Many factors can effect the drive of your dirt bike - suspension set-up, drive ratios, weight distribution etc.

But the critical connection between your bike and the track is the tires.

One main problem the weekend dirt bike rider has is that new tires every month can blow the budget.

Not to mention the different brands to choose from:

• Bridgestone
• Dunlop
• Cheng Shin
• Maxxis
• Michelin

So the search for cheap dirt bike tires begins.

You have a number of options:

Dealer sales - Keeping on the mailing list for your local when they have a clearance sale.

If you want to learn how to change your own dirt bike tires take a look at the video below:

Ebay - One of the best places (or convenient) for cheap anything including cheap dirt bike tires is ebay.

Race Teams - Know anyone on a race team? If so find out what they do with the old (old as in used once or twice) tires.

Re-treads - I've used them myself and they did a good job. Many times they mimic the patterns of major brands and the compound is good so they work well.

Cheap dirt bike tires can help keep the dirt bike budget down.