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[BlindPugh]

Just put a new set of identical tyres - fitted to loose wheels they cost me £140 inc. disposal charge,balancing and VAT. Micheldever Tyres between Basingstoke and Winchester. Seems a good price but you might find someone locally that can fit and balance for same sort of money.
Good Luck

[lootch67]

Don't know about the price, but the Trail Wings are also known as "Death Wings". Apparently they're not that good in the wet. They last very long though.

I run Heidenaus which are semi-knobblies. Quite happy with them and it looks like they'll last at least 10k miles, but they're a bit dodgy in the wet especially if it's really cold. Very cheap though. 2 fronts and a rear delivered to my door for £130. Cost me £20 to have them fitted by my local shop.

[MacP]

Hello

Depends what you want from a tyre. There are a number tyre polls on the site - do a search on tyres. People have recorded views on both ability and price.

I run on Conti TKC 80's and find them great - they wear quicker but for the 2 rears you'll go through you'll buy one pure road tyre.

Many people use the Conti's...

[Offroader]

I am about due for new tyres and saw these on E Bay:

Re. XRV750 Africa Twin tyres
Hi, thanks for your enquiry. I can offer you a pair of OEM Bridgestone Trail Wings TW101 90/90-21 54H TT & TW152 140/80 R17 69H TT for £137.40.
Postage by courier (to most UK postcodes) would be £7.99.

Is this a good deal and are these the best tyres for general road work?

Thanks for any info

[BlindPugh]

Think the name "Deathwing" is a bit of an overstatement! Had 2 Africa Twins for the past 8 years ( 80,000 miles )and have always found the Trailwing to be Ok in dry and not too bad in wet - unlike the Michelin T66s which were brilliant in the dry and a nightmare in the wet. Everybody seems to be raving about Conti TKC80s at the moment. Metzeler Tourance look good but more expensive than Bridgestone. Just changed from Pirelli MT21s which have a certain amount of comedy value on wet winter roads - every roundabout a buttock clenching experience !!

Everybody has an opinion on tyres - best advice would be to try a few different types and choose the ones that suit your riding style/environment. The only probelme with this is that it takes a couple of years to go through a few sets of tyres and come up with an answer

Good Luck

[DaveS]

The only probelme with this is that it takes a couple of years to go through a few sets of tyres

I wish! With my heavy right hand and TKC80's I get through them like loaves of bread.

[Chad]

The only probelme with this is that it takes a couple of years to go through a few sets of tyres

I wish! With my heavy right hand and TKC80's I get through them like loaves of bread.


me ham fisted too :shock: ive noticed my rear tyre is taking a caning :evil3:

but they is a great tyre :D

[ZdenekXRV]

Once I had Michelin Anakee on my @ and they were pretty good on tarmac surfaces (wet or dry), but would not recommend for off-road.
For the long journeys with unknown surfaces ahead I am using Conti TKC80. Good on tarmac and even for off-road...
And for the off-road with limited tarmac use I do the combination TKC80 front and Mitas E09 rear...

[doglegdon]

Know what I wouldn't recommend though, Metz Sahara 3's. Great grip on and off road in the dry, reasonable in the wet on road, exceptional off road. However, too soft a compound, especially in hot weather/crap roads, wear is shocking. :shock:
I'll be lucky to get 4k kms/2.5k miles outta my current rear. :(
Am switching to Tourances, which have pretty reasonable reviews in the Far East and on the tyre poll here, don't think we can get the Conti's TKC80's very easily over here. :banghead: