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Tires in Patagonia
Hey Guys!
I need new tires in patagonia for my KTM 990 ADV in 90/90 21 and 150/70 18 or 140/70 18. Do you now where is the best place to find them?
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Hi Danlc8: don't forget to fill your profile...

At the risk of sounding abrupt perhaps you need to do a google search...
I've done it for you, the link is for KTM dealers in Argentina. If they don't have the tyres I'm sure they will point you in the right direction ...





KTM Búsqueda de concesionarios

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Ah, but what if he is in Chilean Patagonia :-)
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I can't see a problem asking these sort of questions rather than trying to wade through clunky search facilities. Information on forums can become dated and useless overnight sometimes so asking the question anew is the sensible thing to do. Throwing in the requirement to have fluent Spanish adds another degree of difficulty

Anyway, it gives us all a chance to show newcomers how helpful we all are.
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Bruce, then he does the same for KTM chile
opens GOOGLE types ktm chile and selects dealers or concesionarios (in spanish.)
next step send them a mail and or phone.....
Its a matter of common courtesy (sp), why ask for help if you can do it yourself.

Grant already gave me a "infraction" for thinking this way...so be it..
Cleland, you'll have great fun with this: Let me google that for you Please keep us informed how your infraction-count goes, while you still can.

FWIW, there may be tyre vendors who aren't main line bike dealers. In fact many bike dealers in South America, especially (in my experience) BMW ones, stock absolutely nothing. It has to be ordered from the mother ship which takes a longgggg time.

An aside: Many moons ago in (northern) Chile I needed a tyre: I flagged down a biker and asked him. He took me to his mate's garage where he had about 10 or 15 tyres lying around. I found one that fitted my bike. He wouldn't have been found on a Google search, no matter how good my Spanish was (it wasn't). Also did this in Siberia in 2013 as described in post 125 at http://advrider.com/forums/showthrea...=961578&page=9

People here on the HUBB know stuff that isn't just "findable" on Google... So, can I suggest, if nothing to say, say nothing?! That way, you can guffaw at all the noobs asking "silly" questions, without anyone ever knowing how knowledgeable you aren't either.

Now back on topic...
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Chris, read my first post, the KTM dealer is a email or phone call away
Unfortunately, I have to read all your utterances.
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Cleland. Your last post has been deleted. Time for a time out.
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Ask for Danilo at the KTM dealer, he'll connect you with the tire guy around the corner who has a goo election including the awesome Pirelli MT21 at very good prices and will fit for you - IF you're nice!
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Hi all,

I met some other bikers and they told me impossible to get tires down south, well anywhere but Santiago - not sure they tried everywhere else ahem!

My tires are 18/21, so not exactly exotic, from this thread am I thinking it would be pretty okay to find a Pirelli or Sahara south of Chile or Argentina?

My rear defo needs to go but front has a good 5-8k on her, so reluctant to change now if I can find further south.

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I would buy that new front NOW ... strap it on, carry it until your current front is shot. Unless you are CERTAIN your current front will make the whole trip, I would carry a NEW front on board ... ready when you need it!

That is what I did ... turns out I could have made my trip on my old TKC80 Continental. The good news was I was able to sell the more than half worn tire to a Moto shop guy in La Paz, Baja! And extra $15 in my pocket ... and he mounted my NEW tire for free! DEAL! (the TKC is a $100 tire ... so the shop guy still got the better deal! no worries)
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I would buy that new front NOW ... strap it on, carry it until your current front is shot. Unless you are CERTAIN your current front will make the whole trip, I would carry a NEW front on board ... ready when you need it!

That is what I did ... turns out I could have made my trip on my old TKC80 Continental. The good news was I was able to sell the more than half worn tire to a Moto shop guy in La Paz, Baja! And extra $15 in my pocket ... and he mounted my NEW tire for free! DEAL! (the TKC is a $100 tire ... so the shop guy still got the better deal! no worries)
Molly,

I actually went back and bought it as couldn't escape from the gravity of all prior experience telling me to buy while I can, even though I reckon on my projected itinerary I'd have just made it back, but bald.

The MT60 front I reckon can get around 15,000k before it's shot, and I've done around 7,000k on it and my protected intinerary is around another 8,000k or so, but would have been pissed off if I had to change my itinerary for not having enough rubber left.

Do you adhere to the 3mm rule? What's it with tires, is it purely the lack of tread on tire that makes it liable to slip and not function correctly, or do the walls weaken as well and make the tire more likely to fail and possible cause a catastophre? The idea of front blowing out at highway speed whilst overtaking truck complelled me to buy now and not worry later.

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