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Originally Posted by Matt Cartney
A good point... except that me and Ted both ride XT's! (Although I think Ted just sold his). On the other hand, my bike was so chronically overloaded on my big trip you could have mistaken it for the Panzer tank of motorcycles if approaching from behind!
I didn't mean to be too critical of the tyres performance, and you're right its about the best compromise if you do a fair amount of both. It handles significantly better than my Pirelli MT21s on road (but is nowhere near as good off) and much better off-road than road-biased duallies like the Bridgestones that came on the bike. But for a long distance, mostly tarmac tour there are much better tyres. And lets face it, even with a heavily overloaded heffer, there's nothing like thrashing it round corners when the tarmacs good!
Matt 
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Yep, my XT is now in the loving hands of Stretcher_monkey off the hubb..
I have TKC's on my XR650R too. I used it for a city commute in the winter and I lost rear traction quite a few times in the damp and the front was VERY sketchy on sweeping bends too. Not too bad in the dry I must admit. They wern't AS bad on the XT, probably as its not as powerful and its less highly sprung.
Don't get me wrong, I would use TKC's for a trail based trip.
I also tried Metzeler Karoos on my XT. They are nice in sandy gravel surfaces and not to bad on road too. I only got 3000 out of the rear though
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