Just wanted to let every one know that Revzilla now carries Mitas tires. They have them for decent prices too. I have been trying to get the Mitas-e07 tires and getting prices ranging from 150-170 for the non dakar. Revzilla is 129 for dakar which is normally higher priced. MX1 in canada want $179 CAD and do not think does free delivery. I will be ordering the rear tire shortly let you guys know what I come up with. There have been very good reviews over seas for these though.
Just realized our tire size in tubless. If I remeber correctly you can still use the tubes in the tires. Any one have input to this?
There is absolutely no problem in using tubes in a tubeless tire. On some rims the tubeless tires can be a bit harder to fit though. Although I haven't come across any tubeless that was harder to fit than a non-tubeless Michelin AC-10 with a mousse
Mitas tyres rulez ! I've used a few pairs of C-12 rear + C-19 front and I'll continue to mount these as I get great traction and life out of these tyres !
YOu guys overseas also get the green and red stripe tires. The green stripe tires I believe are the tires of choice for off road rallies.
True...but some "tubeless" rims don't like tubes....like the cast wheels of the Strada's!! Nearly got caught out buying a spare rear (tube-type) from a friend (surplus to his requirements)....then remembered the valve location in one of the spokes, errks. No way to drill a hole for the valvestem of a tube anywhere centre-rim either. TR-Stradisti's will have to stay tubeless!!...or change to wire wheels.
Ah, yes. Very true. Unlike a tubeless tyre, a rim can be incompatible with a tube. In theory you could put a bib mousse on the Strada front rim, although I struggle to see the point in that. For the rear it would not work anyway, as far as I know no manufacturer has Mousses in that size.
You can buy the mitas 50/50 dual sport tires in tubeless to help with strada owners. Not sure on the size of the strada rims though. If they take the 140/80/18 they run tubeless.
Strada Front 110/80/19 Strada Rear 140/80/17 The 140 is hard to come by sometimes, so I used the 150/70/17 which is working fine.
Been running the Mitas E09's on my Strada for several thousand km's now, tubless on the alloy rim, and have had no problems at all, covering everything from blacktop to corrugations. My only issue is with the bike seeming to be very "heavy" in the front on soft sand and wanting to bury itself all the time, even when standing and shifting my weight back, and there is a bit of weight to shift back lol.
Terra is a heavy bike. My DR650 does the same thing with any front tire. Their not dirt bikes, but will get through soft/tuff stuff with some work. IMHO
I agree I do not expect much different in soft sand with this bike. Now my 2 stroke 250 in sand is worlds apart but also 250lb vs 400lbs. and me being 240lbs. ALthough the kx500 was not much lighter than the tr650 and it does way better.
After much experimenting (for the same reasons as Riding Again and reveille have stated) I run twice the air pressure in the rear as I do in the front. On gravel and trails I normally run 15#'s in the front and 30#'s in the rear. Gives amazing grip without the front end washing out. On tarmac I change up to even air pressures for the front and back. This of course is based on my weight (215#) and your results will vary.
That is something I was going to try myself next time in the sand. I do not want to bend the front rim yet any ways lol. Excel rims look nice on the tr. I run 28 front 35 rear on the road. Has worked well for me. get 13k miles front and 8-9k rear on the sahara. Curious to see what I get on the Mitas E-07. I doubt it will be much different and just changing the rear for now as I have a new front sahara tire. Just want to try a different tire.
Got the tire yesterday. SO decent ship time. Right away you notice how deep the tread is and closer pattern. I think it will work better in the sand. Normally would say it would pack too easy with mud with this tread but it does have better side lugs. Though for me just mainly road use and sugar sand on occasion.
