I guess we have to give it to Heidenau for its attempt at making the most long-lasting tire available on the market.
This German brand is known mainly for its longevity, but is absolutely horrendous on wet surfaces.
CONS: not so good 0n-road high performance. Decent performances on wet tarmac and dirt. Not the best on road performance (hard compound but too soft on the shoulders for performance). #Compare tires series
The Dakar series is built with a harder compound, claiming 20% more longevity than the regular version. Still, I think Mitas provided the market with one of the best all around long-travel tires for adventure bikes. Maybe because of the very hard compound, it could be dangerous to approach turns aggressively on it. Although it lasts around 15,000 km (9,300 miles), it doesn’t deliver good performances on tarmac. The unique tread allows the E-07 to excel in offroad conditions, especially in sand, and it should be praised for its long-lasting capabilities. The very aggressive look is quite appealing for bystanders, but it doesn’t quite deliver the 50-50 capabilities that are claimed for it. The Czech Republic offers its adventure bike-ready tire with the Mitas E-07+.
Good performance on wet until it reaches 30%. The overall performance starts to decrease substantially once it reaches 30% of the remaining life.Ĭontinental has since come out with a more robust TKC 70 Rocks, which, from the looks of it, might provide a better lifespan while maintaining the same performance level of its predecessor. On wet surfaces, it behaves quite well-or as well as a 70-30 tire could behave. Overall, they have decent longevity, lasting around 10,000 km (6000 miles).Īn irregular wear pattern developed in the front tire, but it did not affect the riding experience. The TKC 70 is really great on most dry surfaces, and has an outstanding performance on tarmac and very good traction off road. The German tire maker Continental put this tire on the market quite some time ago, and in my opinion it is one of the best-performing tires for adventure bikes. Here are are the 11 adventure motorcycle tires I tried over the past six years: But if you're driving on a frozen lake, spring for the studs.Having ridden for six years and 125,000 miles with many different tires on my KTM 1190 Adventure, I have developed some impressions of which adventure motorcycle tires work, and how, and which don’t, and where. Because of that-and the fact that some states do not allow metal studded tire-winter tires are still the best solution for more people. And since these are purpose-built tires for ice racing, regular street studded tires would have slimmer leads in every test. Studded tires are seriously helpful on straight ice, but their clawing approach is less advantageous on snow. That smaller difference is due to the snow on the track. The car on Blizzaks takes an average of 60.2 seconds to complete the short course, while the car on studded tires takes 52.4 seconds. The lap times, though, are closer together. Acceleration to 30 shows a similar delta between the two types of winter tires: 6.8 seconds for the car on studdless tires, 4.0 seconds on studded rubber. A performance car on dry pavement, Fenske points out, can stop from 30 mph in about 30 feet. Stopping from 30 on sheet ice takes an average of 182 feet with the Blizzaks, compared to only 92 feet on the ice-racing tires. Unsurprisingly, the studded tires clobber the Blizzaks.
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