TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Heidenau K60
DATE FITTED: Oct 2nd, 2010
DATE REPLACED: hopefully tomorrow
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully): 7months
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): cheap... i think i got them at about 120E front + back
BOUGHT FROM: somehow local Heidenau dealer
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): Mix of all riding conditions but mostly fast roads
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 11.500km
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN: 18.500km
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED: 7000km for the back, keeping the front
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE: Better then Sirac off road... quite similar on road... about half the price and 60% life. Back got squared off due to high speed riding and i don't like the feeling of it when leaning right now... Front is still good, i'm keeping it and only replace the back for a K60Scout 140/80 - that's more likely an 130/80 if you actually measure them... hopefully this will be as good as the regular k60 offroad and more lasting... price is clearly higher also for the 130/80 version... but i think lately about all tyres got a bit more expensive.

TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Sava MC30 Rear
DATE FITTED: July, 2011
DATE REPLACED: Oct, 2011
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully): 3 months
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): 67 euro w/out
BOUGHT FROM: online
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): Commuting, Scotland
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 92400km
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN: 102000km
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED: 10000km
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE: Very sticky when dry (footsteps on the ground), good traction on wet, pretty durable and cheap.

TYRE MAKE / MODEL: TKC80
DATE FITTED: June 2010
DATE REPLACED: August 2011
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully): 13 and a bit
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): Both replaced and cost �128 for tyres and fitted to wheels off bike
BOUGHT FROM: Mac's Motorcycles Guernsey - Suprisingly reasonable given Mac's is a KTM dealership!
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): 80% on road sadly
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 2625
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN: 6510
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED: 3885
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE: Front still good for a bit but rear stuffed for off-road use. Great tyre for my sort of riding and will return to it.

Just returned from a five day, 100 mile a day off road trip. Before this trip I replaced the worn TKC rear with a Mitas C02. Very knobbly indeed with a tread depth of 27mm. The contact patch with the road is very small and combined with the tread depth the road manners of this tyre are terrible. That said, off road there was more grip that i could wave a stick at. I am removing it for storage until next required rather than shred it on tarmac. I do dabble with our local lanes in between trips away, so am fitting another TKC as they have very good road manners for the winter months.

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TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Michelin T63
DATE FITTED: july 2011
DATE REPLACED: october 2011
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully): 3 months
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): �65/�85 w/o fitting
BOUGHT FROM: local dealer
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): commuting/off-road
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 50.000
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN:55.000
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED:5000
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE:very good 50/50 tyre, lots of grip off-road, even in wet conditions, good straight on stability on and off-road, still sufficient grip on-road for enthousiastic cornering, light steering, slight tip-in-corner effect (but not as bad as TKC), noisy

At this moment I'm back on TKC's: bit more rubber at the road seemed like a good idea with the wet season coming on.... but the T63 is being missed each time I go off-road...

HJ

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TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Heidenau K60 Scout 140/80 15 back
DATE FITTED: Apr 27th, 2011
DATE REPLACED: Oct 21st, 2011
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully): 7months
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): can't recall the price, more expensive than the regular K60 I had before...
BOUGHT FROM: somehow local Heidenau dealer
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): Mix of all riding conditions but mostly fast roads
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 19.000km +/-
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN: a bit over 30.000km
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED: 11000km for the back, about 19k for the front
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE: The back - good at the beginning, tried the 140/80 hoping it will last more due to the band on the middle... it does last more but when you reach the band it's not that good anymore. Good tire on road, ok off road in the beginning (I wore most of it on road unfortunately ). However I can't give a fair judgement on performance offroad due to riding mostly street when new, I did a bit more offroad to the end of it's life but wasn't happy with it - once you hit the central band is not impressive at all. Switched to TKC80. Not quite apples to apples due to different wear but it seems way better offroad.

TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Sava MC30 Front
DATE FITTED: July, 2011
DATE REPLACED: Mar, 2012
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully): 8 months
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): 44 euro w/out
BOUGHT FROM: online
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): Commuting, Scotland
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 92400km
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN: 123000km
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED: 30800km
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE: Very sticky when dry (footsteps on the ground), good traction on wet, pretty durable and cheap.

TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Pirelli MT21
DATE FITTED: 16/08/12
DATE REPLACED:06/10/12
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully): 2.5 rear
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): Front $109 Rear $139 Fitted
BOUGHT FROM:Tyres for Bikes Perth Aust
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD):All. 80% road/20% dirt
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED:27k
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN: 30k
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED:3200
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE: Day one - 350 km. Excellent on hard packed stoney and rocky ground, very good through deep puddles and washouts, good on the deep gravel roads of WA, good in shallow sand. Not going to last long due to commuting on them.
Did a great job with evrything except the deep mud. But nothing is going to save you with 200kg bike and deep mud. Front MT21 is still kicking and will be my tyre of choice for the front from now on.

TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Mitas E-09
DATE FITTED: August 2012
DATE REPLACED:
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully):
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): 210€ (= $260/�165 inclusive fitting and new inner tubes)
BOUGHT FROM: local Dealer
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): 75% onroad/ 25% offroad
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 7500km
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN:
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED:
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE:

TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Mitas E-09
DATE FITTED: March 2012
DATE REPLACED: October 2012
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully):6
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): reasonable)
BOUGHT FROM: uberthumper
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): 90% onroad/ 10% offroad
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 25,000m
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN:30,000m
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED:5000m
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE:Front wears faster and develops nasty saw tooth edge. Rear squared off. Nice road manners, walked a little on bends. Noisy.