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Old 20-11-15, 11:49
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Originally Posted by klasic View Post
I am about to buy new tires. I have doubt between michelin T63 and Continental TKC80. I am driving 60:40 on road and off road. 1. Can somebody recomend according to his exporience? 2. Is it possible on xt660z to be used, maunted Rear Tire 140/80-17 (TKC80)? Have somebody expirience with wider 140 rear tire? Thanks in front...
Hi I would recommend TKC80 for the front tyre I have currently done 5000 miles on my front tyre and it still has loads of tread on it. I am going to stick with the TKC 80 front as the tyre has very good grip on tarmac wet or dry and have had no moments even when banked over a long way.

For the rear I am using a Hiedenau K60 scout 130/80 and am very impressed with the longevity of the tyre. The grip off road is good but not as good as a TKC80 and on road again i have had no slides/moments upto now in 2500 miles wet or dry. I would say the K60 is a very hard tyre and would be wary of fitting one on the front particularly in cold temperatures
Again i am going to stick with these as my rear tyre as i find the handling of this combination excellent much much better than tourances. the only down side is they are a swine to fit to the rear wheel (see my post in tyres).
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