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

[Mountie]

Made enquries about the Mitas E-10's and rears are due in a week or so and fronts early January.150/70/17 rear & 90/90/21 front. My Shinko's will be shot by January. Thoughts as to how these tyres will perform. Anybody had the oppurtunity to use them?

[_Shrek_]

Made enquries about the Mitas E-10's and rears are due in a week or so and fronts early January.150/70/17 rear & 90/90/21 front. My Shinko's will be shot by January. Thoughts as to how these tyres will perform. Anybody had the oppurtunity to use them?

they pretty good, hold well on the seal & was off road on them yesterday wont last as long as the Eo7's but they worth having on

[NordieBoy]

Made enquries about the Mitas E-10's and rears are due in a week or so and fronts early January.150/70/17 rear & 90/90/21 front. My Shinko's will be shot by January. Thoughts as to how these tyres will perform. Anybody had the oppurtunity to use them?

There's a 150 rear in Nelson but I don't know if it's spoken for.

[dino3310]

Just tallied up the KMs
done 5500km on the AC10 front, looking about half worn
and 3500km on the rear TW-30 of which i replaced today....

not a bad run for a $10 tyre

[tri boy]

not a bad run for a $10 tyre

Imagine the km's you would have gotten from it if it had rolled, rather than ran.
Ok, I'm leaving the stage, your've been a fabulous audience

[george formby]

I'm looking at putting these on my Tdm. Anybody had experience of them? Road & gravel use.

[clint640]

I'm looking at putting these on my Tdm. Anybody had experience of them? Road & gravel use.

I've used a rear on the 640, it stuck well on the road wet or dry, but once over about 1/3 worn it spun up pretty easy on gravel. Got about 9000km out of it IIRC, which is about the same as the Mitas EO-7 I use now but the EO-7 grips better & for longer on the gravel.

Cheers
Clint

[george formby]

I've used a rear on the 640, it stuck well on the road wet or dry, but once over about 1/3 worn it spun up pretty easy on gravel. Got about 9000km out of it IIRC, which is about the same as the Mitas EO-7 I use now but the EO-7 grips better & for longer on the gravel.

Cheers
Clint

I struggle to get half that out of a sports touring tire! I've been riding gravel on road tires so a bit of a wiggly rear is obligatory. A bit more confidence from the front is what I'm after. Steep, windy, downhill bits with big drifts of pea gravel really ramp up the pucker factor on road tires.

[clint640]

I struggle to get half that out of a sports touring tire! .

less hp & a much lighter bike helps eh?

I met a bloke a couple of months back who reckoned Mitas E0-7's were a great tyre on his DR650 cos he got 24000 km out of them. I'm not sure if he'd figured out what the twisty thingy on the right end of the handlebars was for

Cheers
Clint

[george formby]

less hp & a much lighter bike helps eh?

I met a bloke a couple of months back who reckoned Mitas E0-7's were a great tyre on his DR650 cos he got 24000 km out of them. I'm not sure if he'd figured out what the twisty thingy on the right end of the handlebars was for

Cheers
Clint

That would be the volume control on mine

[warewolf]

A bit more confidence from the front is what I'm after.

Yes, well "a bit more" is about all you'll get, not much. They are a fairly close-pattern tyre. Might be enough more for your usage though. On loose slidey gravel I find having balanced front/rear grip is more important than outright grip either end. E-07s sound like a better bet, likely cheaper for more grip in the gravel with little or no on-road penalty.

[Padmei]

Yes, well "a bit more" is about all you'll get, not much. They are a fairly close-pattern tyre. Might be enough more for your usage though. On loose slidey gravel I find having balanced front/rear grip is more important than outright grip either end. E-07s sound like a better bet, likely cheaper for more grip in the gravel with little or no on-road penalty.

what did colliedog have on his Cagiva? They were certainly working pretty good. He can ride like a bstd tho.

[george formby]

Yes, well "a bit more" is about all you'll get, not much. They are a fairly close-pattern tyre. Might be enough more for your usage though. On loose slidey gravel I find having balanced front/rear grip is more important than outright grip either end. E-07s sound like a better bet, likely cheaper for more grip in the gravel with little or no on-road penalty.

I'm very limited in tire choice due to a 110/80/18 front wheel. A few TDM owners run a rear in reverse on the front, cannot remember which tire though, I'm still on my first coffee. Any body wants to sell a V-strom wheel or front end let me know. I've got 2 cats & a girlfriend to trade. not swapping the dog or stereo.

[NordieBoy]

Any body wants to sell a V-strom wheel or front end let me know. I've got 2 cats & a girlfriend to trade. not swapping the dog or stereo.

Pics of the cats?

[george formby]

Pics of the cats?

I will set the traps when i get home.