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

On the other hand I ran a couple of MT21s on my XT660Z and was pretty pleased with them. I found them a very good all-road tire. Can be pushed very hard on dry roads, perform decent in the wet and are pretty acceptable in the mud for a tire that performs well on tarmac. Only downside I found was that they weren't as good at climbing out of muddy ruts as full-on knobbies with knobs placed more outward facing to the side of the tire.
 
I've had a Pirelli MT90 rear for a couple of months now. Great on asphalt at highway speeds and grippy enough on packed/graded gravel roads. Is a bit taller than a Sahara even though they're both a 80 profile. Got 7,800km out of the original Sahara.
 
I have recently finished a 4000 km ride through the Andes on BMW F700 that was wearing a new set of Heidenau K60s. They were fantastic on the pavement and the 400 odd kms of dirt. What's more, they looked almost new at the end. They will be the next set of tyres that I put on my Terra.
 
Slowflyer said:
I have recently finished a 4000 km ride through the Andes on BMW F700 that was wearing a new set of Heidenau K60s.
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I had a K60 on the rear of my KLX250 awhile back and it was squirmy like it had soft sidewalls. Didn't last that long either <5000km.
 
AUS_TR650 said:
I had a K60 on the rear of my KLX250 awhile back and it was squirmy like it had soft sidewalls. Didn't last that long either <5000km.
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Where those the regular K60 or the Silica version? The regular ones are M+S, but the Silica is a proper winter tire that is a lot softer and wears faster.
After almost 5000km on my regular K60 Scouts through the Balkans I absolutely love the tires and you can hardly even see that they were used...
 
my front sahara metzeler did 17500km. The rear one sahara stock still on now 20.000km. next to change to match the front one TW301 i am going to carry TW302 brigestone. amazing
off road, and quite good on tarmac.. we will see the mileage..
 
FER QUILES said:
my front sahara metzeler did 17500km. The rear one sahara stock still on now 20.000km. next to change to match the front one TW301 i am going to carry TW302 brigestone. amazing
off road, and quite good on tarmac.. we will see the mileage..
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Metzler 20000 ks!!, that's amazing!!. My wear rate is about 1mm per 1000k's, new they have 8mm of tread so by the time 3mm is left its stuffed.
 
kiwiape said:
Metzler 20000 ks!!, that's amazing!!. My wear rate is about 1mm per 1000k's, new they have 8mm of tread so by the time 3mm is left its stuffed.
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I reckon. I have 13000km on my Terra and it's 3rd rear tyre is almost at end of life.
 
nev.. said:
I reckon. I have 13000km on my Terra and it's 3rd rear tyre is almost at end of life.
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what I surprise most, it is that rear tyre has more longevity than front ones..
cause it could be, that Terra should be running 130/80/18 or 120/80/18, instead 140, because it is heavier front than rear.
In my others TRAIL MOTORBIKES, Kawa and XL 650 honda, always front tyre 20.000km and rear ones 13.000km .
someody macht these experiences?
 
FER QUILES said:
what I surprise most, it is that rear tyre has more longevity than front ones..
cause it could be, that Terra should be running 130/80/18 or 120/80/18, instead 140, because it is heavier front than rear.
In my others TRAIL MOTORBIKES, Kawa and XL 650 honda, always front tyre 20.000km and rear ones 13.000km .
someody macht these experiences?
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no, no, you got it wrong, the rear wears much faster that the front, its at least 2 rears to 1 front..
 
kiwiape said:
no, no, you got it wrong, the rear wears much faster that the front, its at least 2 rears to 1 front..
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YEs Kiwi, I thought so, but reality it has been diferent at least with SAHARA METZELER.
this week I change rear one to match front one . I ask for 130/80/18 from TW 302 trailwing Bridgestone.. We will see. what happens.
Metzeler sahara, dates: front 17.500km rear one=20.800km.


next changes will probe HEIDENAU SCOUT K60
 
I just installed a set of Kenda Big Block tires on my bike. Yeah, I know they won't last but hey, they were cheap. The are really grippy, but the rear was gawd awful to spoon on, I bet you could ride a flat forever as stiff as the side walls are. I noticed that turn in was quite abrupt, the lean angle is good until you have to make a 90* turn then the bike just kinda falls in. Quiet tires for big blocks though. Given my riding style I will be lucky to get 2k out of the rear though.
 
I changed my sahara rear at 8k miles still had probably another 1-1500 miles left. I am at 9600 miles and going to replace front soon, due to high vibrations. I ride mostly pavement 60 miles a day and keep the tires properly inflated. I have a rear sahara on now, front going on this month and in august getting a set of Mitas e-07 to test the difference. For me it is just the rarity of the Mitas is why I am getting them. The yellow dakar stripe sets the bike apart from the rest. I do not expect them to outlast the Sahara tires. Hoping the front tire has a little more nit to it for sand rides though. Any one compare the stock terra tires with the mitas eo7's yet?
 
Great resource Hasenpfeffer. I was waiting on the vendor in ADV to get some to the states. They are on a container ship.
 
Yes good source. I think me and drz are waiting on the same tires. They had a container a couple months ago come in but the tires in the size we wanted did not make the container.
 
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