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Just so's you know, the TKC80's will be destroyed by the torque of the ktm really really quickly, so either learn to ride steady or get the wallet out sharpish.

KTM's thrive really well on a mixture of tyres, although manufacturers wont recommend this.

Dunlop lead the way by having by far the best tyres for the 990 and 950.

D206 (if you can find them) for fronts. Failing that MT21.
D208RR for the rears.

As for pressures, whoever told you to run them at standard road pressures needs to be taken outside and beaten with his own brains. Doing this will almost certainly cause you to slip and slide to your death.

On average, start around a psi of 25 front/rear and work from there.
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D206 (if you can find them) for fronts. Failing that MT21.
D208RR for the rears.
out of interest, did you mean D208RR?
These appear to be sportsbike tyres
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Yes, the Dunlop D208 Rally Raid. Definately NOT road bike tyres.

Fantastic for Katooms though :-)
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Yes, the Dunlop D208 Rally Raid. Definately NOT road bike tyres.

Fantastic for Katooms though :-)
No No I think you'll find its a D908RR Rally Raid not a D208.

The rear's are great but i hate the front 908 on the road, vague at speed, wobbles and horrid in the wet.

D908RR rear matched with either TKC80 front, Metzler Karoo front or Pirelli MT21 front (with the MT21 being the best off road and TKC still ok off road but better on road than the MT21)
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By way of an update, finally got the TKC80's fitted the 950 Adv and done a 200 mile round trip on tarmac for mothers day. Was mainly motorways there and twisty back roads coming back. The weather was warm ish for this time of year, and completely dry.

You can feel the knobbles at low speed a lot (up to about 15 mph), but after that they are barely there. They are more apparant at all speeds for the first 50 miles or so, I guess until you round off the edges a bit.

Initially the difference between these are the standard scorpians is huge - you feel a bit like your tyres are made of jelly, but, again, after the first 50 miles or so you don't notice. Once scrubbed they offer good grip considering how much less contact you have with the road. Haven't got rid of the chicken strips (yet), but I was surprised how well they kept hold on tight twisty country lanes.

If I remember I let you know how they feel after the Touratech event in Wales this coming weekend.
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