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What I meant about the distance is 50kmh moving average is about the limit, it would have been so much nicer to limit the ride to 200km per day, so much less pressure and more looking around and relaxing
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If i do this i have to quit my journey , because then it is definitely a time problem.
There is no way to spend more time then 2 Month of riding
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If i do this i have to quit my journey , because then it is definitely a time problem.
There is no way to spend more time then 2 Month of riding
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Just skip some part then.
You can easily get in 9 days to Mongolia via Russia from Europe.
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Yeah I know what what yout saying about contact patch just the 150 felt a lot better.
I have switched out the Gobis now for Jeese and have been single seat for this leg of the trip. Tyre life is not much better.
Normally in Australia with no luggage on a fang it trip 3,000 ks is it. Even the stock Scorps only get 6,000 ks being treated nice.
Maybe I had the pressure wrong on the current tyre at some stage. Causing accelerated wear.
Who knows?
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You might have a point about tyre pressure Craig
I was running 150 size tyre at 44psi rear all the time. Only solo but loaded with gear and still got 23,000km which included Mongolia rippio
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You might have a point about tyre pressure Craig
I was running 150 size tyre at 44psi rear all the time. Only solo but loaded with gear and still got 23,000km which included Mongolia rippio
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23,000???
Dude thats awesome !!!
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You might have a point about tyre pressure Craig
I was running 150 size tyre at 44psi rear all the time. Only solo but loaded with gear and still got 23,000km which included Mongolia rippio
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44psi ekk no wondered you fell off so much.
37 is about as high as I normally go. I am picking up new set in the next couple of days so will look at them then.
Maybe I should run the pressure up a little, though you carry more stuff than I do (when I don't have Sharon with me). The tire is wearing properly - ie no cupping.
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So I went checked the web on the Heidenau's
The Heidenau websites show.
- K60 Tube Type (TT) in a variety of sizes.
- K60 Scout Tubeless (TL) in a variety of sizes.
- K60 Scout Tube Type (TT) in a variety of sizes.
There is no overlap in sizes between TL and TT and K60 and K60 scouts sizes that I can see. So while yes, there are 3 types of tyres, for a given size there is only one (based on the website data).
Interestingly the thread pattern varies quite a lot based on diameter and profile. The 150/70 - 18 TL I put on my doesn't even match the current images on the website - it had a centre strip but not the chunky one shown on the website.
All the K60 Scouts are M&S rated (again according to the website).
Edit: Just to update this - I picked up new 150/70-18 tyre today - its tread is markedly different than the 150/70-17.
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Scouts
130/80-17. 140/80-17 and 150/70-17 have different patterns, but 140/80 and 150/70 are very close now (with massive not cutted central raw).
Last year 140/80-17 was different - closet to current 130/80-17 and 150/70-18
Heidenaus ar "Burger tires" - perfect choice for a slow rider without off-road experience. It can take you through off-road sections but not fast OR not safely.
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Heidenaus ar "Burger tires" - perfect choice for a slow rider without off-road experience. It can take you through off-road sections but not fast OR not safely.
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I don't know that I agree with this. Yeah they are not a Desert or a Scorp Rally. But I feel as comfortable on these at a160 km/h down a dry gravel road as I have been on 908s. Yes in the wet and snow they are a handful, but their endurance when riding 50/50 stuff more than makes up for that. For 80/20 I would choose a much more aggressive tire.
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