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 12-08-09, 21:11
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Michelin SIRAC 'review' + What to get next?
Right, my baby had Siracs fitted OEM. Advertised as 90/10 on/off.
Done 3500 hard miles so far and barely showing signs of wear. 
Pretty much faultless on the road, quick up to temp and excellent in all weathers. Holds lines well through corners, predictable steering. I am finding the front was 'tracking' road imperfections slightly - white lines, tarbanding and so on, but nothing to worry about. Off road then: Ok on 'hard' packed trail. Skittish and unpredictable on loose gravel, not really suitable. Didnt try it on sand. However - a warning - do not even think about anything soft. I don't even mean mud - its more like 'stay off your lawn'. I got caught out by coming off a road in the Alps and down a 15-20% dry grass incline. (Wasn't even planning anything exciting - a call of nature). Done my business but couldn't get back up. The tyre would scrub off the top dry layer of grass, find moist earth and spin like mad - no traction whatsoever. Loaded up and with full tank I tried pushing it up, and just about gave up to start unloading when a passing Italian VFR rider offered assistance... 
So, avoid anything even potentially soft. However if you are happy to stay on tarmac/commute SIRACs are great. My planned riding mix is 90% London commute / 10% week-end easy off-road fun. The off-road bit is now suspended until more suitable tyres are fitted. Given that, which should I go for next - which is better off-road? (they are both �130/pair on eBay) Continental TKC-80 
Bridgestone TrailWing302 
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13-08-09, 12:02
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R or Z ??
I've got Tourances on the Tenere, and I'd say they are pretty much the same as the Siracs on anything but firm-ish ground. Great on fire roads, gravel, rocks etc but the front washes out at the first sign of grass, mud or sand (apart from deep sand for some reason!). That doesn't mean they behave the same on an R, I can't comment on that.
I've just ordered a pair of TCK80's for the Tenere, as the Metz is down to 2mm on the back and 3 on the front, and will be verging on legal after this weekend! The Tourance are a good tyre, and great for touring with some off-road ability - on road they are hard to fault. I'm not sure about the Bridgestones, I had deathwings on my Varadero and they were tourture in the wet - I've never gone back to them since (other than the XJR where the road tyres seam OK)
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13-08-09, 12:10
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I've got TKC80's on at the moment and prefer then to the Tourances that came off, even in the wet.
However, if your commuting then I dont think the rear will last you very long, the front still looks like new. I'm probably going to try Mitas E07 as I'll be 90% on road for the next few thousand miles. http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.p...dsco=110&m_s=1 Nick. |
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17-08-09, 14:38
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22-08-09, 05:35
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Try the Michelin Anakees. They are good on my GS's and DR
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14-08-09, 13:56
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14-08-09, 14:23
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Am I the only one who got low miles from the Siracs?! by 5000 they were toast. The rear was smooth in the centre, and the edges were chunking. The front was wearing funny on the trailing edges of the treads as well and would move about and push out in bends.
Nick, if you are doing primarily road miles like me then I can heartily recommend the Bridgestone Battlewings. Loads of grip wet or dry, I almost had the pegs down this morning  Maybe time to dig the one piece and the sliders out and go roundabout surfing on the weekend
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22-08-09, 10:19
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1 x Tourance 2 x MT21 1 x TKC80 and the TKC fitted at the moment is past its best. I like the sound of these Battlewings, think I might try them next and stay on tarmac over the winter.Looks like roundandblack on ebay do them for a shade over �120 delivered which ain't bad. |
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22-08-09, 18:40
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I don't know anything about the Sirac's, because I run Tourance's(OEM). At 18.000km got them replaced with new Tourance's, although the old ones were not completely shot. At first I'd change to TKC's(mostly too for my allroad trip to the Ukraine, which failed), but the short mileage(about 6.000km), made me change my mind and go for the Tourance's once again. I'm happy with them, for me good handling in dry and wet weather and good mileage. So to keep this beautiful hobby affordable, I'll stick to the Tourance's, more so I only occasionally do offroad ridin', mostly gravel roads(farmroads and such).
Greetz, Hans.
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18-11-09, 23:14
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Update - My SIRACs are slowly giving up the ghost (1.5mm left)
Spent ages trawling the forums for a 50/50 tyre that can take the commute miles and be decent off-road. Result - Heidenau K60. Everyone seems to love them, off road capability allegedly equal to TKCs and they last 7,000+ miles: 
Ordered a pair from www.moto-tyres.co.uk for �105 including postage. Will try to stick them on maybe this week-end or next. My first tubed tyre change, so I'm expecting a struggle 
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