Maxxis Presa Detour

[Invicta Moto]

Fitted a pair today, or rather had a pair fitted at FWR in Kennington.

I fancied going back to the Adventure style tyre for road and maybe light off-road (gravel usually) when I am on holiday in August.

Got a few prices around £220 for Tourances ride-in/ride-out and FWR quoted £215 for "old" Tourances.

They also had Maxxis "big trailie" tyres as well at a much more budget price of £176 ride-in/ride-out.

So I decided that I'd give them a go. At the moment I'm doing 155 miles a day return to work and a few quid saved might be a good thing.

The previous set of BT020/021 did 9625 and maybe had a few miles left before the wear bumps showed right through.



Extremely deep looking tread on the back! Not qite so deep on the front.



On the 70 miles home run, I took it easy to wear the slipperyness off them and see how they bedded in.

No "moments" although I was careful as it had pissed down ahead of me and I kept it pretty much upright on roundabouts etc.

 

[Zundapp]

Like the look of them!

A few years ago I fitted maxxis tyres to an RT, provoking enormous disapproval from the well-off. They were excellent. I'm sure these will do the job too.

Keep us posted how you get on with them.

 

[King Rat]

Me too, interested in saving a few bob here and there (aren't we all).

What have you put them on? 11, 1150, 12?

I am now a bit wary of so called "cheaper" tyres ahving cost myself a fortune putting cheaper tyres on the car. We got a regular 43mpg on a run in the old bus on Michelins (expensive) and had to put new ones on when down in Plymouth once, Toyos were what was on offer and they hadn't got (or didn't make as much margin) on Michelins the same. So I put the Toyos on.

Brilliant feel and grip and directional stability and everything, until on the run home I saw the MPG drop to 36.8mpg, same load, same road, same set speed as coming down where the car gave us 43.6mpg. I monitored the fuel consumption carefully over the entire life of those tyres and I reckon saving £50 per tyre cost me in the order of £750 in extra fuel....the rolling resistence must have been much higher.

I did a test of Michelin tyres with Commercial Motor magazine a couple of years ago. We were at Millbrook testing ground on their 1:4 hill and a long straight from it. The same truck and trailer were used for both tests and it took all day. The first set of tyres, brand new, so as to be equal all round, were fitted to tractor unit and the trailer. It was fuelled to the brim, using a piece of bent wire to ensure it was to a set level. The truck was then taken to the hill, lined up on a line drawn on the road and when all set, FREEWHEELED down the hill and allowed to roll until it came to a stop. The position was then marked by a lne painted on the ground and a cone at the side of the road, just to make it easy visually.

Lunch and change of tyres all round. The Michelin economy tyres were put on the wheels. New ones, so to be the same (old tyres will give more MPG than new ones due to lower tread having less air resistence - as much as 8%). Anyway, test repeated, again with full tank to make sure tractor and trailer weighed the same. I was stood about 50 yards along from the cone, Iwanted a shot of the truck rolling past the cone. The Michelin technician with me said I might want to go a bit further....the truck rolled over 400 yards further with the Economy tyres on, due simply to the reduced rolling resistence built into them.

Anyone running a truck or fleet logistics manager or anything will tell you that running costs are always being looked at to try and put margins up a bit - fuel consumption is a major one, so anything that gives an increase in MPG on the trucks is welcome. Loaded a 44 tonner does anything between 6.5mpg and 9mpg, depending on the routes being run. Motorway long haul being the most efficient, obviously.

The only reason I say this, is to give an example of how tyres can actually affect economy in other ways other than simply the purchase price and longevity. On a bike the cost of fuel is minimal, really.

 

[Invicta Moto]

They are on an 1150.

 

[King Rat]

Keep us updated then.......please! Although this set of Tourances, at £130 the pair plus £20 to fit, are going to be hard to beat.

 

[Invicta Moto]

Keep us updated then.......please! Although this set of Tourances, at £130 the pair plus £20 to fit, are going to be hard to beat.

If I had found Tourances at that price I would have had them, but didn't.

So far done about 400 miles on them, starting to take the glaze off but not the little pimples round the block edges.

Had a chance to ride in the wet for the first time today and they seemed stable enough but with a budget label I might be more critical than before!!

Have also tried the swoop from the M20 onto the M25 with a bit more pace today and solid at legal plus 20 indicated.

Your previous post had me a little worried as I never ever thought of that! In the end I was a little perturbed that same afternoon to see the fuel gauge on 1 bar with only 174 on the trip. Thoughts of fuel and money down the drain, but could only get a fraction over 16 litres in to fill the tank.... Relieved.

 

[Time Traveller]

C'mon all last post on here in 2009


Any views on these 'ere Maxxis detour tyres?

 

[BlueBird]

Saints?

how do you get over 9k out of a rear tyre?
I have never got more than 5k out mine and that was the Dunlop tr91.

 

[Time Traveller]

Well I was chatting to an american 1150GS Adventure rider today (I'm in San Francisco on business this week) and he had Tourances on his, he reckoned he got 10K from them

 

[Blackal]

Where are they made?

Does anyone know where each of the major manufacturers produce their tyres?

Dunlop / Avon / Metzler / Michelin / Pirelli / Bridgestone ?

I'd rather keep trade within Europe at least - and UK if possible.

Al