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

[george formby]

Quick question. Tubby the TDM has a 705 rear, how do they go in soft sand? I'm heading up to 90 mile beach at some point & the access & exit is soft & deep. Don't want to spend most of my day with a shovel in my hand.....
Nothing ventured, nothing gained I guess.

[JATZ]

Will get back to you on that, but yea may be a goer, as long as the new tyre arrives on time (which it should).

What exactly is "the block" ?

"The Block"...?
Nelson, Kaikoura, then either Inland Kaikoura and over the Lewis, or Rangiora and over Arthurs then home via Punakaiki.
And just to keep it on topic... I think my Trailwing will be about dead after the ride I really don't like it

[NordieBoy]

Nothing ventured, nothing gained I guess.

Make sure someone is videoing and it'll be sweet.

[Gremlin]

A bit more road biased, but after the TT2000 and associated break, putting some 6-7000km on them in 1.5 weeks, I've really started loving the Michelin Anakee 2.

They're getting a bit flat in the middle, but a fully loaded GSA might do that to a tyre, especially since the majority of the mileage was in the South Island. They aren't a gravel basher deluxe, but for me, I needed a tyre with good road manners and performance (ie grip) wet or dry, and then some decent ability on gravel so that they weren't the restricting factor when on gravel.

Dry seal, well I scrubbed them edge to edge on the rear, fully loaded, with roads like the Crown Range and Takaka Hill. You had to be getting very silly with them to get them to slide and start complaining and even then it was small warnings and gradual slides rather than it snapping out. Gravel, well, they're no knobbly (and I didn't take it on mud etc) but they provide good grip, not too much sliding and can hook up well. Did the odd water crossings etc.

I think I've found my tyre for the GSA... I reckon every bike and a rider has a tyre to "match"... after 6 odd different sets, so far it's the Anakee 2's for me.

[george formby]

Make sure someone is videoing and it'll be sweet.

That answers my question. Will defo have the Go pro to witness that sinking feeling.

[Padmei]

Evening all

I want to float an idea & see what you guys think.
This tyre thread is a great idea however has morphed a bit. I'm looking for a potential new front however getting the info from this thread is very hit & miss.

I was thinking it would be good to have a dedicated post (maybe as the 1st post) with a list of dual purpose tyres, their available sizes, photo of their tread pattern, bikes commonly fitted to, suppliers, relavent prices & perhaps a rating from users.
I'm thinking like a spreadsheet type scenario.

Of course there would have to be someone computeror savvy person to co-ordinate all the info as I think if we all start adding stuff it may turn out a bit like this thread.

What do you guys think?

An example would be (not actaully factual but you know what I mean)

Dunlop 606
21x90x90: 17x130x90
Knobbly vvvvvv (thats a pic of their knobs )
KLR, DR650, BMWR100GS
Cycletreads,or any good bike shop

Front 8/10 good knobbly profile, cuts thru gravel well, fine on dry seal above average on wet seal, excellent for all off road conditions

rear 6/10 As above however wears out quickly on more powerful bikes

$165.00 as per 14/3/2012

What do you think? have I got too much time on my hands to think about crap like this????

[NordieBoy]

Good idea.

[Woodman]

Excrement idea, just spent ages buying a new rear tyre and still not sure whether its right for me. wil put some miles on it this week.

[_Shrek_]

great idea padders

[Night Falcon]

I have a been putting together a bit of a list for most common adv tires with most of the stuff you have mentioned on it but only in 140/80/18 and 90/90/21 sizes and only as they relate to the 990/690 ktm for life expectancy (coupled with my heavey wrist action ) so publishing this info could be abit unfair on the tire company's as most folks get better life out of their tyres than I seem to....unless they're lying of course

[Woodman]

Fullbore m41.

Basically identical to a Shinko 705 when comparing it to Nordieboys. I was worried that it was too smooth and would be a debarkle off road but after a ride with the NADS on Sunday i am very impressed with its offroad grip.

Ran 30 psi and had a ball over the Whangamoas then let some air out so it was less than 30 at Hori bay for the off road part. To be honest it performed just as good as the knobblys I been running. The grip must be pretty good because on one steep soft gravelly hill the bike flipped over backwards and broke my rear fender.

Converted.

[NordieBoy]

Fullbore m41.

Basically identical to a Shinko 705 when comparing it to Nordieboys. I was worried that it was too smooth and would be a debarkle off road but after a ride with the NADS on Sunday i am very impressed with its offroad grip.

Ran 30 psi and had a ball over the Whangamoas then let some air out so it was less than 30 at Hori bay for the off road part. To be honest it performed just as good as the knobblys I been running. The grip must be pretty good because on one steep soft gravelly hill the bike flipped over backwards and broke my rear fender.

Converted.

Got that bit of fender if you want it. Otherwise it goes on the KLR leprosy wall.

[_Shrek_]

The grip must be pretty good because on one steep soft gravelly hill the bike flipped over backwards and broke my rear fender.

Converted.

you put that much weight on

[Woodman]

Got that bit of fender if you want it. Otherwise it goes on the KLR leprosy wall.

keep it, I will just trim the other side to match. Or not.

[.chris]

Just took off my E07 with a honorable 18,000km on it. Was good value for $170 that is forsure.

I have put on a Kenda K784 (140/80 18) it will be interesting to see how many km's I get.
It looks quite knobbly to my eye, more agressive than a TKC80 maybe similar to a T63/E09, will be nice to have some traction in wet grass/mud for a change.