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[VCheng]

This is British Columbia?

Also, these tyres (on the KLR). Don't you prefer something with slightly deeper grooves. Not full on buttons, but larger interlocking blocks with deep sipes.

Something like the Pirelli MT60 Scorpion. Have you tried the Heidenau Scout? Thinking of that next for my GS, which is chewing through tyres man ...

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[adil_minhas]

Like this?

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@Syed.Ali.Haider

Which one would you choose as a tarmac 70 (or 80) and off-road 30 (or 20) tyre please.

Or

Or

Please note that the last option is not tubeless, and I am planning on mounting these to mag alloy wheels.

 

[VCheng]

Which one would you choose as a tarmac 70 (or 80) and off-road 30 (or 20) tyre please.

It would depend on the type of riding you do. For me, a 50:50 works out quite well. 70:30 either way would be too much of a compromise for on- or off-road situations, unless it forms the majority of the riding done.

 

[adil_minhas]

It would depend on the type of riding you do. For me, a 50:50 works out quite well. 70:30 either way would be too much of a compromise for on- or off-road situations, unless it forms the majority of the riding done.

The kind of riding we normally do is weekend warrior-giri. Which is flat out tarmac blasts on Sunday morning of anywhere between 150-300 kms, with a lot of back roads and twisties thrown in. But usually good Indian tarmac .. for what that's worth.

The rides for which I want to mount these tyres is for a ride into the mountains. Kashmir. Somewhere along the LOC. Spitting distance from Pakistan actually.

For that I will have to ride about 1500-2000 odd kms on tarmac and concrete roads to get there, before the offroading starts. So about 2000 there tarmac, about a 1000 offroading, and 2000 tarmac back.

The offroading, if you've been into the mountains back home (Pakistan), is everything from broken tarmac, to black ice, to snow, snow-mud slush, stones, gravel, rocks, moss covered rocks, icy rocks, wading depth water, moving water crossings, near knee deep mud/slush with snow melt, hard backed gravel/stone sections, steep gradients (with zero barriers, zero run-off/back-up areas), and sharp edged broken jagged rocks, with long stretches of believe it or not, fine sandy pack-earth (pretty soft and deep).

I also do not plan to keep shifting back to tarmac tyres and these depending on rides, so for all intents and purposes, this would be by next pair.

Hope that helps?

 

[VCheng]

The kind of riding we normally do is weekend warrior-giri. Which is flat out tarmac blasts on Sunday morning of anywhere between 150-300 kms, with a lot of back roads and twisties thrown in. But usually good Indian tarmac .. for what that's worth.

The rides for which I want to mount these tyres is for a ride into the mountains. Kashmir. Somewhere along the LOC. Spitting distance from Pakistan actually.

For that I will have to ride about 1500-2000 odd kms on tarmac and concrete roads to get there, before the offroading starts. So about 2000 there tarmac, about a 1000 offroading, and 2000 tarmac back.

The offroading, if you've been into the mountains back home (Pakistan), is everything from broken tarmac, to black ice, to snow, snow-mud slush, stones, gravel, rocks, moss covered rocks, icy rocks, wading depth water, moving water crossings, near knee deep mud/slush with snow melt, hard backed gravel/stone sections, steep gradients (with zero barriers, zero run-off/back-up areas), and sharp edged broken jagged rocks, with long stretches of believe it or not, fine sandy pack-earth (pretty soft and deep).

I also do not plan to keep shifting back to tarmac tyres and these depending on rides, so for all intents and purposes, this would be by next pair.

Hope that helps?

I have ridden extensively in those areas. A 50:50 tire will work out just fine.

 

[adil_minhas]

I have ridden extensively in those areas. A 50:50 tire will work out just fine.

Bhai, that does not help me. I cannot go to a shop and say 50:50 tyre dena.

The ones I posted are the ones available in my size for my intended use. Please pick one. Will help.

 

[VCheng]

Bhai, that does not help me. I cannot go to a shop and say 50:50 tyre dena.

The ones I posted are the ones available in my size for my intended use. Please pick one. Will help.

None of the tires you posted seem up to snuff, sadly. Look for the Anakee Wild by Michelin, or the Heidenau Scouts if you can get them.

 

[adil_minhas]

None of the tires you posted seem up to snuff, sadly. Look for the Anakee Wild by Michelin, or the Heidenau Scouts if you can get them.

Not available here. Would have to wait too long to import it in.

Can you tell me which between the first two if you had to make a choice between

and them?

 

[VCheng]

Not available here. Would have to wait too long to import it in.

Can you tell me which between the first two if you had to make a choice between

and them?

You should ask locally for recommendations as to what works best for riders there.

 

[adil_minhas]

You should ask locally for recommendations as to what works best for riders there.

Riders use all three.

But none of the the riders are on PDF.

 

[VCheng]

Riders use all three.

But none of the the riders are on PDF.

PDF is not exactly the best place to look for motorcycle tire recommendations, is it?

 

[adil_minhas]

PDF is not exactly the best place to look for motorcycle tire recommendations, is it?

I'm open to knowledge wherever I can find it.

On another thread one of your compatriots is tying himself in knots over Islam, pillars and mathematical equations.

 

[VCheng]

I'm open to knowledge wherever I can find it.

On another thread one of your compatriots is tying himself in knots over Islam, pillars and mathematical equations.

PDF is not exactly the best place to seek knowledge, either.

 

[adil_minhas]

PDF is not exactly the best place to seek knowledge, either.

Is it true that front abs does not judder in your hand when it kicks in, like how rear abs does under your foot?

 

[VCheng]

Is it true that front abs does not judder in your hand when it kicks in, like how rear abs does under your foot?

It depends on the design of the system. Most newer designs do not judder.