It would be nice for all new members to go through a presentation
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I'm not a real offroader either, at least not on this bike. I have another bike to pound on for trails and more dirty oriented stuff.I'm quite content on this bike to do forest service roads, gravel and occasional trails. If you're looking at the Pirelli Scorpions, I think you'll enjoy them. I've ridden on a set on a previous bike and really liked them. They are basically a sport touring tire with really good grip. They just don't last that long 7-8,000 kilometres for me on a heavy bike.The Avon TrailRiders also get excellent reviews from BMuu riders on the big GS and they are similar to the Scorpions.
seems Scorpion is very nice on road ! but worse on path, gravel, sand, etc .... consider personal feeling with a tire is very different , considering (age of the pilot ) roads where you ride, and how you ride, on the same bike; so I do not consider, a tire fitting a varadero or BMuu is nice on the AT ...
I was thinking about tire tests the other day, if you don't consider that some magazines or sites are paid, to give manufacturers goodreviews, then how is it possible they always pretty much all agree on this or that tire being the best.While all over forums, different people tend to like different brands, depending driving style and motorcycle, this will always puzzle me !
It does make it tough to make a decision. Forum riders have said that the Avon Trailriders will go from 6,000 kilometres to 20,000. The Mitas E-07 from 3-4,000 kilometres to 18,000. The Heidenau K60 from 6,000 (mine) to 18-20,000 kilometres. There can't be that much variation in riding and road conditions for those types of gaps in the data.
As an observation, some riders recommend running tires on pressure below that recommended by the tire manufacturer and in my experience this is the quickest way to accelerate tire wear.
The issue is I'm not eager to try TKC, because my logic sugests that being the same company as the TA2, there is a good chance the rubber and wear would behave in a same fashion, so going another brand seems more logical !
Quote from: Djairouks on April 23, 2017, 13:18:02The issue is I'm not eager to try TKC, because my logic sugests that being the same company as the TA2, there is a good chance the rubber and wear would behave in a same fashion, so going another brand seems more logical !the tkc 70 is a very different tire than the TA2.
Quote from: MrKiwi on April 23, 2017, 13:54:26Quote from: Djairouks on April 23, 2017, 13:18:02The issue is I'm not eager to try TKC, because my logic sugests that being the same company as the TA2, there is a good chance the rubber and wear would behave in a same fashion, so going another brand seems more logical !I read that in fact the basic carcass is the same as the TA2 and same multigrip, as well as raingrip technologies, so in fact it looks like it's just more thread and more dirt oriented, but actually the rest is the same !Even on the continental website, the spiderweb graphic giving the difference between TKC 70, 80 and TA2, give the same mileage ont both TA2 and TKC 70. So when the manufacturer says that, i'm still more convinced on the Avon and again I don't need a 60/40 tire, 80/20 is the maximum i'd need.
Quote from: Djairouks on April 23, 2017, 13:18:02The issue is I'm not eager to try TKC, because my logic sugests that being the same company as the TA2, there is a good chance the rubber and wear would behave in a same fashion, so going another brand seems more logical !