I inquired recently about Heidenau (German) motorcycle tyres in NZ. They were available in Aus, and seem like another good option for us. Three replys from different importers. Huh, Ummm, and Duh.
Goodyear NZ had some info on them, but do not plan to get involved.
Tis a frustrating game of hunt and fail sometimes in NZ.
I have done 75,000km on my Funduro and 22,000km om my 650GS and have tried all sorts of tyres, but I am sold on Mitas. I get about 30% more life out of a rear than Trailwings and the TKs and I can't believe the grip on the open road. I was fourth out of 11 on the Sports Bike Forum Akaroa GP last year, and was the only single cylinder bike with the rest being fours. Not bad with knobblies eh? They are Czech made, and a popular choice with Round The World riders.
Dirt Action Service 03-389 0080 32 Saxon St Linwood Christchurch are the local agents. Also, they are not expensive, usually about Trailwing price.
Regards
Nigel in Rangiora
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Mission Statement: The shortest distance between two points is at the red line.
Yes, the 950 is a bit of a problem for tyres. Have you tried the Dunlop D908 Rally Raid?
Cheers,
Colin
Originally Posted by Steve McQueen
Which model? E07?
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Yebbut 'Best at mixing road and off road' is the question.
I clear out on these things on the tar, confident enough to go flat out to get far enough ahead to take the ride-by photos.
They cope with dirt roads quite nicely. They aren't on the pace of the guys with TKCs at all and I drop off the back.
But for the ratio of road to off road that I do on a dual sport bike - an excellent compromise.
Yep... here's a link to see the tread type:
http://www.mands.cz/en/products/sort...yres/e-07.html
Regards
Nigel in Rangiora
--"Team Dear Liza Racing (There's a hole.....)"--
Mission Statement: The shortest distance between two points is at the red line.
Here is the link from Mitas. Good product description and a 'pop up' for application.
http://www.mitas.cz/index.php?stranka=4&scid=52
E07 appaers to be the 50/50 and by the look of the tread pattern the E09 looks to be closer to the TKC80. Anyone had any experience with the E09; that is if it is available here in NZ?
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A few in CHCH have run E-09's. They seem to be like any other knobblie i.e. Dunlop D606 or Michi MT21. Possibly slightly better life but simply but not riding on the road so much (they are knobs after all) makes a significant difference i.e. hard to tell if actually get longer life). Price wise they are similar to the D606 or MT21 (all about $130ish). Dirt Action Service on Saxton Street sell them (when they can get them).
Another cheep 50/50ish tyre is the Shenko R244. Budget sell them for about $85 for a 17inch rear and they are good for about 6000kms. Hard to find pic of but there is one on this thread somewhere. Doh - Post 16
Cheers R
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"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools." - Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
I just rang and the E-07 and E-09 are in stock at Dirt Action (see my post above for details), except the E-07 19in front are about 3 weeks away. The main man there uses them on his LC-4 and really rates them. Also LC-8 riders are using them. Reports of 14,000km to a rear are common (I get about 11-12,000km from E-07s, up from the 7-8,000 I was getting out of Trailwings). I had a couple of Dutch brothers stay with me who were getting 22,000km++ but they were travelling at about 75km/hr on DR600s around the world.
Cheers
Nigel in Rangiora
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--"Team Dear Liza Racing (There's a hole.....)"--
Mission Statement: The shortest distance between two points is at the red line.
Feedback from Aussie 950 riders is that they are more expensive to buy but last even longer, so are good value. Apparently they have a pretty stiff carcass, to the point that trail-side repairs could be an issue. Borderline too stiff/heavy for 640s (some raved about them, some thought them a bit much) but great for the 950s.
mickeyboy was trialling one on his 950 on the Brass Monkey Adventure.
Cheers,
Colin
Originally Posted by Steve McQueen
Interesting, their E-09 130/80-18 is a 'big' one, about halfway between most 130/80s and the 140/80 the LC4 Adventure uses... so might be worth a try.
Comments like that I take with a grain of salt The Kenda K270 was reported to go 16,000km on XR600s locally; I got just 4,500km out it, which matched expectations from 'documented' usage. There is not a shitshow in hell that I'll ever get 16,000km out of that tyre, and I have serious doubts that someone can get nigh on four times the life out of it that I can, in roughly similar usage.
Cheers,
Colin
Originally Posted by Steve McQueen
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