I previously had an SM610, which I loved. That thing would maul a supersport rear tire in 1500 miles. I ended up getting rid of it and buying a TE610, as I was bitten by the Dualsport bug. I L-O-V-E the bike, but jeez- after 700 miles the 50/50 tires (IRC GP1) are almost done! I mean really- this is gonna get expensive! Anybody having similar experiences?
Face it, the Husky's are tire eating machines. Both of mine eat tires like they are cheap. I wish the bikes really knew how much they cost.
Over 4K miles on the D908RR and still have at least another 1-2K left to go. For the price you could run 3 or 4 Shinko or Kenda rear tires though.
I ate the Karoos pretty quick too. Unlike k7mdl I HATED the 908, but the 606, she been pretty good to me.
stock, 606's, MT43. all 900-1100 miles for me.. Maxxis desert IT 1100-1300 miles..And I run em BALD... Tryin a Michelin T63 next cause it was so cheap.
How are you not getting friction burn on the throttle tube, tendentious in your right wrist, broken throttle cables and the like? honestly never even heard of 1100 on a 606. I rode mine 1300 on dirt LA to cabo and still had 50% or so.
These tires are a heck of a lot cheaper than the Pilot Power 2CTs I'd run on my ZX-10R. I'd go through at least a set a season, and they were darn near $400 mounted and balanced.
+1 Great in dry conditions and on road bit not enough grip in the SLOP. Next best was the MOTOZ Tractionator. Less than half the price, 5000klm and insane grip in just about every condition. Stu
I tried the 606, MT-21 and they both got about 900 miles before they needed to be replaced. I put on a set of AC-10's and they actually lasted about 1200 miles. I do not think I would buy another set of them because they are flat skectchy on the asphalt. These were also the first set of tires I had balanced if that matters. Good Luck!!
LOL.. none of the afflictions you listed.. But isn't that these Huskies are for, especially the bigger, higher torque ones like the 610, to throw showers of rocks and dirt?? I recently put back on a half worn Maxxis Desert IT again. This tire impresses me the most out of all of them so far. It lasts way longer than the rest and performs good in New England and pretty good on the road no less. Still been too lazy to mount up the new T63 lately. Have to do it soon though, the Maxxis is gettin pretty thin..
I remember seeing that before.. Only thing I can think of is heat cycles.. I do at least half my miles on pavement and I rip the hell out it, wheelspin on pavement, wheelies everywhere, etc.. and I've never been able to do that to any tire. DOT has NOTHING to do with a good tire or not. Either that one has something going on with pressures or it wasn't heat cycled before doin a bunch of highway miles or it's an EXTREME defect. I STILL love the Maxxs Desert IT's .. that def sucks though Xymotic..
You should try putting the front wheel down every now and then! I had extact same tyre and I got over 1000ks out of it and it performed extremely well. Super grippy too. I would take it back and ask for another one at their expense! Stu
Yes, it sure could have been a bad batch. I figured I was S.O.L. by driving a non DOT tire I couldn't go complain about it not lasting on the highway, so I threw it out. I did not heat cycle the tire at all, I got on the freeway and rode to the hills where I was gonna ride. But I'm not about to stop and let my tires cool every time I need to make a short trip on pavement. It did get me thinking about liability and blame, and it's just not worth it to run non DOT. too many ways for it to come back at you, and the 606 is a pretty good tire, so...
