Michelin Anakee Wild ride report

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This past weekend I rode up the Hampster on brand new Anakee Wilds. The traction off-road was very good, though there was a significant fly in the ointment. On one particular heavily rutted road, not deep ruts but lots of ruts crossing over each other, I found that the rear, a 150-width, had a nasty tendency to try to climb up the side of any rut it happened to fall into. The back end of the bike was dancing all over the place.

After about 450 miles, the sipes on the center blocks had already worn away, on a ride that was at least 50% dirt.

Highway/pavement performance was excellent, no slipping or loss of grip on curves. Even at interstate speeds, the tires were stable, and after I got used to the noise and slight vibrations, I really couldn't tell much difference between the Anakees and the OEM tires.
 

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Yes the OEM’s do work nice
Huh? I was saying that the Anakees are darn near as stable on-pavement as the OEM street tires, in addition to their excellent performance off-road (other than the predilection for trying to climb out of ruts). As tires, the OEMs are decent on the road and that's about all they are good for.
 

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I’ve had my Wilds on for a few weeks now, only done a couple of hundred miles but all on road. My first foray off road will be next weekend at the Radley Hall festival. It’s taking me a while to get used to them. I don’t really like the way they corner in tarmac, they seem to throw the bike down into the corner faster than I’m used to and this keeps taking me by surprise. I haven’t noticed any difference in noise though and I’ve had no issues with grip either wet or dry but I haven’t tried pushing them. I’m running them at OEM pressure. I did try lowering the pressure but it made them worse.


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I’ve had my Wilds on for a few weeks now, only done a couple of hundred miles but all on road. My first foray off road will be next weekend at the Radley Hall festival. It’s taking me a while to get used to them. I don’t really like the way they corner in tarmac, they seem to throw the bike down into the corner faster than I’m used to and this keeps taking me by surprise. I haven’t noticed any difference in noise though and I’ve had no issues with grip either wet or dry but I haven’t tried pushing them. I’m running them at OEM pressure. I did try lowering the pressure but it made them worse.


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I noticed something similar, though not exactly the same. I found that when cornering, the bike leaned very readily, but I felt as though I was fighting to get the front wheel turned; it seemed that it wanted to straighten out all the time, even when leaned over (not come back upright, just the front wheel wanting to track straight).

Once I had put some miles on them, I found them to be quite confidence-inspiring when cornering on pavement (other than having to put some muscle into the bars during turns). I still need to get used to cornering on dirt on that bike, though. I was fighting myself *hard* trying to go into corners and lean over.
 

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Huh? I was saying that the Anakees are darn near as stable on-pavement as the OEM street tires, in addition to their excellent performance off-road (other than the predilection for trying to climb out of ruts). As tires, the OEMs are decent on the road and that's about all they are good for.
They say different strokes for different folks , I managed to ride to Prudehoe Bay Alaska in the rain with a set of Battlewings, yes a more aggressive tire would have been better but the Battlewings did fine.
Last week out in Denver Colorado I had a Metzler Tourance mounted on the front at Fay Myers $140 for the tire and $35 to mount it on the Tenere, if I could get that done where I live for that price I wouldn’t bother changing my own tires anymore.
 

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My rear Anakee wild is almost due replacement. I’ve been very impressed by them and will probably put another set on when it time. Although I’ve never really been off road with them I’ve found them very sure footed on the muddy winter roads round these parts. And on tarmac, they are just as stable as the Anakee adventures that they replaced. I’m sure on a dry warm day I could find their limit but this winter riding to work every day they’ve been ideal. I’ll check the mileage when they get changed


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