The contis give a decent road life span - got 2k out of the rear then moved on to a MT21 which is better offroad but noisy on road. I currently have 3k on the front with plenty left. The contis are poor in mud and wet grass but fine on everything else.

I don't know why Yamaha didn't put an 18 inch rear wheel on the bike - the offroad tyre choice would be better.

I also can't understand why they don't do a simple conversion kit for the X and R to swap the wheels? I'd love to run some extreme enduro tyres for offroad and supermoto rims for road riding but as the fitments are different it makes the swap very expensive. Personally I think they missed the boat on this. They could charge �500/�600 for the supermoto setup if the wheels fit and make some (more) money.