Battle Wing gone

[phplemel]

Just replaced the stock tires here in Vegas, during the early part of a 12 week de-stressing ride. from Whitehorse to Baja Took the wings off at 9000km ( 6000miles) rear was almost totally done(forgot to take a pic) frt was probably about 50%. Changed to Hiedeneau K60 for the rest of my trip (Baja) Almost all miles except breakin period were fully loaded (3 Pelican cases-2l xtra fuel & drybag) with a substantial rider (250+ gearedup) O on bad Northern Canada /Alcan hyw chip seal roads or US non-interstate roads going way to fast ::005::
Heard lots of good things about these K60's I'l let you know

 

[Dirt_Dad]

Decided to do a lot of "firsts" today. First ride on the Anakee II to scrub it in. Took along my new camera (Sony TX10) for the first use, and first time using a camera mount on the S10.

Scrub in new Anakee II

My method for the scrub-in is always the same, head out to the nearest dirt/gravel road and power slide around as many corners as possible in the deepest gravel sections (thank you TCS2). Cleans up a tire real fast. Good, because I didn't make it to the bottom of my driveway without having the ABS kick in as I left the house.

I like the camera. It's waterproof, shockproof and dust proof. Perfect for the Tenere.

You Tube appears to have loaded this video with a pretty low resolution. I'll have to figure out how to get the full resolution loaded, because it takes a nice picture/video.

The Ram camera mount on the crash bar is obviously horrible. Will need work out a better spot to put the camera.

 

[newventurer]

Nice video! I look forward to your report on the Anakee as i have pretty well decided that those are Freebird's next pair of shoes.

 

[tkad]

I too, am at 7500 miles on the battlewings. slightly more tread left, maybe 1000 more. most miles were lightly loaded, just me @ 220 (wet) and a tail trunk @ 40lbs. will be going with the continental trali attack as used on my wee.

 

[Dirt_Dad]

I too, am at 7500 miles on the battlewings. slightly more tread left, maybe 1000 more. most miles were lightly loaded, just me @ 220 (wet) and a tail trunk @ 40lbs.

Interesting, I've never been able to get 7500 miles out of any rear tire of any brand without running into the wear bars on my Wee/Vee/S10. So I have to believe it is road condition and riding style making the difference. I tend to be pretty aggressive on rough, patched, beat up old pavement. I usually I seek out those type of roads, and I'm guessing that would shorten tire life. Congrats on getting up to 8500, that would an all time record for me.

 

[digitalmoto]

Hmmm, rough decision!!!

Ya... Well... A guy's gotta have standards. It was a package deal and she refused to sell it. <shrug>

What can I say? I've never really been much of a car guy.

 

[bloke]

tried to finish mine off today but it just wont die

 

[justbob]

I've got 11,600 miles on my front Battlewing and it still has some life in it.

 

[bloke]

i changed my rear at 5500 and my fronts not far behind it