I'm pretty sure that's the same as I got on my Tkc on the front and my gt201..pretty sure that's just normal break up

Never had this kind of break up on the tkc when I tried them. It's alarming at first but the tyre is none the worse for it.

Ok the E09 is coming to the end of it's life now.

There is only 2mm of tread left in the middle now, which is taking forever to wear down. The tyre has now gone past 5k and is still performing well both on and off road.

But today it really surprised me, I decided to hit some lanes on the way to work tonight (we have recently seen a few days of torrential rain). The lane is one long swamp of deep wet muddy sand, in places up to 1foot deep with puddles (3foot deep) and many exposed tree roots where the soil has washed away. Initially I regretted my choice to ride this lane when I saw how bad it was but I shouldn't have worried. despite being so low the tread still somehow found grip even on tree roots when I had to bump up them to get out of recesses. This tyre is proving remarkable. Had I tried this lane with a E07 rear I would have been totally stuffed and still stuck there now.

I think it's safe to say this is a true 50/50 tyre, it's managed everything I've thrown at it. It has certainly shown it can get you through the deepest s??t and then you can jump on the motorway and travel home in comfort. It certainly is a true tyre to get you to work in the week and let you get out and play at the weekend.


Now a side note on the Army front. so far it had around 1.5k-2k on it and there is a lot of life still on the tyre, it's starting to cup so I will be rotating it soon, but there is still plenty of tread left on this tyre, my initial guess is it will make it to around 4k before it's ready to be replaced. Road manners are very good, it's never given me any cause for concern. There is a drop off in braking performance but nothing dangerous, just remember this is a knobbly tyre.

The army doesn't like high speeds, anything over 60mph and it starts to weave a little from the tread pattern, in the torrential rain we had while commuting I had no real issues, I only had to be careful not to overload it when braking hard in the wet. Dirt wise it's fantastic at any pressure I use it at.

Ok so here's a shot of the tyre coming to the end of its useful life.

So, the review has come to a end. I've still not decided what tyre I will be fitting next as the Misses is due soon and I may need to use up some of my tyre stock before I can continue with other tyre reviews.

Anyway so the E09 rear, I've managed to squeeze 7000 miles out of it which has brought it to the "road legal" marker. at the end of it's life road manners were still spot on, slimy mud had become a bit tougher on the occasions where the side blocks weren't able to bite in, to this I must add the side blocks are still very good so in conditions off road where the tyre could sink into the surface the side blocks were able to keep the bike rolling.

Although Mitas say it's something like a 90/10 tyre it'd be fair to its more a true 50/50, I hadn't come across anything it couldn't get through and it served amazingly well for commuting.

I found it works very well with the weight of the XTR and the wear rate is more than acceptable. depending on the use I ran pressures from 24psi-30psi and I'm sure I could probably have taken them lower.

Would I buy one again YES without any doubt.


Now a bit about the Army Special front in case I don't use it again.

Road manners have been very good, I probably use it far more on the road than it was designed for. there is a nice diagonal wear on the blocks where it's been used on tarmac and this is making for a choppy ride now, certainly a tyre you need to keep rotating to get the best from it.

I'll be honest I've not tracked the mileage so well with this tyre so these are guesstimates. I think the tyre is good for around 3k with road use.

notes on how this tyre performs.

1) dislikes high speeds 65+

2) Total pig to seat on the rim

3) will try to spit you off for the first 200 miles on the road, after that very well behaved, fantastic manners and corners great, never a issue braking in the wet.

4) handles every surface and road I've thrown at it with ease

5) likes to run at 26psi

6) the tyre communicates well with the rider

7) noisy tyre


I hope you've all enjoyed my review, and if anyone has any questions feel free to ask.

Thank you for the constant updates it's much appreciated

Cheers Buddy.

So today I spooned off the E09 to fit the Army rear, the E09 was a absolute pig to pop off the bead, not impossible with normal spoons and lube but being at home after the second lap of one side and still not popped off so I cracked out my motion pro bead busters (I always try to use only my trail tools). This would have you swearing if you had a flat on the road side or trail, good thing it's a very tough carcass.

Fitted a rear eo9 on foot of review and i love it better than a tkc80 at half the price .
Thanks for review .

Are Motoz tyres available in the UK..?? If so, and you are after an aggressive 50/50 tyre, take a look at the Motoz Tractionator "Desert".