Avon Distanzia For The Tenere
 

I dont need tyres yet but done some reading up on whats best (currently on Michelin Siracs). If I am honest 95% of the time I will be on road so I am going for a road biased tyre. I have decided to go for the Avon Distanzia as they do the correct sizes.

I know this tyre from previous XTX's. Its very very good and would be ideal I think for the Tenere. Anyone else tried them on the Tenere?

not that I know but Motonacio has them on his XTR which are same size as the Tenners :106:

I had them on the XTR and they where good, but could be a bit slippy sometimes in the wet. Apart from that once they are worn in they grip like nothing else when in the dry which i can voch for as i was able to get my panniers down with them on...... twice

Cheers for the info.

Yes I fitted a pair recently and no problems, apart from not being able to greenlane when the whim takes me.

I had been running tkc 80s so have to readjust to losing a bit of front end grip on muddy rural lanes with the Distanzias.


Better than the Tourance which I never trusted completely.

Got mine from roundandblack on ebay for about �120 delivered and the rear was a ****** to fit.

Got any pictures of them fitted to your bike?

No but I will take a pic later in the week when I'm around in daylight and not working.

It will very much be appreciated. :signthankspin:

Tony :violin::violin:you are such a tart, the distanzia on the Tenere and XT660R look exactly the same as those for the XTX only difference is the front tyre a bit thinner and a bit larger in diameter.

get back in your "shumacher seicento" lol haha

I would but I traded her in for a Fiat Panda 100hp a few months ago!

See in the background.

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...x/100_1809.jpg

Heres a piccy of one on my XTR at Snetterton, did a 2.5k mile england trip mostly fully loaded then another 4k odd miles on the rear, but squared off so had to change.



Also they make good water paddles!!!!

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Man!! You ARE going up in the world, aintcha? :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: What you gonna get next year, a Punto? lol (You had one of them already if I remember rightly)

Did you get a chance to take the pictures? I know I am a tart!

Here ya go you tart.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2635/...c20027e4_b.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2697/...8b2dcb30_b.jpg
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:coolsmiley:

Well my Distanzias have arrived from Busters and I will be getting them fitted on Saturday. :icon_bounce: Had a play with suspension settings and after setting them initially to soft I have ramped up the settings alot stiffer and it has made a good difference overall. Rear is set ar 6 of 9 and the fronts almost at maximum.

Just got to set the pressures on the Avons up and hopefully happy days.

As soon as you've got them on, show us some pics!

Cheers

Here is a taster.

Sirac badly squared off against fresh rubber!

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...x/100_1850.jpg


Fresh Avons ready to rumble

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...x/100_1854.jpg


Tread patterns close up. Very nice!

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...x/100_1856.jpg

Tony, don't forget to remove the rubber from your footpegs! It makes the word of difference. 60 seconds with an allen bolt is all it takes :)

Yep I have not forgotten. I am making incremental changes, tyres are next, then tyre pressures, then peg rubbers. I have got the suspension about right. I may even take the Z off road this weekend and get muddy. If I do then the peg rubbers will be off just before then!

Tony when are you off to France with it?

School holiday 2010 most probably end of July beginning of August.

Got the tyres fitted today and took it for a run to see how it handles. Its an improvement on road for sure so I took it on some fire road tracks local to myself as well. I took the footpeg rubbers off first.

One thing I noticed is the bike feels really fat when standing up. To me it feels too heavy to be a serious off roader but it soaked up the terrain well when out of the saddle. Not to sure on anything harder than that with these tyres on but then I did know the Distanzias are 90% on 10% off road tyres.

Stopped to take a few snaps.

Front
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...x/100_1863.jpg

Rear
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...x/100_1862.jpg

Side On

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...x/100_1858.jpg

An Avon Distanzias update?
 

Tony, is there any chance of a six month update on your satisfaction (or otherwise) of the Avon Distanzias? I will be after a new set of tyres after the distances of the Summer riding season (as opposed to just Winter commuting).

Interested too, was running a front on my ttr with a gripster rear and found them a great combo.

Yeah I think the Tenere is slightly fat around the front of the saddle, pitty Yamaha didnt sculpt the tank seat meeting point in just a bit as it would make a massive improvement for feel off road.

well got my rear distanzia from M&P

looks great more tread depth than I thought it would have.

just got back from a short belgium tour

can't fault it great tyre great price

just hope it can last 5 K Miles and it will be a winner

will probably take off for the winter and switch to swedish army tyre or similar :tazdevil: