Likely so. Most (all?) of the bikes you see in the publicity shots have BattleWings as well. I have used the predecessor (TrailWing) and consider it just "okay". Never ran the BattleWings, but figure it will be good enough for the first set of shoes.SpeedStar said:Should be BattleWings. I have them on my Strom now and like them so far for mostly street use.
That's the well-known "new tires are better tires" effect that you have to tune out if you want anything approaching objective tire reviews. As you get near tire replacement you gradually adapt to tires that suck, so anything you put on new miraculously is "night and day better" than what you took off.2XADV said:Multiple people have told me that the Trailwings and Battlewings seemed good until they replaced them with something else. Then they realized that the bike's handling is better than they they had thought.
I doubt it. My opinion is that all the 90-10 tires basically become slicks once the limited tread pattern packs with mud and it won't matter whether you're on Trailwings, Battlewings, Anakees, Tourances, or Scorpions. For wet dirt (i.e., mud) only an aggressive tread pattern will make any difference.Dirt_Dad said:They were fine on pavement but did not handle a dirt road after rain very well. Like riding on ice when the state maintained, residential dirt road was wet. I have to think BattleWings are better than that.
In moderate or more mud you are probably right. But I've had my Anakees on the same road in the same conditions and they have never been a problem. The TrailWings were particularly bad in that situation. That said, I would never trust my Anakees to do what even a basic knobbie could do.markjenn said:I doubt it. My opinion is that all the 90-10 tires basically become slicks once the limited tread pattern packs with mud and it won't matter whether you're on Trailwings, Battlewings, Anakees, Tourances, or Scorpions. For wet dirt (i.e., mud) only an aggressive tread pattern will make any difference.
- Mark
Yep, there is a reason why they are called "90-10"! But then, that is most likely what my riding will be for the SuperT!markjenn said:I doubt it. My opinion is that all the 90-10 tires basically become slicks once the limited tread pattern packs with mud and it won't matter whether you're on Trailwings, Battlewings, Anakees, Tourances, or Scorpions. For wet dirt (i.e., mud) only an aggressive tread pattern will make any difference.
- Mark
Interesting that the only Yamaha in their matrix with a 19 inch front tire and a 17 inch rear tire is the "DL650 V-Strom?"??????toompine said:
Looks like a typo to me. Should have been "XT1200Z Super Tenere"!ptfjjj said:Interesting that the only Yamaha in their matrix with a 19 inch front tire and a 17 inch rear tire is the "DL650 V-Strom?"??????