IainMac
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Whilst the S10 was in for its 1st MoT I had a set of Anakee 3s fitted .
I'd covered 5K miles on the K60s and they had about 3~5mm front tread left (knobs to the side of centre worn more) and about 2mm in the centre rear (with shedloads left on the sides), overall I didn't really like the K60s as they were very vibey, didn't grip tar that well (wet or dry, lots of T/C light action) and didn't like uk green lane mud that much either spinning the rear or pushing front . Wear rate on the rear seemed to drop off as the miles increased so it may have gone another +1kmiles more but the handling was well off with the front following the slightest road surface ridge and the rear was as square as a car tyre so cornering wasn't fun.
Another limiting trait the K60s seemed to have was they didn't like higher speeds where a bar shimmy was only a twist of a throttle away, it felt like a full tank slapper would follow with ease. Maxing out the air pressures reduced this but didn't eliminate , so ended up with tyre imposed speed limiter that was way lower than their speed rating. The front also never stayed inflated for much more than a week, no punctures and a bead re-seat/new valve didn't solve this one.
So overall a big thumbs down to the K60s from me.
As to the Anakee3s, new tyre novelty aside (only covered about 15miles sofar on the A3s) they feel great, cornering is easy and no more vibey ride , K60s always made me wonder if the final drive was about to fall apart. Hopefully they'll keep me on the straight, curvy and narrow.
PS it passed its Mot as well.
I'd covered 5K miles on the K60s and they had about 3~5mm front tread left (knobs to the side of centre worn more) and about 2mm in the centre rear (with shedloads left on the sides), overall I didn't really like the K60s as they were very vibey, didn't grip tar that well (wet or dry, lots of T/C light action) and didn't like uk green lane mud that much either spinning the rear or pushing front . Wear rate on the rear seemed to drop off as the miles increased so it may have gone another +1kmiles more but the handling was well off with the front following the slightest road surface ridge and the rear was as square as a car tyre so cornering wasn't fun.
Another limiting trait the K60s seemed to have was they didn't like higher speeds where a bar shimmy was only a twist of a throttle away, it felt like a full tank slapper would follow with ease. Maxing out the air pressures reduced this but didn't eliminate , so ended up with tyre imposed speed limiter that was way lower than their speed rating. The front also never stayed inflated for much more than a week, no punctures and a bead re-seat/new valve didn't solve this one.
So overall a big thumbs down to the K60s from me.
As to the Anakee3s, new tyre novelty aside (only covered about 15miles sofar on the A3s) they feel great, cornering is easy and no more vibey ride , K60s always made me wonder if the final drive was about to fall apart. Hopefully they'll keep me on the straight, curvy and narrow.
PS it passed its Mot as well.