So i expect this to turn into a Never Ending Pointless Recurring Thread (like we have over on the FJR Forum), but what is the thoughts on tires for the bike? I'm leaning to something with a bit more of a knobby than the factory fitment...
Hi, I had a look round a few months ago at tyre options and it seemed a little limited, could be that I need to look at more specialist places. Usually I'm only buying road tyres so it was all new to me. Stock tyres seem to have ok reviews but not sure what people are running for major off roading.AVGeek said:So i expect this to turn into a Never Ending Pointless Recurring Thread (like we have over on the FJR Forum), but what is the thoughts on tires for the bike? I'm leaning to something with a bit more of a knobby than the factory fitment...
Mark,markjenn said:Lots of folks love the TKC's, but they're damn expensive, short-lived, and, to my hands, make the bike feel awfully tipsy at corner entry.
I tried TKC's once on my Strom and adjusted to them over time, but at least on this bike, they gave it a very aggressive turn-in - that's what I mean by "tipsy" - the bike always felt like it wanted to continue dropping into the turn and you had to apply a little outside bar pressure to stop it. I got used to it and did plenty of very aggressive pavement cornering on them, so they're good tires and I would never call them unstable, but when I went back to Trailwings/Battlewings and Tourances, my sweet handling bike came right back.HoebSTer said:I thought the opposite was true from what I have read. Am I wrong in this thinking? I thought the stability and overall feel was good for a tire like this on paved roads.
This is there old style tire, the newer one has more of a solid center rib.EricV said:Warning - old post revival.
After reading a ton on this forum and ADV about tires that would do dirt and pavement, and last for more than 4-6k, I started searching for some Heidenau tires in our sizes and making some calls. I found a couple of dealers that had ONE 150/70B-17 left, but not a 110/80B-19 to go with it, then pinged several dealers from here http://www.moto-amore.com/heidenau/new/dealersnew.html.
Ended up at http://www.emototires.com/ and they not only had them in stock, but were cheaper too! Bonus, shipping was half of the other shop in Tucson that had just a rear. Jose, ( the internet sales dude), was great to deal with and he shipped the tires the same day I ordered, emailed me a tracking # and the tires showed up the next day! Pretty good service.
So if you want to order these now, instead of waiting for the next shipment to arrive in July, you might want to give them a call. Just a satisfied customer, no vested interest.
These tires look pretty nice and if they last like others have said, I'll be pretty happy for my mixed use. Heck, even my wife got excited and wet after checking the Heidenau tires out. :-\ Now she wants some for her baby GS.