1 Nov 2009
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Bit late to the discussion, but for what it is worth I ran an assortment of tubeless tyres last year during a 20,000km ride around Australia on my 1200 GSA.
I tried the TKC 80's and thought that they were pretty good on and off road, though in the Northern Territory where the speed limit is 130km/h they were a little wobbly on the black top... actually prefer the Metzeler Karoo 2 - about the same as the TKC's on the dirt but slightly better on the road, probably on account of the tread layout. Depending on the terrain I would get around 6000km out of a rear and about twice that from the front. Weight of the bike and gear probably wore it down faster than a lighter bike.
In terms of how fast a puncture hits, I had a couple out in the Kimberley where the temperatures were in the high 30's (Celsius that is... no idea what that is in old talk). I have a built in tyre pressure gauge so I could actually see how long it took for the tyres to drop. I measured that the rear went from 2.7bar to 2.5bar over a period of about 100km in 36 degree heat at an average speed of around 120km/h. When I did stop to take a look at it, there was a nail in there so no doubt that slowed down the speed at which the air was lost, but I know know my last nail-induced puncture on a tubed tyre it took about 5kms until it was totally flat.
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