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

[_Shrek_]

Many thanks guys for the advice, will now look around for decent prices for the TKC & Mitas E07

However, with the BMW i am a bit reluctant to go anywhere ? would prefer somewhere that knows a bit about BM's ? what do you think ?
Steve

Hi Ic
the guys at DAS are a great help, I run E07's front & rear mainly because I do both metal & tar & they give me 16k rear 18k front
I have also run the E09's (for the winter) great on the metal helps to keep your speed down on the tar k's not so great but a good tyre

I would sugest if you are on the metal on a regular bassis then the TKC80 front & E07 rear they are good in the wet & dry tar

cheers Shrek

[Underground]

Shrek, have you used the Tw 42 on the rear ? Just wondering how it compares to the E 07 which I havent tried .
Im also sold on the TKC front ( 18,000 k also ) , but how the hell do you get 16,000 k out of a rear tyre ? Mine are shot at between 4 and 5,000 k

[bart]

Bought a new TKC80 rear today. Thick end of 200 notes, but I believe well worth it. Got about 3000 hard km out of the last one, and honestly couldn't fault it. Seems to do everything real well (except mud, but switch to real nobs for that).

Have to try a front one soon.

[_Shrek_]

Shrek, have you used the Tw 42 on the rear ? Just wondering how it compares to the E 07 which I havent tried .
Im also sold on the TKC front ( 18,000 k also ) , but how the hell do you get 16,000 k out of a rear tyre ? Mine are shot at between 4 and 5,000 k

only get that out of the E07's, check tyre psi regular & try not to spin it up
have not tried the Tw 42

[Woodman]

only get that out of the E07's, check tyre psi regular & try not to spin it up
have not tried the Tw 42

How do you not spin it up????

[Transalper]

that's a rhetorical question right?
Just in case it's not... It's all about control. Self control, throttle control and clutch control.

[Woodman]

that's a rhetorical question right?
Just in case it's not... It's all about control. Self control, throttle control and clutch control.

Yea it was, but sometimes you hust gotta. I very rarely get more than 3k out of a rear tyre, but have never really kept an accurate accurate record. Think I will this time for curiosities sake. there are too many variables to really give someone an accurate answer on which tyre lasts how long etc etc.

[NordieBoy]

Yea it was, but sometimes you hust gotta. I very rarely get more than 3k out of a rear tyre, but have never really kept an accurate accurate record. Think I will this time for curiosities sake. there are too many variables to really give someone an accurate answer on which tyre lasts how long etc etc.

Simple. If it's your tyre it's not going to last long.

If I don't get 8,000km out of a $100 tyre I feel ripped off.

[Padmei]

that's a rhetorical question right?
Just in case it's not... It's all about control. Self control, throttle control and clutch control.

Ah nup.... control is overrated

[Woodman]

Hey Padmei,

How are you getting along with your new e09 ?

[topo]

Hi all, does anyone know where you can get Maxxis tires from in NZ?

Just had a look at their website and there's a couple of interesting D/S options.

[_Shrek_]

How do you not spin it up????

when I got my 650Gs it was hard not to as I lived at the end of a 23km road which went over three sets of hills climbing from 240m to 650m above sea level in that 23k's & the fact that I was doing 1200k's a week tyres were not lasting very long the 1150Gs was getting the same k's until I put on E09's well that was another story you just had to go fast & you couldn't help but spin it on the metal with those babys, the down side was that I only got 3500 K's out of the rear

I thought that I had got 13500k's, until I found the speedo reading

have gone back to E07's & will on my next bike as well

[Woodman]

when I got my 650Gs it was hard not to as I lived at the end of a 23km road which went over three sets of hills climbing from 240m to 650m above sea level in that 23k's & the fact that I was doing 1200k's a week tyres were not lasting very long the 1150Gs was getting the same k's until I put on E09's well that was another story you just had to go fast & you couldn't help but spin it on the metal with those babys, the down side was that I only got 3500 K's out of the rear

I thought that I had got 13500k's, until I found the speedo reading

have gone back to E07's & will on my next bike as well

So its just not me then.
There is some magic ingredient in e09's that makes you want to hang the tail out everywhere.

But seriously what I have found is that straight line grip is good, but when it comes to gravel corners they do spin up and slide, not like a roadish tyre cos the forward drive is still there. And they are good on dry tar too. I will get another one, probly quite soon by the looks of things.

[NordieBoy]

Hi all, does anyone know where you can get Maxxis tires from in NZ?

Just had a look at their website and there's a couple of interesting D/S options.

Anyone that does Cheng Shins should be able to do Maxxis.

[bart]

Changed my Conti TKC80 rear this afternoon. I was absolutly shocked once I read the fine print on the side of the tyre. The old tyre, which I fitted exactly a year ago, had made in Germany written on it. The same tyre, bought a few days ago, says made in Korea.

WTF!!!