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FHR	30-12-08 00:49

For serious off road ridding i recommend after +3 years of using several brands: front: Metzeler unicross, gives me a lot of confidence, great grip. Rear: Michelin T66, similar to Karoo2 but lasts longer.

Cheers,

svele

20-01-09 22:53

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Originally Posted by FHR (Post 77877)

i just don't have idea about michelin t63 they seem to be all trail tyres with decent on road use... who knows how are they on wet and how long they last :support:

stzog

20-04-09 16:48

After 4 years and 40000km on my XT660R,Michelin T63 is my favourite tyre for dual use.On tarmac is almost perfect even dry or wet with only two disadvantages...Noise and medium life span(about 8000-9000km).Perfect tyre for this bike but only on 22-24 psi pressure!

marjani

20-04-09 21:18

Mefo MFC12 stonemaster rear + MFC15 front.
http://www.xt660.com/attachment.php?...3&d=1240236679

slick

27-04-09 12:00

T63 all the way

43,000kms to New Zealand, and I say Michelin T63. Lasted AGES even when riding on tarmac. Got to northern India before the front needed changing - about 18,000 kms! Good traction off road too. They're VERY comparable to Mitas Enduro tyres, which are dead cheap, but almost same pattern, and great wear rate and grip on tarmac. When I got to NZ, I put Distanzias on since it was 90% tarmac. These are great tyres too.

mkp	13-07-09 06:36

Best XTR tyres for off-road ?

What you think could be the best tyres for only off-road ride on the XTR ?
I used Metzeler MC5 in my old trail bike.
Thanks

Powerfreak

16-07-09 01:30

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Originally Posted by H00v3rman (Post 73616)

These are the street biased version and have high silica content.

So far I have done 800 miles on them and they are superbly grippy in the dry and much better than my Siracs in the wet.

They felt a bit odd, like they were following their own tracks for the first couple of hundred miles but now I reckon they are perfect for an on road rider like me.

:-)

Any tips on pressure, I weigh 86 kg and tend to ride fast and solo, the manuf settings are 2 bar front 2.25 bar rear which I think is about (29/33) psi, the rear sounds a bit high to me unless I was carrying a pillion.

What sort of price did you pay for these mate?

H00v3rman

17-07-09 03:16

Hi, I can't remember what I paid when i got the pair last year but I just replaced the rear after 8000 miles and that cost �65 Fitted.

Cheers

Sideflirt

24-07-09 01:45

Avon all the way

I only use the bike on road at the moment, not planning on venturing on to the muddy stuff, apart from the gravel/cow **** lane to my sisters farm. I've got the Avon Distanzias on mine, and I have to say they are mint!

maxwell123455

06-09-09 22:30

Ive just changed my Avon Distanzia tyres over to a set of Metz tourances.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-8ywrZ4Re8..._distanzia.jpg

The front lasted about 10kmiles and the rear about 4-5kmiles (but i did have a large 2.5kmile fully loaded touring trip so milage would have been bigger with normal use). They do warm up very quickly and never really had any problems with grips. Only downside mine squared off badly at the end of us and made wet cornering a bit fiffy, with some rear end moments. But still a good tyre.

Would i buy them again, yea probably would, would like to also try them off road as they look as if the rear could do a good job of gripping.

Got a set of metz tourances on for �120, then + �10 for 2 new tubs as the old ones had slime in the tyre and you cant balance a tyre with slime in it i was told. Didnt think that price was too bad

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