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The Tourances are renowned for good mileage - probably the highest mileage 90-10 tire out there, so I'd say your results are average or maybe slightly less than average. However, there are some rumors that the EXP's do notably worse than the standard Tourances, so perhaps that might be a factor. In any event, I'd say there is nothing unusual about your mileage and it is well withing the considerably wide range that people experience.Yahmy said:Did 9470 kilometres on the Metzlers and fitted a new one yesterday.
like-o-meters? I thought maybe this is a new word for distances that make you very happy.Yahmy said:likomters???? LOL please read kilometers
The gold standard here is the Conti TKC80, but they're pricey, don't last terribly long, and IMHO, are a big step-down in pavement handling (as you'd expect with such an aggressive tire - big knobs are not the hot ticket for pavement work). There has been a lot of talk about new Shinko and Heidenau tires for this application (Advrider has a lot of threads), but I have no personal experience.Alaska Tenere said:Any 50/50 or 60/40 suggestions?
Have you looked at the new design on the Heidenau K60? It has a solid center for improved highway miles, but has a decent knob pattern for dirt as well. Jaxon, aka Tabasco, has an order coming in soon and is selling them via PM to him on here. I have a friend that does a decent amount of off road with his FS800 and says that the K60 is his favorite tire, but usually has to settle for the Conti because the K60 is hard to get. He says that the K60's outlast his Conti's by quite a bit.Alaska Tenere said:Metzler's...
Not a bad road, hard pack tire (90/10), but I need something more 50/50 or 60/40. The wet grass and soft soil was treacherous today with side slipping galore. Damn near ate it several times today just turning around at the end of a trail because of the side slip (lateral pushing or hitting a muddy rut).
Any 50/50 or 60/40 suggestions?
It's not a rumour - I got 11,000 miles out of the old Tourance on my Vee, 6,000 miles from a Tourance EXP (so, about the same as Yahmy got on his S10). I don't know how they get to call the new versions "Tourance" actually, it has nothing in common except it's black and round and made by Metzler. Maybe to con people into thinking they were buying a high-mileage tire? Worked on me! But only once. Yes, it does grip and handle much better than the old Tourance, but don't expect the same sort of mileage from it.markjenn said:The Tourances are renowned for good mileage - probably the highest mileage 90-10 tire out there, so I'd say your results are average or maybe slightly less than average. However, there are some rumors that the EXP's do notably worse than the standard Tourances,