I recently had a set of Metzler Sahara 3 Enduro Tyres fitted to my 660 Tenere.

I have been riding on Continental TKC 80's since my last trip to Morocco.

What a revelation. I feel so much more confident on wet roads (our wonderful English summer!!!).

Cornering and braking on wet roads, drain covers and painted road markings is so much better.

Not had a chance to go off-road yet. I know they won't be quite so good as the TKC's, but since I ride 80% or more on road with only the occasional foray onto green lanes, I am pretty happy with the switch at the moment.

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Dont forget to report back on tyre wear and any other general comments from mid-to-long term reports Uk Nick, oh price? and are they designed for tubed?
They do look good.

Tubed - yes.

Price - varies from �160 to �170 a pair.

Give me 6 months to report on wear !!!

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interested in fitting a pair to my XTR to replace the Conti Escape - come on Nick, how are they going?

Excellent on road, I am much more confident in the wet than I was on TKC's.

Seem OK on dry and damp tracks. Not so good in wet/deep mud, but then even TKC'S get clogged and the low front mudguard causes more of a problem in really bad mud!

If you ride 80% on road with occasional fair weather off road excursions, then I can highly recommend these tyres.

I wish I had used them on my trip to Morocco last year. They would have been so much better than TKC's on the long motorway ride through Spain, and I am am sure they would have coped perfectly with the unmade roads and piste sections we did.

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Many thanks for the info Nick. I need to replace my Conti Escapes soon and have been looking at Enduro3's. I assume you fitted a 130 to the rear? I fitted a 140 TT conti last time as was well pleased as it had a better radius when worn down but noticed they only do a 130 in TT but do a 140 in TL. So was wondering whether to fit a 140TL Enduro3 (with a tube of course).

Most of my riding will be road but I do fancy using it on legal tracks, I have a quad and L200 I use for gamekeepering and woodland work, so plenty of off roading but the estate owners are a bit touchy about me taking a enduro bike out.