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

[_Shrek_]

revived this news from Rob today from lms imports Palmerston north.

Hi Joe
Yes you will be pleased to know that Mitas have planned a production run of
150/70-18 E-07, E-08 and E-10 for 2011 in the mean time we have the E-09


Cheers Rob

they will also be tubbless type, running the Eo-10 on the rear with the front arriving tomorrow

[.chris]

cheers dino mate..they need to be ktm rated for abuse...
and there not for the 950....thats already got truck tires on it

JMJ

I have been snatching up a few trademe tires, got a
Pirelli MT81, Metzler 6 days enduro and a michelin all in 140/80 18.
and a couple of fronts a halfworn karoo, a new metz 6 days enduro, and some non dot vee rubber.
So keep an eye on trademe, they pop-up sometimes. And I won't be snatching any for a while.

[junkmanjoe]

so thats where all the big tires are.....chris motx shop......... you do laybys mate....

JMJ

[Padmei]

About to lay down some money on a set of T63's. I was gonna get another set of my favoutrite D606 front & E07 rear. Will I get as much mileage outa the Michies? I must have gotten close to 10K outa the E07 rear.

[Woodman]

About to lay down some money on a set of T63's. I was gonna get another set of my favoutrite D606 front & E07 rear. Will I get as much mileage outa the Michies? I must have gotten close to 10K outa the E07 rear.

I reckon you will get about 6k out of a rear, and I would stick to a d606 front cos a t63 front is not as aggresive as the rear t63. Almost a different sort of tyre.
I have t63 rear and d606 front and its a bloody good combo.

[junkmanjoe]

About to lay down some money on a set of T63's. I was gonna get another set of my favoutrite D606 front & E07 rear. Will I get as much mileage outa the Michies? I must have gotten close to 10K outa the E07 rear.

you will find the T63 front will hum a lot on the sealed roads..quite noisy..
but a great tire other wise.

JMJ

[_Shrek_]

now have Eo10's front & rear went for a blast up the road better than expected & handle the seal pretty good too

as far as the shinko's are concerned for me they are "utter shit" front delaminated on the way home from magpie, was running 36 or 38 psi depending on load, hadn't even worn the tits off

[NordieBoy]

as far as the shinko's are concerned for me they are "utter shit" front delaminated on the way home from magpie, was running 36 or 38 psi depending on load, hadn't even worn the tits off

Cool. You should be able to get a free set of 705 radials from Whites.

9,000km from the 120/70-17 rear to bald.
10,000km on the front and it looks half? worn.
Anything from 18-28psi.

[Taz]

9,000km from the 120/70-17 rear to bald.
.

That's a really low profile for a DR. Sure you got the size right?

[NordieBoy]

That's a really low profile for a DR. Sure you got the size right?

Nope .

[10bikekid]

Pirelli Scorpions (if I want to go off road I ride a dirt bike with Michelin S12s and 100 less kilos of weight)

[NordieBoy]

if I want to go off road I ride a dirt bike with Michelin S12s and 100 less kilos of weight

Cool. You've got a DR650 too

[10bikekid]

Cool. You've got a DR650 too

YZ290F Its a Big bore thumper

[NordieBoy]

YZ290F Its a Big bore thumper

Well, a thumper anyway.

Little cute thumps but they still count.

[Mountie]

Cool. You should be able to get a free set of 705 radials from Whites.

9,000km from the 120/70-17 rear to bald.
10,000km on the front and it looks half? worn.
Anything from 18-28psi.

8000ks out of my Shinko 705,s so far, another 1000 - 1500ks on the rear and plenty on the front. They have served me well and do the job offroad and they havent let go when scratching around on the seal. Wouldnt discount putting another set on for the price and size avalibilty. range 32 - 36 psi front. 30 - 40 psi rear.