I´ve used Metzeler Tourance & Michelin Anakee on my Vstrom650, and both are good touring tyres which give good mileage. I actually liked the Anakee front more, as it made the steering a bit sharper than the Metz.
But the best road tyre I´ve had on this bike, by far, was a Metzeler Z6, it really made it handle sweet, and both ends wore out at about the same time. Brilliant choice for my bike. But I believe the Transalp has tube type wheels, so I´m not 100% certain, if you can use Z6 with tubes, I suppose you could, but better ask your tyre supplier about that.
For good mileage, especially when I have all luggage and 2 people aboard, I use maybe 10-20% higher tyre pressures than recommended, and it seems to have worked with my bike. Recently got almost 16.000 kms out of a set of Anakees, 2-up and very heavy loaded. Even the ambient temperatures were mostly very high, so I´m quite happy with that number. They, too, were finished right about the same time front/back.
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