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

[Rosie]

I would think that mx knobblies would be overkill, especially with indicators and mirrors on-road, on a sherpa, and not necessarily cheaper.

Apparently the idea was to find some pre-loved mx tyres in a skip somewhere, rather than buying new ones.

The various tyres suggested look like the sort of thing I'm after. I will check on price/availability on Monday.

[Motu]

The K760 Trackmaster is pretty aggressive for road use,but not too dangerous if you take care.But I found the non DOT Cheng Shin C755 gave better on and off road performance.....but wore a bit faster.

[warewolf]

Apparently the idea was to find some pre-loved mx tyres in a skip somewhere, rather than buying new ones.

There is some merit in that... try to find a skip used by an enduro/cross-country rider using DOT-knobblies!!

[NordieBoy]

There is some merit in that... try to find a skip used by an enduro/cross-country rider using DOT-knobblies!!

And push Warewolf out of the way as you're going for them

[shards]

Has anyone any experience/comments about the SAVA tyres for sale on TradeMe?

[pete376403]

tried an IRC "trail winner" GP110 on the back of the KLR last weekend. Brand new on Friday, home on Sunday and it's completely shagged 1800 kms later. Mostly fast road work apart from about 160km gravel (the Motu and some other Gisborne area roads)
I found it really good on the road, didn't slide at all and got the bike over far enough to scrape the pegs a couple of times), running about 30 pounds pressure. Lots of wheelspin coming out of corners on the gravel, even without trying.
The missus is going to give me grief about my rides costing $50/day for tyres.

The Vee Rubber thing on the front was great, no problem pushing the front or slipping under heavy braking on the sealed roads, and pretty predictable on the gravel

[NordieBoy]

I felt the GP110 was a bit too hard compound. It didn't have a good feel on rocks and broke loose too easily.

[tri boy]

Gunna slip a pair of Pirreli Scorpian ST'on fatty for some holidays seal work.
(kanny's Bandit is rolling, and the Daytona, while sweet, is a bit of a back acher now, so the scramblers on "couples" duty.
Let ya know how they go, if I stray on to some gravel. Thinking about a sth island jaunt in Feb/Mar with kanny, and these might fit the bill.

[talbertnz]

Has anyone any experience/comments about the SAVA tyres for sale on TradeMe?

I asked the same question on here a wee while a go with no reply
havent been able to find any info on them at all.
do know lotsa scooter peoples use savas

[NordieBoy]

Those Sava's look quite expensive...

[CrazyFrog]

Tried an IRC "trail winner" GP110 on the back of the KLR last weekend. Brand new on Friday, home on Sunday and it's completely shagged 1800 kms later. Mostly fast road work apart from about 160km gravel

Warm weeknd was it? The warmer road temps will destroy an adventure tyre pretty quickly, as well as a bit of hard throttle action.
My MT21 has only lasted 3000km's in springtime on the KTM and is pretty much rooted, only good for seal use or a sneaky burnout somewhere

I think those Sava tyres are made by Pirelli, and are supposed to be pretty good for road use, dunno about dirt/adventure riding. Feel free to buy them and tell us.

[pete376403]

Last weekend (5-6-7th) so yeah, the weather was good and hot. Also the GP110 is only S rated (180k max) so it was approaching 80% of its rated speed a lot of the time (if that counts for anything)

In the tyres favour, it stuck well on the seal and never caused me worry.

[Peril]

Gave my new Mitas C-02 a run yesterday at the south side of the Waimak.Feels a bit odd on the road so took it easy on the way there.
Get it on shingle and the name Stoneking really makes you wonder if it's an april fools joke...The tyre wanders/moves quite a bit,not enough to feel unsafe but it makes you think you've got a flat tyre.In the mud that was around due to the river being high,the tyre really gripped well,same too with wet sand a bit further up in the forest.
I was running 30psi the whole time and was majorly impressed with the huge level of grip it gave and I don't really think I'd gain much by dropping the pressure much as it had no trouble hooking up at all.After around 70km/s of riding,including to and from the area,it only had a tiny amount of wear on the middle knob,so was impressed with that too as I was trying my hardest to spin it up anywhere I could.
So it gets from me.

[NordieBoy]

Gave my new Mitas C-02 a run yesterday at the south side of the Waimak.Feels a bit odd on the road so took it easy on the way there.
Get it on shingle and the name Stoneking really makes you wonder if it's an april fools joke...The tyre wanders/moves quite a bit,not enough to feel unsafe but it makes you think you've got a flat tyre.In the mud that was around due to the river being high,the tyre really gripped well,same too with wet sand a bit further up in the forest.
I was running 30psi the whole time and was majorly impressed with the huge level of grip it gave and I don't really think I'd gain much by dropping the pressure much as it had no trouble hooking up at all.

Drop to 25psi and see if it has the gravel wanders still.
At the higher pressures my MT21 felt like it was being bounced off stones rather than rolling over them.

[Peril]

Drop to 25psi and see if it has the gravel wanders still.
At the higher pressures my MT21 felt like it was being bounced off stones rather than rolling over them.

I think the major issue is the tread blocks are very tall,a good 18-20mm tall.
Might try different pressure on DB1K,but for that kind of riding I don't think it'll be as vital.