that. I want a soft grippy DOT approved front tire and it seems like the goldentyre is liked by many. Oh by the way, I have stock rims with no rim locks. I have been running my tires around 16-17 PSI in the dirt and I will probably keep it that way. In more than 5 years and 9K miles of riding all types of terrain, I have never gotten a flat. So now my question is what do you guys think? The goldentyre comes in 80/100, 90/90, and 90/100 for the front. The main question is which size do I go with? I'm leaning towards the 90/90. Also, is the 90/90 the same thread pattern as the 90/100? Thank you in advance for your thoughts and input. Art