I fitted a Mitas E-09 to the rear of my HPN for the first time recently.
Within the first 230km every third knob was torn of. The speed was between 140 km/h and 150 km/h on the tarmac with some hard acceleration from the very powerful Mahle motor.
It is hard to say but I think the acceleration was mostly to blame for the damage.
After I noticed the damage I took it easy on the tar, speeds not over 110 km/h and no hard acceleration, but was riding the dirt as I normally would with Michelin Deserts. (rest of the trip was mostly dirt.)
We travel some very hardcore rocky tracks with tire pressure at 0.6 Bar for traction on some of the steep ascents and decents.
This video will give some idea; YouTube - CABC 2010.m4v
The Mitas did fine for the rest of the trip with excellent traction, cornering and wear life. (no more knobs were broken of.)
To sum up, this tire should not be fitted to powerful, large dual sport bikes and or be used on tarmac but they will perform well in tough off road conditions on bikes up to 650cc capacity, same as the Michelin T63.
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