Oh well, bit the bullet and shelled out for the maxxis tyres over the distanzias which I know are favoured on here but I just cant bring myself to get "dual sport" type tyres for a bike that will never even be driven over a strip of grass. In a previous life I had a Yam XTZ 750 super tenere which I put distanzia type tyres on and it was ok but in my humble opinion and the fact i have had loads of sport bikes previous to the XTX I just think pure road tyres can only be better, again its just my perception but I would appreciate all comments. Mind you I have gone ahead and bought them so it will be too late lol.

Got these on my zx6r and they're great. My wifes got them on my her R6 and rates them to. I've currently got Michelin pilot roads on my xtx and have previously used Pirelli supercorsas,Michelin Pilot sports and Pirelli stradas. I'll be getting some maxxis when the pilot roads have worn out.
If you're only riding on the road then a road tyre will out perform a 'dual' sports tyre everytime. Glad you didn't get the distanzias.

forgot to mention they cost �145 from 2wheeljunkies

collydug.. hows it goan.. ave never seen ye postin around these parts before... so whit bike ye riding...xt wise.. an dae ye knoiw any other losers on the xt forum here in scotland. am fae Murwill. good tae hear fae ye an hopefuly get tae know ye some time when us scottish delinquients all git it the gither an hae our own wee meet....cheers................Me :happy :

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aye good mate, seen a few of your posts, im riding a 54 plate xtx, bought it in april, been riding sports bikes for 20 years so still getting used to it but my fave route is now a total riot on the xtx, only prob i have noticed is in 5 months i have had 2 punctures both on the back is it just my bad luck. a bonus when i bought the bike is afterwards i found a PCIII and a dna filter, bit of a bonus eh, will try and catch up with the scottish lot at some point ok
see ya
Colin

Aye Colin...all a kin think is , ye must have had bad luck,,there noi worse than any other tyre that i know off...ave never had a puntcture on any of ma X`s ave had 2 on ma R`s. over time mind ye... ive done the west highland way on a X twice an never had a puncture over all they rocks an stuff... I always carry that foam stuff wi me...ye never know when ye`l need it..

so wheres yer favourite routes around eastkilbride. or further a field ... theres plenty back roads around east kilbride eh.. out the strathaven way..towards Kilmarnock...tae Hamilton an down towards the leadhills. have ye done any wheelies ??? if yer not worrying about top end speed get yersel a 14 front sprocket...quicker acceleration mid range grunt ye only miss out on 5 mph an the bike will do 105 easy... but these bikes are better off around the 80ish mark,, on the trailies its not about speed its about Torque. i have a xjr 13 aswell now theres a Torquey bike

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