Thanks for all the replies, all welcome.

The reason I asked about those 2 tyres specifically is that they're in stock at the bike shop, can be fitted immediately, and are cheap (in general, tyres are much cheaper in se Asia than South America). I probably could get other tyres ordered or couriered around, but that requires planning and organisation (definitely not my strong point!). I'm not sure where I'm gonna wake up tomorrow, let alone where I'll be 3 weeks Tuesday!

Couriering tyres around sounds expensive. Anyone done this?

Tyres are consumables of course, but if I can consume them every 10k km instead of every 6k km, then it gives me extra cash to spend on other fun things... such as reg/rects for example... ;-) We haven't suffered a single puncture on either bike so far on the trip, so I'm not gonna lose any sleep over shredding a tyre.

The MT60s on the 650 Dakar have so far covered 12k km from Eastern Turkey to Malaysia, and are probably good for a few more. I guess we must be gentle on them then, although it was mostly road work to be fair.

Incidentally, I'm on Anakee 2's on the Tenere at the moment. They've also done 12k km and they are at most two-thirds worn. A good hard-wearing road tyre, and great in the wet (err, handy in the middle-east!), but truly hateful on the loose stuff.

At the moment though, my need for tyres has been superseded by my need for clutch plates!

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