Another tire thread....lets talk about road biased options for the Terra

[Baddrapp]

Which Mitas?

 

[PaulC]

Hey Thumpa, did you go for the E-07 D/S in a 140/80? Im thinking a 150/70 should fit in the either E-07 or E-10.
There appears to be enough clearance from the chain guard. Gearing is a fraction high for me (by a hair) so the 70 profile is a plus.
Thanks for the info

 

[Thumpa]

Which Mitas?

E -07 Dakar front (stiffer carcass) standard rear

 

[Thumpa]

I'm going to say it again, cause the Mitas surpass any d/s tires i've ever used. Superb traction on the street, really important, as i live on a very twisty section of Ca hwy 1

Hey Thumpa, did you go for the E-07 D/S in a 140/80? Im thinking a 150/70 should fit in the either E-07 or E-10.
There appears to be enough clearance from the chain guard. Gearing is a fraction high for me (by a hair) so the 70 profile is a plus.
Thanks for the info

Went with E-07 140/80 Rear. Ordered same replacement size, being as it worked so well, great profile for street and wore fairly evenly. Still be curious to try the 150, could be a little close. But looks like a fit! The extrusion on the outter rear lugs enable a very solid feel and feedback on tight twisty stuff.

 

[Jon Knutson]

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I'm going to say it again, cause the Mitas surpass any d/s tires i've ever used. Superb traction on the street, really important, as i live on a very twisty section of Ca hwy 1. Very solid all rounder off road. Hands above the Heidenau. Switched the front out at 9500mi and the rear just turned 10k of pretty hard use. Shipped from MX1 in Canada for $260, or $280, don't recall. The supplier has some KLR owners that get 20k out of them. Sort of on par with the Mefo's.....highly recommend em'!

Which model of mitas are you talking about?

 

[Thumpa]

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Which model of mitas are you talking about?

Mitas E-07, search Mitas. Go to MX 1 Canada web page you'll see the full range.

 

[Darman]

Just bought a set of E07. Handling on the road is just great compared to the E09 I had on. They make light work of the dirt as well. I'll be interested to see their durability.

 

[mag00]

Just bought a set of E07. Handling on the road is just great compared to the E09 I had on. They make light work of the dirt as well. I'll be interested to see their durability.

I liked what I saw for tread design and so did some hunting and ran across this. This is a current issue.

 

[Greg Jetnikoff]

Severe under-inflation on the bitumen perhaps??

 

[msmith345]

Those could be my next set...Was planning on a TKC80 front and K60 back...but that life span and the road manners have me intrigued.

 

[Dutchgit]

We've been using Heidis K60 on all our (4) bikes till now. I strayed once to the TKC80. It doesn't have half the grip in the rain a K60 does.
Seeing it rains here pretty often and we don't do any hard core off-road the Heidenau is a fine tyre !

 

[Thumpa]

I liked what I saw for tread design and so did some hunting and ran across this. This is a current issue.

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looking at these pics i can say that both the previous and current version of the E07 i was supplied with differ. It may well of been a result of such cracking, as if you were to draw an imaginary line between the red highlighted arrows. On my tires these are reinforced by an additional rib. Sadly i don't have photo ability at the moment. But for clarification may warrant a closer look at the Mitas tire selection at MX 1 Canada, or Mitas direct.

 

[hasenpfeffer]

Like this?

 

[Thumpa]

Yep, that's the puppy!

 

[Quirky]

Severe under-inflation on the bitumen perhaps??

Seen a few do this cracking thing.
A mates KLR with always >30psi has done this also.
Seems related to that center strip. I have a 140/80 17 on the gs with no strip and no cracks. Haven't heard of this cracking actually causing any failures (yet). It just doesn't look great.
Starcross hp4 good long lasting handy front (not a dot tyre though) and an E07 rear is my plan after using up a few others.

 

[Darman]

I liked what I saw for tread design and so did some hunting and ran across this. This is a current issue.

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Oww.

 

[FER QUILES]

I've just put a sahara 3 on my TE630 without knowing it was the stock tyre for the Terra, so just wondering what mileage you guys expect out of the stock Metz rear on the 650.

my front sahara metzeler, 17500km. rear one still on now 18500km.

 

[TerraCzar]

8500 miles on rear Karoo 3. No real noticeable difference between stock. Front Karoo 3 is a little noisy at speed.

 

[Vincent]

I put the Pirelli MT 90 on my Terra after the stocker wore out. Terrible decision. I can't find a situation it grips well. It is worse off road than the stock Sahara. It is also worse on road, although slightly quieter. I'd rather it grip though. It's also terrible in the rain. IT's the worst tire I've ever put on a bike. I'm going to try some TKC 80s on this next go around. I figure they can't be any worse on road than the Pirelli and if I pick up some off road traction that is a plus. I've tried various pressures and nothing seems to help the Pirelli grip.

The only good thing I can think of is the mileage is pretty good on the pirelli and I ride pretty hard. Get the rear hopping, hard on the brakes, pin the throttle etc. and the Pirelli has still lasted about 4,000 on the rear. So if you want a relatively inexpensive tire that wears well and never has any traction then the Pirelli is a good tire for the Terra.

 

[FER QUILES]

Honda Xr650 L in europe was in the market with Pirelli MT, I have changed as fast as possible. NO grip at all..
MIchelin and Pirelli NO works at all for TRAIL MOTORBIKES..
DUNLOP, BRIGESTONE and continental are ok.