Road/Off Road Tyres

[rjsmith26]

Chaps and Ladies, any thoughts please,

Changed onto a GSA last summer and loving it. Came with Bridgestone 502 tyres.

From the past (VFRs) I have been a lover of Bridgestone rubber - especially in the wet - very reassuring, however......

I've never ridden off road before and fancy having a bit of a go (gravel mainly I think), but, still want lovely road grip. Have read various articles on here but would love some suggestions for a newbie off road and the best tyre for mixing off and on road riding?

Are the Bridgestones any good?

Should I be thinking of Tourances?

Trail Attack / Road Attack?

Also if I change to something new is it wise to mix Bridgestone front with ??????? at the rear?

 

[Beemerman59]

Tyres are a very personal thing so you will get loads of opinions. I had two sets of Battlewings on my GSA and quite liked them but felt I had reached the limits of the tyre on tarmac. As I don't go off road I next tried a set of Dunlop Roadsmarts which were excellent but since I never felt anywhere near the edge of the tyres grip I wondered if I was paying more than I needed to for road use. So I'm on Conti Trail Attacks now as a trial and so far they are excellent, wet or dry and were £50 cheaper for a set than the Dunlops.

 

[tonkatoy]

If you fancy a bit of offroad then TKC80s. Very useable on the road too, although they take a bit of getting used to.

To solve the dilemna, get a cheap s/h set of ally wheels for the road tyres and use the wires for offroad. bingo, best of both worlds.

 

[tigerjohn]

Trail Attacks....road biased dual purpose. Smoother on the road than most dual purpose tyres but will cope with light tracks.

 

[Ian M]

Trail Attacks....road biased dual purpose. Smoother on the road than most dual purpose tyres but will cope with light tracks.

Agreed - I am well impressed. They are great on the road in all weathers and coped OK with a muddy field at Oliver's Mount at the weekend too. My rear tyre lasted over 8,000 miles (which is close on twice what I got out of rear BT020s on my VFR) and cost £220 to replace the pair.