Tyre choice for adventure riding? (Mixing road and off-road)

**Padmei** · 22nd July 2011, 19:22

Neduros doing Dakar next year.
Checkout the tyres he bought
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showp...&postcount=112

**NordieBoy** · 22nd July 2011, 20:04

Originally Posted by Padmei

Neduros doing Dakar next year.
Checkout the tyres he bought
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showp...&postcount=112

They could have a "Team FYFF" with all the AdvRiders going...

**bart** · 22nd July 2011, 20:43

Originally Posted by Padmei

Neduros doing Dakar next year.
Checkout the tyres he bought
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showp...&postcount=112

Why so many fronts?

**NordieBoy** · 22nd July 2011, 22:13

Originally Posted by bart

Why so many fronts?

They'll go through a set a day down to the canvas on the rear and the fronts won't last much longer...

**ADVGD** · 26th July 2011, 12:08

Gave the Kenda K760 Trackmaster a debut run over to the Coast and clocked up a little over 1,100km. Was expecting it to be a bit of a dog on the road considering the aggressive and sparse pattern but it performed surprisingly well fully laden. Fairly whiny on the tarmac but not concerned with that at all. A little twitchy on loose gravel at high speed but always retained a feel of control. Off road it handled well in a range of conditions from dry packed track, loose rocky climbs, bouldery river crossings, through to boggy mud tracks. The lower price does leave me wondering about the quality/durability of the casing and how it stands up to abuse, plus of course the ultimate question “how many K's can you get from them”… time will tell

**888** · 26th July 2011, 15:26

Pirelli MT21 Rallycross (front) and Shinko 700 (rear) on my DR650 is a great road and easy gravel combo so far. The MT21 really sticks to the road and tracks well in hard packed/light gravel, the 705 is great on the road and performs well in hard packed/light gravel. Can't see changing this combo unless availability becomes an issue.

**chasio** · 27th July 2011, 10:56

A new MT60 for $10? Sounds good to me.

My E07 front is getting low, hence looking at the MT60. Thing is the size is 90/90 19 (off an NXR125) and the Freewind stock tyre is 100/90 19. So I can see the sidewall would be a bit smaller (90mm - 81mm = 9mm, I think.) So the speedo will be a bit further out.

Also the NXR125 has a rim width of 1.85 and the Freewind is 2.5.

I have scoured the interweb and cannot find the approved rim sizes for MT60's.

How can I find out if it'll work OK on the rim? That's assuming the speed and load ratings are OK.

And could I be missing an issue and pushing the cheapskate approach too far?

Cheers - Chasio

**Devil** · 27th July 2011, 11:31

Mitas E-10's: Have run a set on the 12GSA now and was quite impressed. Performed better than the E-09 on the road and off. Wore well. Quite good on dry and damp tarmac.

However! These tyres and wet tar-bleed do not mix. I mean avoid tar-bleed like the godamn plague when it's wet. I filled my pants TWICE on the way back from coro. After coming down from Stony bay through to Kopu, down the coast in the damp with no problems, i proceeded over the bridge and onto the straights.
90km/h steady throttle, touched the cold, wet tar-bleed and instant wheelspin and into a tank slapper. Sorted my self out, thought maybe that was just something random. 1 km down the road, again 90km/h or so on a neutral throttle the biggest tank slapper i've ever had, I thought I was a gonner. Threw me right out of the seat, all crossed up, back and forth I was waiting to be biffed off, but by pure luck we gripped again. Had to pull over and collect myself.

They were good enough everywhere else that i'd still use them, but be warned, our tar in the wet and that tyre compound do not mix at all!

PS: No trouble on wet wooden bridges

**Oscar** · 27th July 2011, 11:34

Basically any knobblie or semi knobblie is going to try and kill you on those horrible shiny black patches.

Originally Posted by Devil

Mitas E-10's: Have run a set on the 12GSA now and was quite impressed. Performed better than the E-09 on the road and off. Wore well. Quite good on dry and damp tarmac.

However! These tyres and wet tar-bleed do not mix. I mean avoid tar-bleed like the godamn plague when it's wet. I filled my pants TWICE on the way back from coro. After coming down from Stony bay through to Kopu, down the coast in the damp with no problems, i proceeded over the bridge and onto the straights.
90km/h steady throttle, touched the cold, wet tar-bleed and instant wheelspin and into a tank slapper. Sorted my self out, thought maybe that was just something random. 1 km down the road, again 90km/h or so on a neutral throttle the biggest tank slapper i've ever had, I thought I was a gonner. Threw me right out of the seat, all crossed up, back and forth I was waiting to be biffed off, but by pure luck we gripped again. Had to pull over and collect myself.

They were good enough everywhere else that i'd still use them, but be warned, our tar in the wet and that tyre compound do not mix at all!

PS: No trouble on wet wooden bridges

**Devil** · 27th July 2011, 11:37

Originally Posted by Oscar

Basically any knobblie or semi knobblie is going to try and kill you on those horrible shiny black patches.

Yeah, but i've run the TKC80, E-09 and MT21 (errr not the GS heh) on that stuff before and had no-where near that much of an issue. It was like absolute ice.

**Oscar** · 27th July 2011, 11:43

Originally Posted by Devil

Yeah, but i've run the TKC80, E-09 and MT21 (errr not the GS heh) on that stuff before and had no-where near that much of an issue. It was like absolute ice.

I did a huuuge slide on a GS1200 press bike fitted with TKC's on shiny tar after rain.
I near shit myself.

**Pikey** · 27th July 2011, 20:27

E09's going on the DR tonight.

**Howie** · 27th July 2011, 20:52

Originally Posted by chasio

A new MT60 for $10? Sounds good to me.

My E07 front is getting low, hence looking at the MT60. Thing is the size is 90/90 19 (off an NXR125) and the Freewind stock tyre is 100/90 19. So I can see the sidewall would be a bit smaller (90mm - 81mm = 9mm, I think.) So the speedo will be a bit further out.

Also the NXR125 has a rim width of 1.85 and the Freewind is 2.5.

I have scoured the interweb and cannot find the approved rim sizes for MT60's.

How can I find out if it'll work OK on the rim? That's assuming the speed and load ratings are OK.

And could I be missing an issue and pushing the cheapskate approach too far?

Cheers - Chasio

Are you looking at front or rear rim width's there? My KLR runs a 1.60" rim on the front with a 90/90 profile, and a 2.50" on the rear with a 130/80