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

[pete-blen]

Can't comment on that actual tire but the tread pattern is very similar to the v-rubber on the front of the DT and I love it. Never had a moment on the road, impeccable on gravel & it's reached the point where I leave it on for trail riding instead of putting on a moto x front. The advantage I get from the full knobby is not worth the the time to change wheels. The photo does not show it but you will notice no wispy bits, been right off the edge of the tire. No dramas.

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They are my tyre of choice on my XR250 , Dunlop 605 .... Vee Rubber copy is the V221..


Have decided to go with a Dunlop 605 front / Shinko 700 rear for the DB1K.....both rated as 50/50 tyres...

[clint640]

I have ended up with a Motoz Tractionator H/T 140/80, and it looks like it is a huge tire.
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Been for a ride yet? 1st impressions?

I was just about to get in another E0-7 but the damn things are $220+ freight now. They were a no brainer at $180 but $200+ tyres can kiss my arse. I'd rather run something a bit cheaper & knobbier, not worried about a bit shorter life if the $/km still works out better.

Cheers
Clint

[cooneyr]

Been for a ride yet? 1st impressions?

I was just about to get in another E0-7 but the damn things are $220+ freight now. They were a no brainer at $180 but $200+ tyres can kiss my arse. I'd rather run something a bit cheaper & knobbier, not worried about a bit shorter life if the $/km still works out better.

Cheers
Clint

Hey Clint - have a look at a C02. Not much over $100 and should get pretty reasonable life. Got one on the 450, lost the first few mm pretty quick but taking a fair old time to die. Had a reasonable thrashing and probably done about 3k km with aboyt 5mm tread left (they are about 18mm when new IIRC). Pretty good tyre - used it on trail rides as well (full on mud) and to hooks up acceptably. OK on seal too once you loose the first mm of knurled surface.

Cheers R

[.chris]

Been for a ride yet? 1st impressions?

I was just about to get in another E0-7 but the damn things are $220+ freight now. They were a no brainer at $180 but $200+ tyres can kiss my arse. I'd rather run something a bit cheaper & knobbier, not worried about a bit shorter life if the $/km still works out better.

Cheers
Clint

I am yet to manage more than 10km on it.
But on the quick ride home on it, feels good, not as vibey as expected. Tread seems super deep, I look forward to putting it in some mud.

Will repost in a weeks time when she is 2000km old.

[Kokopelli]

Mrs Kokopelli is very happy with her E07. I think they will be the next tire on my 1150. She currently has a TKC80 front, but like the combination.

[Adux]

Hey Clint - have a look at a C02. Not much over $100 and should get pretty reasonable life. Got one on the 450, lost the first few mm pretty quick but taking a fair old time to die. Had a reasonable thrashing and probably done about 3k km with aboyt 5mm tread left (they are about 18mm when new IIRC). Pretty good tyre - used it on trail rides as well (full on mud) and to hooks up acceptably. OK on seal too once you loose the first mm of knurled surface.

Cheers R

What make of tyre is that R?

Cheers

[Odakyu-sen]

Hello All,

At 3,800 km, the original rear Dunlop is squared off on my KLR650. The front looks like it has several thousand more km in it.

I'll go for a Shinko E705 rear. What pressure do people run this at on the road? On the gravel? I will tour the upper South Island in February, and will need to drop the pressure when I get onto the road to Molsworth. Is 22 psi in the rear on the gravel about right. What about the front? What about on the tar? (I am running 25 psi on the front and 31 in the rear at the moment for the tar.) Too high? Would that explain the rapidity of the rear squaring off?

What do people get out of a Shinko E705 (on a 650)? It had beet be a bit more than 3,800 km, I can say...

[pete-blen]

705s on a XT660R..
I run 25 everywhere...
29 for seal / 20 gravel/dirt is best..
So 25 is the lazy option...

[cooneyr]

What make of tyre is that R?

Cheers

Gidday J

Mitas c-02. talk to Linton at http://dasmoto.co.nz

cheers r

[_Shrek_]

Mrs Kokopelli is very happy with her E07. I think they will be the next tire on my 1150. She currently has a TKC80 front, but like the combination.

mrs S is running EO7 on rear & will have one on the front soon, I'm running them front & rear untill the DB1k, will put EO10's back on

[NordieBoy]

I'll go for a Shinko E705 rear. What pressure do people run this at on the road? On the gravel? I will tour the upper South Island in February, and will need to drop the pressure when I get onto the road to Molsworth. Is 22 psi in the rear on the gravel about right. What about the front? What about on the tar? (I am running 25 psi on the front and 31 in the rear at the moment for the tar.) Too high? Would that explain the rapidity of the rear squaring off?

What do people get out of a Shinko E705 (on a 650)? It had beet be a bit more than 3,800 km, I can say...

22psi loaded up with some luggage would be about right on gravel. Unloaded, on a KLR650, 20psi.

Road, loaded, about 28-30psi. Unloaded a couple less.

Fronts, I'd be looking at about 4psi less than the rear, on-road and 20-22psi off-road. Although some fronts feel "heavy" at lower pressures and need bumping up a bit.

I got 12,000km from the last 705 rear on the DR and over 23,000km from the front.
The rear was about 8,000km old before it did the DB1K this year.

[george formby]

I must have put at least 5000k on my rear 705 & still no sign of squaring off. The Scorpion A/T on the front shows more wear..
I've never bothered lowering the pressure for gravel, run about 30 - 32 psi. It's predictable on & off the throttle. 240kg bike all up excluding me.

[Kokopelli]

On my bikes I usually run 33-36 on the road. But I can never be bothered to lower the pressure for gravel. For the Dusty Butt I will go a bit lower, maybe 27-30 or something like that. On a heavy bike, with rocks around, you are asking for trouble with low tire pressures.

A few years ago I put a set of Shinko 705 on the 1150. They were great up to about 5000km, when they delaminated front and rear. I haven't touched them since. I've heard they have fixed that problem, so maybe I'll give them another go, if I am not happy with the E07.

[george formby]

On my bikes I usually run 33-36 on the road. But I can never be bothered to lower the pressure for gravel. For the Dusty Butt I will go a bit lower, maybe 27-30 or something like that. On a heavy bike, with rocks around, you are asking for trouble with low tire pressures.

A few years ago I put a set of Shinko 705 on the 1150. They were great up to about 5000km, when they delaminated front and rear. I haven't touched them since. I've heard they have fixed that problem, so maybe I'll give them another go, if I am not happy with the E07.

Ooh, that's a hot topic. Your not the only one to have had that issue. From all the reports I've read it's unclear if the tires are x ply or radials, shinko do both, radials recommended for big bikes. The big Bm's seem particularly prone too it, but, their are a lot of big Bm's out their... Riding fully loaded at speed in hot weather is another common factor.
The first 705 developed a split across one of the blocks after only a few hundred k's. Could have been a cut from the road/track as much as tire issue, though. They gave me a new one, no questions asked and it is still tickety boo despite the odd 1000k jaunt in hot weather two up & fully loaded. I'm still very much in the great value for money camp.

[Odakyu-sen]

22psi loaded up with some luggage would be about right on gravel. Unloaded, on a KLR650, 20psi.
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Thanks for that. I'll get a new rear tire after Christmas.

(If I have any money left.....)

Cheers.