A little tire education please

[Mudhen]

Gotta throw in my .02 here.

I run TKCs on my street wheels...got 12k miles front/rear on my last set.  16k front/9500rear on the last set on my GS.  So how you ride makes a huge difference to your mileage.

Your roads must be made of rubber, no idea how you get that sort of mileage out of any tyre, do you use the throttle and brakes? :shock:

Mostly I think it's because I'm not a big 'twisties' rider.  My miles are commuting on the slab...or off roading.  And I'm probably a lot lighter on the brakes and throttle, too.  Not sure if pressures enter into it...but I typically run around 25psi...if you're wearing the center of a tire too much you reduce the pressure, right?  

[Sin_Tiger]

I managed 20k kms on the Anakees fitted to the Vara, she's a beefy old girl and I do like to ask her to pick up her skirts from time to time  

[Bob Tosi]

What kind of pressures are you guys running when you go off road?? Bumpy , gravelly forest service roads......?

[JetdocX]

Front 23 rear 25.  But I really don't air down that much anymore.

[liddell]

I have run anakees on my dakar which I have found to be great in the wet aswell, when my tires need replacing, I will run them on the Tiger as well.

does any one run two sets of rims, road tyres and offroad???

[Mudhen]

I have run anakees on my dakar which I have found to be great in the wet aswell, when my tires need replacing, I will run them on the Tiger as well.

does any one run two sets of rims, road tyres and offroad???

I do.  I run TKCs on my stock wheels for the street...48t sprocket on that rear.  And I run 1.85x21 / 2.75 x 18 for the dirt...with MT21s or D606s....53t sprocket on that wheel.