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

[dino3310]

Who sells them?

http://www.lmsimports.co.nz/products.php

[cromagnon]

http://www.lmsimports.co.nz/products.php

Are they cheaper from this site compared to shops? The prices arent displayed on the website.

[junkmanjoe]

the chap who runs this shop, is a friend of mine, and you get the best deal for your dollar from here..
i dont think i would run this tire for long distance hiway use, maybe short stints, from track to track.
my thoughts.
this is the nz mitas importer.

JMJ

[Peril]

The C02 was fine for my aborted Dusty Butt last year.Rode from the SH1 turn off at Waipara up through Rainbow and onto Atawhai where it was dumped,with no adverse effects and little wear.

[dino3310]

Are they cheaper from this site compared to shops? The prices arent displayed on the website.

email him for current prices and yes its cheaper through them

[warewolf]

They are really squarmy for a start until all those horrible patterned ends wear off then they are great.

Them's the bits that give you extra traction in the dirt; an off-road racer would probably biff them by the time those are gone!

[Transalper]

I bought mine in store at Dirt Action Services $140.. One might imagine they get them through LMS? I have no idea.
As for life... i reckon on the DR it lasted better than the E09. I've got a second set of rims with E07s mounted for general riding but I don't always swap em over so from memory..... been using the C02 since May 2008,
The C02 has been on for 1.5 Dusty Butts (gearbox broke on the .5 trip), the ride from ChCh to wellington then 2008 CCA and home again, one Brass Monkey Adventure, The Dusty Butt route checking ride. Last weeks overnighter road ride ChCh to Blackball (West Coast, mostly sealed road that one) and several runs out about the Peninsula just because they were still on the bike. Plus other stuff like Lees valley, although if the E07s are on I'll use them for that too.
I like them... all except the first bit until that horrible pattern wears off the top edge.

I think they last better than the E09 because of the tread depth at new, but the E09 does give a little more sealed road confidence.
My butt puckers for the first few corners after changing from a long stint on E07s back to C02s but then I get the feel of it again and all is good.

[Kokopelli]

Didn't think it would be such a problem to get a front tyre, but it looks like it is. I can get a T63 front, but I would prefer something more aggressive. However, none of my preferred choices are in the country. I have been offered a Kenda K760
but have no idea if this will work on a R80GS. I can hear the tyre howling just by looking at it. It's a long way done to Wellywood.

[Transalper]

I've seen those before, PLUG used them a few times.
I imagine it would be almost half gone by the time you got down to the ride from Auckland.

[NordieBoy]

The 760 rear is nice and cheap, brilliant on the trails, OK on the road. Wear quite well.
I was going to use one if I went to the CCA.

On the front I think it'd last no problems.

MT21 would be another option?

[Kokopelli]

Can't get an MT21 would have been my first choice. I am just worried, because the R80 is no lighweight.

[JATZ]

Had a 760 on the big for a while, it hooked up well but that was it's only good point IMHO. Didn't last well at all and sounded like a swarm of bees was chasing me everywhere, the side knobs flexed like a bastard when scooting round corners too.
Padmei has the remains of it now and I think he's using it for the CCA

[Kokopelli]

Thanks for the input. I'll probably give them a try. Even if they wear pretty quickly, there's got to be more left on them then the T63 front has to start with by the time I get there. I just hope that I won't have to ride it back in the wet.

[NordieBoy]

Had a 760 on the big for a while, it hooked up well but that was it's only good point IMHO. Didn't last well at all and sounded like a swarm of bees was chasing me everywhere, the side knobs flexed like a bastard when scooting round corners too.
Padmei has the remains of it now and I think he's using it for the CCA

But did you have a go with a front?

[rogerh]

I like them. Well the fronts anyway. Yep wear ear plugs. I don't because I don't do too many long road trips. But they are really hard rubber, and wore well on the front of a 640E, but I don't think it is too heavy in the front. I got almost 10k out of it of mixed riding. It is not a road tyre on the seal (take care in the wet!), but that doesn't both me as I don't push it. Lasts on the road, and is a pretty good tyre both off road and on gravel. Suits me.
YMMV.
Looks like I may get to the CCA, and I was thinking of putting one on the rear too, but I will be coming up from Christchurch (over several days), but I will spoon it on when I get to Wellington, and change it again before I head north.