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

[junkmanjoe]

i ran a set of T63 down south to the dusty and around the south for 4 days.....there both in very good nick,,stick good to the seal and plenty off grip in the rocky bits...
im very happy and pleased with them..

JMJ & Baby LC4

[umopom]

i ran a set of T63 down south to the dusty and around the south for 4 days.....there both in very good nick,,stick good to the seal and plenty off grip in the rocky bits...
im very happy and pleased with them..

JMJ & Baby LC4

Me too - fitted two weeks and 800kms before the Dusty, now completely bald! - they hang on well but the wear rate............? Maybe the Dunlop 908RR was worth twice the price after all?? Going to try an E09 next.
JC

[junkmanjoe]

yea but i only got a 400cc bike...you got a tiny bit more HORSE POWER

JMJ & Baby LC4

[Woodman]

As a comparison i put a new t63 on before this year and last years dusty.

Last year it was basically knackered when I got home.

This year it is still pretty good, the only difference I can think of is that I was keeping my revs low to try and limit oil consumption. So no (well not many) roosts out of corners etc obviously has a major impact on tyre wear.

Was also running a new mt21 front for the first time. Not as good as a d606 and noisier. Also has a tendency to lock up under hard braking. But overall pretty good and i would buy again.

[_Shrek_]

Me too - fitted two weeks and 800kms before the Dusty, now completely bald! - they hang on well but the wear rate............? Maybe the Dunlop 908RR was worth twice the price after all?? Going to try an E09 next.
JC

Eo9 is a good choice, I ran one took it off after I had done 7500k & there is still a 3rd on it & new price $180 from DAS

I'm running the E10 & have done 3492k's while they hang on etc.. for the price $225 I will be going back to the E09 after I use the new E10 I have sitting in my shed this tyre has done 50/50 seal/metal-rock

the front on the other hand has hardly worn at all so will keep running them as they are tubeless

[KX500]

T63's around US$60 off bike bandit, US$111 flat rate shipping (Order as much gear as you like)

"Only ripping I want to be a part of is out on the trail"

[JATZ]

Shinko E-705

Did everything I asked of it over the weekend and performed really well, except for the wet grass and clay and mud, where it was less than adequate but I knew it would be, so rode accordingly
Ran at 14psi rear and 18 psi front for the weekend

[_Shrek_]

just saw these on trade me for $80 NEW

90-100x19
110-90x17

[Taz]

If we all rode NXR125's then we'd be able to take advantage of those cheap tyres.

[Padmei]

Shinko E-705

Did everything I asked of it over the weekend and performed really well, except for the wet grass and clay and mud, where it was less than adequate but I knew it would be, so rode accordingly
Ran at 14psi rear and 18 psi front for the weekend

Agreed
I was really surprised how well they went on the gravel on the DRz. For a roadie looking tyre they're great - and cheap

[NordieBoy]

Agreed
I was really surprised how well they went on the gravel on the DRz. For a roadie looking tyre they're great - and cheap

Don't forget, they've also got up "your" hill...

[Horney1]

I put a Heidenau K60 Scout on my 990 over Christmas. It cost $309 (& a long ride to get it) which was better than my Rally Raid or TKC80 alternatives. There aren't too many choices in the 150/70x18 size so I was really happy to find a good cost, functionality, T rated, made in Germany compromise.



It's a fairly chunky lookin tread and seems OK on road, gravel, clay & black dirt so far. I took it down the top half of the 42nd Trav & back one afternoon. It felt more like an off road tyre than the TKC80 but of course still isn't up to the level of a decent knobbly. When I gave the throttle a tweek a few times it steeped out sideways a bit. I guess a function of the pattern and the deeper tread.



On the road it seems to hang on OK. It's a bit more twitchy and not quite as accurate as the TKC. I think some factors contributing to that may be:

• I'm running lower than (my) normal pressures,
• the deeper tread depth
• it may be a bit softer compound than the TKC80
• ( and the TKO80 is a really good tyre ).

It seems to be wearing fairly well and I've got some high expectations of mileage out of it. It might be a week or two before I get back to the computer so I should have at least 2 or 3 (or 4!) thousand K's on it by then (I've done about 1000 - 1500km on it now, I think). I've got a feeling the pattern alone might make it wear better than the Conti.

Cheers


H

[KX500]

Have found the herringbone pattern very poor on grass and light muddy conditions, great for shingle roads, and yep the mileage factor.

[dino3310]

them K60 fronts look very simular to the IRC i got in the shed, very good pattern for the seal and gravel.

[.chris]

I just put that MT80 (in the few photos above) on the rear for the moment, the E-07 will go one when that one is toast (probably next weekend).

Mt21 on the front (which seems real vibey so far, not sure if I like it because of that).

And vibey it still is, I officially hate this tire.

My favorite 50/50 combo is an E07 rear and MT21 front.

I do like the 07, but the mt21 vibrates and hum's really badly.

I wish I had the $160 for a KarooT front they have at cycletreads, but I have an old 2nd hand Karoo which I should use first. And I have a Metz 6 days extreme I could use, and would probably be less buzzy.

Might have a free to a good home half worn MT21 shortly.