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Conti Trail Attacks
Looks like I may have made the right choice by default. Was gonna order Avon Gripsters but they didn't have the rear tyre for my XT600E, so the Conti's seemed ok and they were relatively cheap. Bought from http://moto-tyres.co.uk/ for £99.30 the pair including Vat and shipping. Thanks for posting that report, it's not often I get it right!

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I can get them for 148,20 € shipping included to my island in Portugal!

You can read more of the best tires that were test driven for a bike magazine called MOTORRAD.
Here is the link of the MOTORRAD one of the latest issues: http://www.conti-online.com/generato...twinner_en.pdf

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I have the TKC 80 front and rear on my xt, very happy with them. Havent noticed anything yet on wet tarmac but I usually dont go over 80-90km/h on tarmac.
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Hi Berg,

Actually they are the tyres on my bike at the moment which I'm swapping over to Trail Attacks. Maybe it's me or maybe there is another problem with my bike? I find them very noisy on tarmac and they wallow a bit on the bends. Very good on the dirt though, but I'm not doing much of that at the moment.

They're going into store until I go down to Morocco next year.
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I use mitas e-07 and find them great on trail and road...
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Hi Berg,

Actually they are the tyres on my bike at the moment which I'm swapping over to Trail Attacks. Maybe it's me or maybe there is another problem with my bike? I find them very noisy on tarmac and they wallow a bit on the bends. Very good on the dirt though, but I'm not doing much of that at the moment.

They're going into store until I go down to Morocco next year.

Tyre pressure. I found them to be very squirrely at first. Wasnt too happy. Tyre garage pumped them to 40 psi while I protested this was way over the manufacturers recommendations. They were right tho.
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Tyre pressure. I found them to be very squirrely at first. Wasnt too happy. Tyre garage pumped them to 40 psi while I protested this was way over the manufacturers recommendations. They were right tho.
You're absolutely right Bruken, though mine were more hedgehog than squirrely After I posted, I went down and checked my tyre pressures and they were a bit low so I pumped them up to the maximum they recommend for 2 up and they are vastly improved. Still a bit noisy but acceptable. As I've now bought these new tyres, even though the twinduros look new, (not long had the bike) I'm gonna fit them just to see the difference. Anyways, I guess the Twinduros would wear out pretty quick on the tarmac, eh?
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Looks like I may have made the right choice by default. Was gonna order Avon Gripsters but they didn't have the rear tyre for my XT600E, so the Conti's seemed ok and they were relatively cheap. Bought from http://moto-tyres.co.uk/ for £99.30 the pair including Vat and shipping. Thanks for posting that report, it's not often I get it right!

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I'm getting these!


I can get them for 148,20 € shipping included to my island in Portugal!

You can read more of the best tires that were test driven for a bike magazine called MOTORRAD.
Here is the link of the MOTORRAD one of the latest issues: http://www.conti-online.com/generato...twinner_en.pdf

Vando
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Vando, I got the same tyres as you and after they were fitted I noticed the tread patterns seemed to be going in the opposite direction to each other. The arrows are pointing in the direction of forward rotation, so that's ok. Is this normal? Doesn't seem to make logical sense. Perhaps you or someone can enlighten me? Thanks in advance.

nb. In your photograph it shows both patterns pointing the same way.
What do they look like on your bike?
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Think I've heard something like, thats its because the front tyre is beeing pushed, and the rear tyre is pushing.

Dunno if its true or not.
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My favorite combo on my 1990 XT600E is the Kenda K270 130/80-17 Rear and a Cheng Shin C858 90/90-21 front, don't make fun of my Chinese tires!

They pretty well on all surfaces, pavement cornering is very respectable, and you can get them off the internet for $70USD a set shipped to your door.
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I personally would'nt fit TKC80's for any road use ,you don't have the best brakes so tyres are very important .
I fitted these to my XT when touring South America and a very good off road tyre with occasional road use and they look the part .
But when these were worn out all I could get were Metzler Tourance and what a superb tyre .
Towards the end of the trip I was doing as much on road as off and were very good for both which is why I have them fitted to my XT here in the UK .
So conclusion , go for Tourance .
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I have the TKC 80's. they're a fine tire on road, IF you have good throttle control and arent expecting the kind of grip that a race slick offers.

offroad, they're good but in gravel, as I learned today, hard packed gravel to be exact, they feel slippery. may have to do with my having 30lbs in each tire, but I also require stability on road.
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nb. In your photograph it shows both patterns pointing the same way.
What do they look like on your bike?[/quote]

as long as the direction arrow on the side is going the right way, dont worry about it.
the photo is just a photo from a brochure, its unlikely the photographer even knew there was right and wrong way round
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Well I'm quite happy with the TCK80's both on and off road, turn and grip quite nicely, though the centre blocks on the tyre are wearing quite quickly as they've had a fair bit of tarmac use with my other bike being off the road.
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after logging some extra miles riding my XT offroad and more yet on paved tarmac, the TKC80 tires have INCREDIBLE grip on tarmac in leaning for me. thus far I've ridden this thing like a sportbike, and it simply wanted to lean more. no slipping, sliding, uneasy feel, or protesting. I honestly like how it handles.

I'm still forming an opinion on how they feel offroad, althoguh I did some light trail riding and they seemed to handle where I went very well. the bike had a bunch of extra vines on it, but the tires pulled on through like it was nothin.
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Hi,
I need new tyres for my XT600 for the first time. I ride 100% tarmac, but the state of London roads does makes some of it pretty off road like!
But I do ride all weathers-rain, hail, snow-(everything except showers of frogs so far) & I do regular motorway runs at 70-90mph. Am looking at Metzler Tourance-any thoughts from the more experienced welcomed-
Many thanks

Current tyres are Dunlop Trailmax F 90/90-21 & R 120/90-17
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