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On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, anglerdon wrote:

> anybody had any experience with these? I want a street tire.

If you want a street tire, look at the Metzeler Tourance. Great wear and like riding on a rail whether wet or dry, and cheaper than the Michelin. Utterly useless on anything but pavement, of course... some of the parking areas for the Bay-area hiking trails tend to be slightly muddy mixed dirt and gravel, and I was always afraid to take my KLR there. Which is sorta deranged. A KLR is the kind of bike you're supposed to be able to go anywhere on, albeit not always elegantly. I replaced mine with some tires that at least didn't terrify me on a gravel road. But as a street tire, they worked quite well. -E

Ditto the "riding on a rail..." I love my Tourances... HOWEVER, I haven't been off-road with them and doubt they'd be much good either... Scott "Eric L. Green" wrote:

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, anglerdon wrote: > anybody had any experience with these? I want a street tire. If you want a street tire, look at the Metzeler Tourance. Great wear and like riding on a rail whether wet or dry, and cheaper than the Michelin. Utterly useless on anything but pavement, of course... some of the parking areas for the Bay-area hiking trails tend to be slightly muddy mixed dirt and gravel, and I was always afraid to take my KLR there. Which is sorta deranged. A KLR is the kind of bike you're supposed to be able to go anywhere on, albeit not always elegantly. I replaced mine with some tires that at least didn't terrify me on a gravel road. But as a street tire, they worked quite well. -E Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Yahoo! Groups Links __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

On Aug 26, 2005, at 7:45 AM, anglerdon wrote:

> anybody had any experience with these? I want a street tire.

I had them on my first motorcycle, a Yamaha Seca II, and rode them across the US when I moved from DC to CA. I also did some commuting on them before I sold the bike. They're OK street tires. Like most Michelins, they're good quality--well-balanced and truly round. They also seemed to wear very well--after about 4,000 miles there was still plenty of tread at both ends and no signs of abnormal wear. Unfortunately I didn't get to see them through the end of their life (sold the bike), I didn't get a chance to try them in the rain, and I didn't get aggressive in the twisties, but in the dry for traveling and commuting they were just fine. FWIW, I'm running Michelin Anakees on my KLR right now and really like them in the dry and the wet, commuting and having fun in the twisties. They did quite poorly on gravel logging roads, but as other listers pointed out I didn't air them down (I kept them at 32 PSI) so they may perform better off-road when aired down a bit. -- Blake Sobiloff San Jose, CA (USA)