Mikef5000
New Member
Wow, lots of feedback on the Mitas'. I'll throw out my final 2 cents (probably)...
"The less powerful, lighter bike is getting less tire life?"
I thought they justified it by saying the traction control on the big Tenere helped tire life? Regardless, you are correct, that's tough to believe.
"33 PSI"
Doesn't concern me. Partly because I weigh under 150 fully geared up, but mostly because I trust tire manufacture's recommendation. If they say they work best at 33, I'll run them at 33. If they were to say 80, I'd run that too. I dropped my pressure to 25 for a bit of trail riding a couple weeks ago (normally been running 35-40) and was still able to drag pegs once I made it back to pavement. Oh, and I expect to see 11,000 miles out of the OEM tires, so I don't think I did too bad in that regard either.
"Dakar"
The rear Dakar is only $10 more than the regular, so I would absolutely get that rear, the front is drastically more expensive, so I was going to go with the regular E-07 front.
AAaaaalllllllll that being said, if I'm going to get 2,000 - 4,000 more miles out of a K60, then that's the more appropriate tire to fill my needs. Waiting to here back from the Mitas dealer (I asked if they'd be willing to discount the Dakars since the regular E-07's are backordered), and once I get word back (I expect no), then I'll be ordering the K60's.
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"The less powerful, lighter bike is getting less tire life?"
I thought they justified it by saying the traction control on the big Tenere helped tire life? Regardless, you are correct, that's tough to believe.
"33 PSI"
Doesn't concern me. Partly because I weigh under 150 fully geared up, but mostly because I trust tire manufacture's recommendation. If they say they work best at 33, I'll run them at 33. If they were to say 80, I'd run that too. I dropped my pressure to 25 for a bit of trail riding a couple weeks ago (normally been running 35-40) and was still able to drag pegs once I made it back to pavement. Oh, and I expect to see 11,000 miles out of the OEM tires, so I don't think I did too bad in that regard either.
"Dakar"
The rear Dakar is only $10 more than the regular, so I would absolutely get that rear, the front is drastically more expensive, so I was going to go with the regular E-07 front.
AAaaaalllllllll that being said, if I'm going to get 2,000 - 4,000 more miles out of a K60, then that's the more appropriate tire to fill my needs. Waiting to here back from the Mitas dealer (I asked if they'd be willing to discount the Dakars since the regular E-07's are backordered), and once I get word back (I expect no), then I'll be ordering the K60's.
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