MCN today 1200ADV

[chris567]

1200 ADV

My bet's an Anakee; I burned through my set of those quickly, too. Tourances have more lozenge-shaped treads.

Any other takers?

have just seen on another post from Micky it was a Anakee


glad ive got tourance's then

 

[marcus]

fuel consumption decreases as the engine runs in.

My tank range has gone from 170 to 200....

 

[TheJoker]

 

[NeilG]

And I thought MCN were giving all BMW's good write up's lately, including the old & new GSA's.


Maybe I've not been reading between the lines.

Just off to buy this weeks MCN.

BMW spending plenty of money in MCN..... Lots of ads:

MCN gave BMW more (positive) coverage than any other manufacturer in run up to the Ally Pally show; more recent front covers than any other brand....

MCN readers aren't BMW owners - BMW are looking to become mainstream and reach a new audience and are using MCN to do it. Whether WE like/read MCN is irrelevant; it influences more bikers than any other medium.

Years ago Triumph wouldn't have got off the ground without MCN, and although it has changed since then it's still top of the pile amongst those who think BMWs are ridden by strange old blokes.

Re. ADV fuel consumption - if you're riding a GSX or Blade, would 31mpg sound bad?

 

[sproggy]

.....it's still top of the pile amongst those who think BMWs are ridden by strange old blokes....

Too right - they need to be educated that now BM's are increasingly owned and ridden by strange young blokes....

 

[Cookson]

MCN readers aren't BMW owners

BMWs are ridden by strange old blokes.

Re. ADV fuel consumption - if you're riding a GSX or Blade, would 31mpg sound bad?

I'm a BMW owner, I'm also a strange old bloke & I buy MCN.

 

[ptf5470]

I'm not a BMW owner (yet), I'm a strange young(ish) bloke, I don't read MCN coz it's mostly feckin adverts..

 

[NeilG]

I'm a BMW owner, I'm also a strange old bloke & I buy MCN.

Me too..........

 

[dave hendy]

I'm a BMW owner, I'm also a strange old bloke & I buy MCN.

Me 2

although middle aged not old but very strange

 

[silvermog]

My bet's an Anakee; I burned through my set of those quickly, too. Tourances have more lozenge-shaped treads.

Any other takers?

Yeah, its an Anakee ... but ...

I rode two different 1200 ADV on Tourance's and both of them had a shimmy in the steering ... one much more pronounced than the other but nonetheless it was still there.

In fact the second one (SPC demo) was bad enough that I resigned myself to possibly ditching the supplied Tourance's if thats what it turned up on ... as it happens, my ADV was supplied on Anakees and I'm quite impressed, lots of grip, solid feeling on the road even in the streaming wet (they are fresh tho). If the mileage does turn out to be 3500 vs. 8000 then I might have to re-consider but my experience so far is that the ADV doesn't feel as good on Tourance.

BTW, any other new ADV riders notice that buffetting when travelling behind a high-top Transit type van is bloody awful, I don't remember the GS being this bad, or is it just me? Artics and 7.5 tonne is no worse than normal, even Luton bodies, but I'm starting to think I've got it in for Tranny drivers!

 

[Bod]

Think before you speak

I've never got 48 mpg from my GS.

Must be riding it like a schoolgirl if you get that.

Could that have somthing to do with the fact that you live in the states and your gallons are smaller than ours ?

Also I said RT.

 

[ptf5470]

BTW, any other new ADV riders notice that buffetting when travelling behind a high-top Transit type van is bloody awful, I don't remember the GS being this bad, or is it just me? Artics and 7.5 tonne is no worse than normal, even Luton bodies, but I'm starting to think I've got it in for Tranny drivers!

For some reason Transits have a huge bow wave.. not noticeable in an artic but anything up to 18 tonnes gets a sideways shove from them when they pass by... feck knows why as they don't seem to be that much of a different shape to other vans of that ilk..

 

[sproggy]

I rode two different 1200 ADV on Tourance's and both of them had a shimmy in the steering ... one much more pronounced than the other but nonetheless it was still there.

I guess you didn't look close enough to see whether there were any balance weights on the rims? That behaviour sounds exactly like my '06 1200 (non ADV) which had out of balance wheels/tyres from the factory. Maybe this year they're saving money by not shelling out on those expensive lead weights.....

I never experienced or heard of Tourances behaving like that before.

 

[Micky]

The bike came with Anakees on.... and I so wanted to hate them

I love the Tourance and have never had a problem with them, but the Anakees have stuck like the proverbial, so putting another Anakee on the rear in the morning... that should last until the front's knackered

Then put Tourance on? Dunno... I like the Anakee's so may stop with them. I aint bothered if I only get 3,500 miles out of the rear... as long as it sticks like sh1t

 

[chris567]

1200 GSA

I guess you didn't look close enough to see whether there were any balance weights on the rims? That behaviour sounds exactly like my '06 1200 (non ADV) which had out of balance wheels/tyres from the factory. Maybe this year they're saving money by not shelling out on those expensive lead weights.....

I never experienced or heard of Tourances behaving like that before.

Ive not had any problems with my tourances but then they were fitted here as my bike arrived with TKC 80 by mistake

so far i do like them and have got to the edge of tread and if they last all the better

I had Dunlop D607 on my last 1200 GS and i liked them

Chris

 

[Dabba]

I love tourances ,feel solid as a rock can handle gravelly stuff (though its not like I go looking for it) and I still can't get over the fact that I got 12000 miles out of a pair!

do the new 140mph capable ones last so well?

middle-aged, strange, MCN buyer (can never seem to get round to reading it)

 

[silvermog]

I guess you didn't look close enough to see whether there were any balance weights on the rims? That behaviour sounds exactly like my '06 1200 (non ADV) which had out of balance wheels/tyres from the factory. Maybe this year they're saving money by not shelling out on those expensive lead weights.....

I never experienced or heard of Tourances behaving like that before.

At least one of the bikes I rode w. Tourances on was dealer fitted with them, as the demo bike delivered was on TKCs originally. They switched it to Tourance for customer demo use after the open weekend, so I'd hope that they balanced the wheel ...

Either way, I'm more than happy with the Anakee package and short of some amazing alternative and enlightenment (BattleWing?) I'll probably stick with them at swap time.

BTW, my front wheel has a 10g weight mounted ... but three other ADV's I checked today had no weights front or rear ... accuracy or complacency or just superfluous ??