I'm not an off-road rider, and never will be. Gravel and fire roads are the extent of my voyages off the asphalt. If I was an off road rider I wouldn't be doing it on a 600 plus pound bike, and if I was willing to do it on a 600 pound plus bike, I definitely wouldn't be doing it on an E07. If a rider is really oriented towards the dirt and off roading, then the reason why someone would choose a tire that's designed to supposedly spend half its life on pavement eludes me. If your life is spent on two wheels on dirt, then I'd think that one look at the E07 would be enough to say "no thanks, this isn't the tire for me". If you're really into off-roading on a supertanker of a motorcycle, then I'd think you'd choose the knobbiest, big block-iest, knarliest tire you could so you could get the most traction possible when that bike is sinking into the mud, and you'd just put up with the annoying road manners and lessened performance on the road. Even if Mitas' intention was to redesign the tire to clear mud better, or to handle sliding out better, then it still sounds like trying to put a tuxedo on a pig. I've never off-roaded on an E07, old or new, but someone who has can chime in and answer: have the changes made by Mitas between the old and new E07 really made that much difference to someone who is using that tire off road? As far as visually, the biggest change seems to be that they've removed the center rib of the tire, which is probably what compromised the mileage. For an off-roader, would that change alone really be that significant on a big heavy bike trying to plow through the mud, or sand?
