Just been for a short 30 mile road ride to get rid of the gloss on the tyres and to see what they are like.
now i don't have much to compare them too as i've had two pairs of OE sirac's on the Tenere. however i did have a set of swiss army tyres on for a while.

ok first impression as i started the ride:

The bike felt stable enough. easy movement from side to side for about the first 5' of movement but a little hesitant after that as it reaches the next set of knobs.

Front felt ok and this feeling got better and better as the ride continued until i had full confidence to brake hard if needed - unlike the army tyres as i aslways felt it would get ugly if i needed to stop in an emergency.

At 40 you get the sensation of the knobs drumming on the road and more than normal vibes though the bike. this is to be expected from a tyre with such large knobs though.

At 50/60 odd this tractor like feeling goes away.

The Tenere's power output wasn't enough to spin the rear up on the tar which was one thing i was worried as they are on the hard side and its not a 'road' tyre.

I took it very easy on the ride but they seem to tip in ok on bends and there were no scarry moments.

All good so far, much better feeling riding the bike than the swissa army tyres. Bit daft that i got them though as i do 50 miles to work and back each day on the M40 :blush: anyway can't fault them so far but i can't help thinking i got a bit carried away when i should have bought some 'road' basis tyres and simply fitted the army tyres when i want to go trail riding.

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