It's mainly just marketing BS anyway. Once a tyre is good enough for your bike & riding style..., then it's good enough, period.
Paying twice as much for an even better one with a slightly different tread pattern is a fool's errand and just makes you even more gutted when you get a non-repairable puncture 500 miles later.
Buy your tyres now!
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1190 Adventure S, 990 Superduke, DRZ-400E - all the bases covered.
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this. I've currently got Metzler M5's on the MV. They were a great tyre when they came out, and are still a great tyre today. You can get them for two thirds the cost of the later M7's or M9's, but it doesn't mean the later versions are 50% better......Jug wrote: ↑May 7th, '22, 08:22 It's mainly just marketing BS anyway. Once a tyre is good enough for your bike & riding style..., then it's good enough, period.
Paying twice as much for an even better one with a slightly different tread pattern is a fool's errand and just makes you even more gutted when you get a non-repairable puncture 500 miles later.
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"It's mainly just marketing BS anyway. Once a tyre is good enough for your bike & riding style..., then it's good enough, period."
Totally agree Andy, pretty much any new tyre will be better than the worn hoop it replaces.
But I simply must have the latest all singing super-duper tyre if it shaves a few tenths off my North Devon TT lap time
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Totally agree Andy, pretty much any new tyre will be better than the worn hoop it replaces.
But I simply must have the latest all singing super-duper tyre if it shaves a few tenths off my North Devon TT lap time
Tongue firmly in cheek
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Ok..., but why are you calling me Andy?
Senior moment I guess.
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Yeah, I let that go
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KTM 790ADV - sold
KTM 790 Duke - current
Honda CB300R - can I get any smaller
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Sorry about that Mike and Bob. Even forget my own name at times.
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