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Originally Posted by JMo (Post 113560)

Personally, and for what it's worth etc etc.

I'd just fit a set of Continental TKC80s to the Tenere and be done with it!

They last a good long while on the road, are infinitely better than OE boots off-road, and lets' face it, you can buy a lot of tyres for the price of a new set of wheels?

The Tenere was made to be used in a dual-purpose role - so it makes perfect sense to me to have some decent dual-purpose tyres fitted?

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Erm, what the speedy desert rallying lady said.

What's the point of a dual-sport bike if you need to spend hours in the garage before every trail ride? Maybe it's just me, but most of my trail riding is either opportunistic, or a long way away, or both. In the mean time I have to ride the Tenere to work every day.

That said, I'd (again) suggest Mitas E-09's as an alternative to TKC's. The set that's on my bike now are utterly wrecked, but it's taken nearly 5000 miles of fairly aggressive riding to do it. The OE Tourances only lasted 6000, so not a huge difference, esp when the Mitas are cheaper. I also don't think they are noticeably worse on tarmac than the Tourance/Sirac type tyres.

I'm doing about 15,000 miles a year, so three sets of tyres, �125 by the time I've had them posted and fitted gives �375. Even if having two sets of wheels saved me a bit on tyres (in return for a lot of messing around) it would take a very long time to pay off.

That said, I am tempted by a fork swap and 18" rear conversion, but that's because I'm an inveterate tinkerer :D, not because I think it will help my tyre selection.