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Chalk Two 11-01-18 19:05

2nd Gen Karoos (Street)
 
I've had Metz's Karoos and they were pretty good. Saw these and thought I'd share the web page. Although it looks like a 130 rear isn't an option yet. May be you have another bike that would thank you for these new boots.

http://www.metzeler.com/site/com/pro...oo-Street.html

Ferg 28-10-18 20:09

Hi Chalk 2,
Interesting, hope they might be better than the Karoo 3�s.
They were hard wearing but leathal on a wet road.
Part of the reason is the profile and also mine were 3-4 years old, really hard wearing.
Loved the Karoo and Karoo 2�s.
Using an electric plane to take a small amount off the older surface rubber helped; I currently use TKC-80�s now which seem to handle better off and on road, but wear a lot faster.

What tyres are you currently running?

Chalk Two 29-10-18 09:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ferg (Post 237080)
Hi Chalk 2

What tyres are you currently running?

Hi Ferg....I'm on my 2nd set of TKC 80's. I've had Karoo 3's and thought they were 7 out of 10 for tarmac and on the loose stuff were pretty fair too but the loose stuff here is dust and small stone on hard packed mud tracks. I thought the Karoos were the hardest to get off the rear rim. I switched to 80s because I heard they're softer and easier to get off a rim whilst in the middle of no where and I found that to be definitely the case.

I have had Siracs (5/10), Sahara 3's (7/10), Mitas EO8's (8/10). I change my own tyres with a Motion Pro bead breaker set and the TKCs have been so easy to get on and off, plus the 1st set lasted just under 6000 miles which really suprised me.


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