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

[warewolf]

The E07 just gets more grip as it gets balder.
Finally it grips soooo much you've got to replace it just to get the bike out of the shed.

You must spread some more rep around... blah blah blah.

[JATZ]

The E07 just gets more grip as it gets balder.
Finally it grips soooo much you've got to replace it just to get the bike out of the shed.

Now and again there is a really good post on here....... and that one Nordie is gold

Gotta agree about the 705 too Anywhere wet, forget about staying in control but otherwise it's a tyre that grips really well considering....

BTW Nordie, you can have the front 705 I took off, I reakon you'll get atleast 30,000k's out of it

[Padmei]

Look if anyone actually believed the numbers Nordie reports from his tyre useage they would have worked out he has ridden the equivalent of the return trip to Neptune

Those 705s are very good on gravel. However I've yet to uncover the carcass of an E07 no matter how hard I try.

[NordieBoy]

Was getting pretty damn thin here...
15,000km

[_Shrek_]

Was getting pretty damn thin here...
15,000km

there's another 5k in that tyre Nordie

[Taz]

there's another 5k in that tyre Nordie

Easily .

[Padmei]

That's got wayyy too much tread for me.
Noticed my rear T63 has a split knob & looking well run in. I put it on before the beach races & prob only rode it a thousand Ks. Excellent grip in the rocks but they take their toll.

[NordieBoy]

there's another 5k in that tyre Nordie

I thought so too but that cuts were from little 'bro smoking it up over rocks trying to get up a hill in Pig Valley that I had no problem on the KDX200 with knobs on. Took him a while to realise that if he dropped off the revs and trickled up at 2000rpm there'd be no problem Was so funny to watch.

Went to Cycletreads and Clive broke the bead by leaning on it and when I felt along the inside of the centre ridge, the carcass was sooo thin, you could see my finger prints from the outside...

That's one of the reasons they work well. A nice deformable carcass.

[NordieBoy]

That's got wayyy too much tread for me.

E07 and SGS (sudden grip syndrome)...

[Phreaky Phil]

E07 and SGS (sudden grip syndrome)...

Looks more like S.L.A.G (sudden lack available grip )

[NordieBoy]

Looks more like S.L.A.G (sudden lack available grip )

Then it gripped...

[Padmei]

Damn I'm cool
That E07s stillgot abit of bite left init

[warewolf]

Damn I'm cool

Nah, we're all just admiring that stunning bashplate!

Hey, where did that thread go?

[ADVGD]

...whereas a e09 will give up the goat when the knobs get low

Hey there Woodman, its been a long time between insults, drowned any bikes lately

I have a brand spanking new TrackMaster 760 purchased on NordieBoy's recommendation that I had planned to throw on and try out but your comment has intrigued me. I am now keeping on my EO9 that is sitting at about 1/4 tread as I have not run one at low levels. It'll be interested to see how it goes, I am doing the Saint Bathans loop and the Awakino (Kurow to Ida Valley) this weekend, so it'll be a good test for it, especially the Awakino zig zag, will fill you in on my return...

Happy Easter mate

[Woodman]

Hey there Woodman, its been a long time between insults, drowned any bikes lately

I have a brand spanking new TrackMaster 760 purchased on NordieBoy's recommendation that I had planned to throw on and try out but your comment has intrigued me. I am now keeping on my EO9 that is sitting at about 1/4 tread as I have not run one at low levels. It'll be interested to see how it goes, I am doing the Saint Bathans loop and the Awakino (Kurow to Ida Valley) this weekend, so it'll be a good test for it, especially the Awakino zig zag, will fill you in on my return...

Happy Easter mate

Be aware they go off without much warning in my experience.
Haven't drowned any bikes lately, thanks for that, in fact I haven't even ridden a bike, (except for a quick blast on a street triple) , since the dusty.
Have a good ride this weekend.