Crap Anakees.

[shready]

I fitted a set of Anakees to my 1100GS recently for my trip around the Pyrenees.

The tyre dealer (Sone's of Croydon) said that they are grippier for cornering and better in the wet than Tourances. That is offset against quicker wear due to the softer compound and increased silica content.

In the past I have used Bridgestones (OE and crap) and then always Tourances.

I agree that in the dry they are ace tyres and in the mountains and twisties they really gave me loads of confidence and feedback, letting me lean over further than ever before.

However, last night going home in the wet on roads I am very familiar with they were shyte. So bad in fact, that I pulled over to check that everything was OK with the bike. They twitch and slide like crazy over cats eyes, raised white lines, overbanding, etc. etc.

I am looking forward to the day when they wear out so that I can go back to the Tourances.

Anakees, never again!

 

[Grizzly]

Too Many Hard Miles On Dry Roads??

Hi johnshread,
I find the Anakees a good all round tyre and normally very good in the wet - I use Anakees all the time now simply because I work for Michelin and they are supplied F.O.C. - which can't be bad! - so I suppose you would claim I'm biased??
That said, I used a couple of pairs of Tourances before, and of course the dreaded T66X - now there's a scary wet weather tyre?
To get back to my reason for replying, it sounds like you have maybe done a lot of miles on these tyres on warm, dry, mountain roads and this sort of riding causes heavily deformed wear on the tread blocks as the tyre drives through corners - they still work great in the same conditions 'cos the tread is still deformed into good contact on the grippy roads - but transfer that back here on a cool wet night and you looking for grip on all the raised, deformed edges of a hard-worked tyre??
I've had this experience with several different tyre makes over the years - it can even happen in the uk!!! - when we have a good spell of dry weather and you work the tyres hard through endless bends - eg N.W. Scotland.

Cheers........................Grizzly

 

[shready]

Grizzly,

Good point there.

I reckon I've done perhaps 3K miles on these Anakees and about 1K miles (maximum) would have been on twisty and/or mountain roads. The weather last week in Spain/France could only have been described as fair. Only one warm day and the remainder were fair but never over 20 C.

I did notice this morning when I again checked my tyres that they have worn a lot in comparison to Tourances with similar mileage.

Basically, the pros of the Anakee do not set it aside from the Tourance (IMO). I've had about 6 sets of these any they never failed me in any weather or riding combinations.

 

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John, have you considered Dunlop 207's?

I've just got back from Andorra. I rode there in torential rain and had no problems with them, in fact they really gave me great confidence

When I got to the mountains the weather was perfect (thankfully) and I can honestly say that the tyres performed perfectly. With the preload on max and luggage at the hotel I was still scraping bits of bike on the switchbacks - when the back did let go (usually under extreme engine breaking entering corners) it would slide very progresively and come back into line smoothly with no sudden 'moments'

Befor I bought the bike (GS12) I thought the first thing I'd have to do [1] would be junk the OEM tyres and fit 020's but am seriously wondering if I need to now.

The only down side to the 207's is that after 2000 miles of three figure motorway riding to the Pyrenees and back they are now squred off quite badly (3000 miles in total). They have a good 1000 miles left though.

HTH
Andres

[1] May still get 020's for the quicker steering they ought to give.

 

[GSmonkey]

I reckon I've done perhaps 3K miles on these Anakees

....I'd say they are getting fairly shagged. I got mine to last about 4.5k and they were well illegal. Performace wet and dry seems to drop off towards the end of their life.

Its the typical trade off between grip and longevity.

 

[shready]

Update

Well the tyres were getting no better but the handling had changed radically overnight which was rather suspect.

I thought back and this problem started just after I removed my luggage after the Pyrenees run and tried some new petrol that Total sell, called Excellium, it's some new 97 octane stuff that I used as they had run out of regular 95.

Anyway, last night I refilled with usual stuff and checked my preload, guess what, I had set it incorrectly so it was too soft.

Changed it and this morning the bike is back to normal, so I must appologise to Michelin for dissing the Anakee's. That said, I still prefer the Tourances to them.

That bloody petrol though is shyte, I used 2 tankfulls and at low revs the engine ran as rough as anything. Much better now and back to normal.

I'll keep me eye on things.