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

[Danger Dave]

I'm currently running a TKC80 on the front and the Shinko 244 on the rear, i find the front sticks will in 95% on road conditions including wet tarsel, and the rear Shinko is quite good as well.

[swarfie]

I'm currently running a TKC80 on the front and the Shinko 244 on the rear, i find the front sticks will in 95% on road conditions including wet tarsel, and the rear Shinko is quite good as well.

I'm running the same combo on my CCM604 and find they work well...Thanks Dave

[dino3310]

ac10 front and the 510 244 on the back works well for the light XR

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[Drew]

SC0 front, SC1 rear. Be a fucken adventure then lads!

[NordieBoy]

Good tyre choice...

[fridayflash]

got my $115.47 shinko 244 today, feels super soft..will get to trial it out on saturday (napier to taihape and return)

[Logmaker]

got my $115.47 shinko 244 today, feels super soft..will get to trial it out on saturday (napier to taihape and return)

You wont regret your choice , I run 460x18 on TTR 250 $96 a real good bang for my buck , a mate runs them on his Tranalp & he gets in some horrible places at times & always gets out , Cheers.

[Waipukbiker]

TKC 80 and Shinko 700, Working very well so far even in heavy driving rain.

[fridayflash]

You wont regret your choice , I run 460x18 on TTR 250 $96 a real good bang for my buck , a mate runs them on his Tranalp & he gets in some horrible places at times & always gets out , Cheers.

cheers, the narrower 460/18 might have been better for me too, but ill run the 510 and see how it is. ross, you been out riding in some wet n wild weather huh?

[Waipukbiker]

Was about 3 months ago on a NGARNZ Ride out of Atiamuri., We caught the tail end of a Tropical cyclone. Rode through a lot of water flowing over the roads, At one stage we were down to about 20kph on State Highway 1 due to very heavy driving rain, traffic was crawling, the 700 never missed a beat over the whole weekend. For its price, its a bloody good tyre. May not make it to Taihape on Sat, got a bad cold and having a runny nose in a helmet is snot funny.

[fridayflash]

your not the only one mate..everyones dropping like flies this time of year

[george formby]

Well, I'm a happy camper toady. Just come back from my first ride after putting a pair of 705's on the DT with a smaller rear sprocket to bring the gearing closer to stock for the road. I had hoped to fit MT90's, I like them, but na, couldn't find a rear to fit.

Rode 200k + on 50/50 tar seal (whats left of it) & gravel. Tires were impeccable, even on the twistiest of wet, dirty, twisties straight from the mould.
I went for a 410 rear thinking a skinny tire would bite quicker on the very variable gravel we have up here, it does. Better than the bigger, shagged, 704 it replaced much to my surprise. Doesn't look very butch, though.

No surfing in deep gravel & a fair bit of throttle needed to unhook the rear through corners, nice.

Bike feels very agile, too. Flicky.

Only had one moment with the front on an off camber up hill corner as I went over the crown of the road, left to right. A tad more throttle fixed it.

Sodden grass & clay land slips were an exercise in balance, momentum & staying relaxed. Not really what I intended for the tires, got a Metzler 6 day enduro front & a very knobbly Kenda going on the spare wheels for that stuff.

Over all, I'm stoked. Cheers Nordie.

Just got to see how long the rear lasts now. I think the front might go forever.

Oh, the smaller rear sprocket caused me to travel at speeds in excess of what I intended. The engines happy place is a bit quicker velocity wise.

[Tazz]

Going to bung a MT21 on the front soon and was thinking about a K270 or D606 for the rear, but I've been reading a bit aboot dem dere MT43 trials tyres and am tempted to give them a whirl on a DR350. Have another set of rims with some (old and hard) aggressive knobblies (Mich and I think Pirelli Rallycross front? Came with the bike) if they turn to custard. Has anyone had them on a road going DR? No major problems?

[george formby]

Going to bung a MT21 on the front soon and was thinking about a K270 or D606 for the rear, but I've been reading a bit aboot dem dere MT43 trials tyres and am tempted to give them a whirl on a DR350. Have another set of rims with some (old and hard) aggressive knobblies (Mich and I think Pirelli Rallycross front? Came with the bike) if they turn to custard. Has anyone had them on a road going DR? No major problems?

Had a wee surf & found THIS thread on ADV forum. Check out the 1000cc grass track vid.

[NordieBoy]

Going to bung a MT21 on the front soon and was thinking about a K270 or D606 for the rear, but I've been reading a bit aboot dem dere MT43 trials tyres and am tempted to give them a whirl on a DR350. Have another set of rims with some (old and hard) aggressive knobblies (Mich and I think Pirelli Rallycross front? Came with the bike) if they turn to custard. Has anyone had them on a road going DR? No major problems?

The harder and rockier the surface, the better.
The only issue with them is they're quite a bit taller than a normal rear. Equivalent to gearing up a tooth on the front.
I run the rear at anything from 18 to 8 psi on the TT350.