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

[pampa]

I've bought a replacement rear T63, and changed the current Baja with (over 11000K of use). The T63 rear looks way less aggressive than baja

I've installed a baja I had with 6000K so may still keep the T63 in case I get to go offroad .

In the front still had the T63 I bought at the time the of the second Baja and was considering replacing it with a baja in the future. Problem is I'm currently doing a lot of commuting which kills them

Pampa

Yes, someone made that comment to me a while ago, saying that ppl forget that the front wears out. Despite having heaps of tread depth remaining, once the sharp edges are gone it is worth replacing. (This was in race context, but ppl know to replace rears once the edge is gone, because they can feel the response to the throttle, but don't make the same connection with the steering end.)

According to reports elsewhere, the T63 front has shallow knobs which aren't so good in loose terrain. Fans of the T63 rear tend to run a more aggressive front, eg Desert or Baja or something completely unrelated.

[_Shrek_]

here's a question for the faster lads out there, what front tire would you run if cost/wear rates and availability were no issue? 90% hard/fast gravel,10% dirt.

Just thinking out loud here as the TKC/E09's just arn't "cutting the mustard" on the 640 anymore, and the michie S12's a bit sketchy on the hard pack (not to mention on wet seal, but thats a whole different problem).

Common guys lets here it

Continental nobbly or mitis Eo7

[junkmanjoe]

my mitas E-09 front is wearing out quite fast.
chewing out the rear of the nobs in the center, of the tire.
is it cauz i lean it over to far and ride realy fast. or other.

[NordieBoy]

my mitas E-09 front is wearing out quite fast.
chewing out the rear of the nobs in the center, of the tire.
is it cauz i lean it over to far and ride realy fast. or other.

You keep using the front brakes
How many times do I have to tell you. Brakes are for pussies!

[junkmanjoe]

very rearly do i pull the front stoppy thingy on.

[Woodman]

my mitas E-09 front is wearing out quite fast.
chewing out the rear of the nobs in the center, of the tire.
is it cauz i lean it over to far and ride realy fast. or other.

I got an e09 on the front as well and it is wearing normally so far. It is at about 5000 ks, and has outlasted the rear so far by 1500 ks. had a d606 front once which wore funny.

[junkmanjoe]

wonder if the extra weight up front is part of the cause..

[NordieBoy]

wonder if the extra weight up front is part of the cause..

What pressure do you run on the front on the seal?

[warewolf]

T63 rear update...

[edit: replaced at 4,000km; starting to mark the carcass between the tread blocks.]

3,800km and it is due for replacement, ~2-3mm tread left in the centre if I'm being optimistic. The distance vs price alone puts it into the 'more economical' category than the MT21; the fact that it hasn't started chunking until the last 3-500km is another plus. Both those characteristics are consistent with others' experiences. (And they are still cheaper than E-09s.) Performance seems slightly better, as in the dirt the MT21 was pretty slippy at 2000km whereas the T63 seemed to hold on to 3000km.

On top of that, the tyre has had a very hard life, only seeing tar on the way to rocky gravel. So I'd expect it to perform even better vs MT21 in 'normal' usage with more tarseal.

Me likee; but next purchase will most likely be an E-07, eventually, as I've scored some used DOT knobblies to enjoy first.

[junkmanjoe]

What pressure do you run on the front on the seal?

pumped up.....???
i dont bother with dumpin air. i just ride it,
if it cant get where i want it to go,,
i wont bother trying to get up there..

[cooneyr]

I found with the D606 on the rear of the DR the tyre life would go from 2k km to about 5k km just by increasing the pressure from 22 to 30 psi. Rather than thinking about dropping pressures for grip, think about increasing pressures for tyre life when doing lots of seal/good gravel.

Cheers R

[NordieBoy]

Yep. "Normal" pressures are 18-20 psi front and rear.
Pumped up to 28f 30r for seal.

[Woodman]

I usually run about 25 each end which seems ok. Sometimes let a bit outta the front if it sledges a few times but very rarely touch the pressures mid ride.

[Underground]

I let mine down for snow (doesnt help that much)
Need an extra valve on the casing to pump up the tread.

[junkmanjoe]

Yep. "Normal" pressures are 18-20 psi front and rear.
Pumped up to 28f 30r for seal.

ill check it in the morn.