Are you going to change tires right away?

[toompine]

A lot of my riding over the last ten years has been with very grippy/sticky smooth and black tires and edges with balled up rubber. Not that I don't have a lot of knobby time but it was typically dedicated off-road time. Now that I am moving towards having it both ways at once, I have spent a lot of time looking at tire threads on ADV Rder. I want a tire that is not overly squirmy leaned over and good edge grip but I also want decent off-road grip. I am pretty sure I have found that in the Heideneau. I think I want to put on a set of Heideneau's right away.

Anybody else changing tires before they pick up their bike?

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=568324&highlight=heideneau
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=487217&highlight=heideneau

 

[rem]

After paying for the bike, the GST (sales tax), the panniers, the crash bars and the skid plate ..... No. I'm gonna give these boys a shot and see how they work for me. I won't be doing any heroic off road stuff, so they will probably suffice. I will likely go to something other than OEM when it's time to change. But if I were going to be seriously off road, I probably would. RR

 

[Firefight911]

Yep. Most likely put the Heidenau on right away as well. The second poster on your first link, "1bmwfan", is me.

Understand that the rear in our size is currently not available. It went through a redesign and won't be readily available for a couple months. It will be known as teh Heidenau Scout. The fronts are unchanged.

I have just over 9500 miles on them on my F800GS. Absolutely fantastic tire!!!!!!! Rode to Colorado and back on them this year and did all the high elevation passes in Ouray, CO while there. Never a bobble on or off road! They are the real deal!!! I've hooned the canyon corners and scrapped hard parts so I can attest to their on road ability quite well.

Many people have run the 140 rear due to it being available with no issues. I would expect that once our bikes arrive any availability issues should have been sorted by then. Just FYI.

 

[ptfjjj]

Sweet find! Yep, I've been looking for something just like this. Thanks for posting. I will run with the stock tire for 6 months to a year, but will definately switch to these.

 

[Koinz]

After paying for the bike, the GST (sales tax), the panniers, the crash bars and the skid plate ..... No. I'm gonna give these boys a shot and see how they work for me. I won't be doing any heroic off road stuff, so they will probably suffice. I will likely go to something other than OEM when it's time to change. But if I were going to be seriously off road, I probably would. RR

+1 What he said!

 

[motocephalic]

I want to buy some of the new tires taken off. Anyone want to sell them (new) for 75.00 shipped?

 

[jajpko]

Whatever Clem does not take, I will.. ;D

 

[simmons1]

I"ll probably wear out the stock ones first while getting to know the bike on blacktop and easy dirt roads.

 

[Buckeye56]

I"ll probably wear out the stock ones first while getting to know the bike on blacktop and easy dirt roads.

+1 I too will use the OEM tires and try to get a feel for how I will use the S10. Since it is replacing a Honda ST1300 that I ride cross-country, I would not want to diminish that capability too much. But I also do not want to limit my options if I decide to give the off road side more tries. I guess that I will worry about it once the bike is here and the stock tires are worn out.

 

[colorider]

+1 I too will use the OEM tires and try to get a feel for how I will use the S10. Since it is replacing a Honda ST1300 that I ride cross-country, I would not want to diminish that capability too much. But I also do not want to limit my options if I decide to give the off road side more tries. I guess that I will worry about it once the bike is here and the stock tires are worn out.

Same here, except substitute "Yammy FJR1300" in place of "Honda ST1300". I've never had a pair of OEM tires that I thought were so bad that I would pull them off before they were worn out (or at least, well on their way to worn out).

YMMV

 

[Buckeye56]

On two Ron Ayres tours in South America. Was amazed at how well the 80/20 tires performed. The bikes all had Metzlers mounted and we rode them like we stole them! Prior to that trip, had you asked me, I would have been reluctant to recommend tires of that genre for mainly street use. But now I think that they do not pose a problem for most riders. I know I drug hard parts a couple of times on the BMW 650GS single I was on without trying too hard. I will preface that with saying that I am not a scratcher by any means. on the second tri p I didn't even think about beating the he'll out of the BMW650/800 twin I was on. We did a run from Porto Allegre to Gramado in Brazil and were passing folks on racer replicas! What a hoot!

I digress. At this point I am not sure how I will utilize the Super Tenere. I guess I need to readjust my mental picture so that I Canberra comfortable on street tires that are not more sport oriented. Since I am pretty sure hat I will not do any "A" level trails, my tires needs are not that stringent.

 

[HoebSTer]

i know not everyone is going to be riding on some gravel roads, but there is some food for thought about the tires that come on the bike. I would put my money on that our bikes will be coming mostly with the Bridgestones. They come on the STroms, and last about 8500-10000 miles to most. As for gravel road riding (even in the lightest form) they are squirley to say the least. I noticed a big difference when installing the Shinko 705's and understand why many "Adventure" riders shift to the TKC's. I am not heavily experienced in gravel road riding, but noticed the increased stability when airing down and using the shinkos.
Since I will be riding alot to work on pavement, I want a tire to last some miles, but I sure love the added look of the bike to have something like the TKC's or even the new Kenda BigBlocks. Just my thoughts!!!

 

[2XADV]

If the bike comes with the Bridgestones I am taking them off the 1st day and going with Shinkos or Anakee 2s.

 

[toompine]

Well I am thinking about having my dealer order the Heideneau's if he can give me resell the stock tires and credit me something for the new ones. If not I will order them up and have him mount them at inital set up. Motocephalic gets first shot at the takeoffs!

 

[switchback]

Unless the stockers are garbage, I'm with Clem!

 

[pqsqac]

I'm wearing out the stockers first buying the bike is expensive enough.

 

[markjenn]

The bike will come with 90-10 tires (e.g., Battlewings or Tourances), so if you were going to immediately start doing serious non-pavement, you probably want to swap the tires out for something knobbier (e.g., TKC80's). I've used TKC-80's on various bikes and they're very nice compromise tires - superior performance on loose surfaces, night-day better in anything like mud or sand, but, as expected, less smooth/secure on pavement, and dismal mileage on big high-horsepower bikes - 2K miles on a rear is not unusual. So you make the standard tradeoffs here. If you stay out of mud and sand, I think you can take the stock 90-10 tires most anywhere you should be taking a bike like the S10.

Swapping out the stock 90-10 tires for another brand? That's a lot of work/expense for very marginal gain, IMHO. There's just not that much difference.

If you do a swap, my experience is that it is easy to sell takeoffs on Craigslist and get surprisingly good money. If they tires are unused, you can usually get 80% or so of the going mail-order price.

- Mark

 

[simmons1]

Had high hopes for the Kenda Big Blocks based on cost and similarity to TKC's. Looks they may be too soft offsetting the cheaper price.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showpost.php?p=15181987&postcount=174

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showpost.php?p=15183167&postcount=180

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showpost.php?p=15186398&postcount=192

1000 miles out of the second set

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showpost.php?p=15408878&postcount=266

 

[Chadx]

I'll break the bike in with the stock tires, figuring I won't be doing any off-roading until the bike is broken in; only tarmac and gravel roads 'til then. Once it's broken in, I'll go with a good 50/50 tire since I intend to do a lot of offroad riding with it on a weekly basis. As markjenn mentioned, heavy, high-hp bikes can be a terror on knobbies. The only thing that reduces that is using restraint on the throttle. The traction control will probably help a bit, too. Keeping the rear tire from spinning wildly, on the dirt, will have great returns in tire life expectancy. That being said, I'll probably roast through a set pretty quick while I get it out of my system. Maybe the second set will last longer.

Since the stock tires will likely have a lot of life in them after I get the bike broken in and swap out tires, I'll let them lay here and swap them out, with the knobbies, any time I plan on doing a long asphalt-only road ride (think7500 - 1000+ miles) so the wear goes on them rather than the knobbies.

 

[motocephalic]

The offer is still out there. I'll buy some of those that people want to discard.