TKC80s On The Road - What Pressures?

[Magwych]

Just swapped form Tourance to TKC80s for an impending trip - no wonder you guys switching form TKCs to road tyres are amazed!

The handling is distinctly, well, different. Feels much harder to initiate a turn and quite twitchy at any speed above 20 m.p.h.

I am currently running them at 32F/36R; what pressures are others running them on the rood at, and what about for off-road use?

 

[finesse]

They can be run up to 4 bar or approx. 58 psi on the road. This saves the tyre as it does not warm up too much.

Finesse

 

[Deleted account 210609001]

They can be run up to 4 bar or approx. 58 psi on the road. This saves the tyre as it does not warm up too much.

Finesse

That'll make your thighs burn if you only have a foot pump...

 

[sparkplug]

give them a hundred miles or so...

they are a bit 'straight line' to start with, but surprisingly good once they've scrubbed in

 

[Sparky GS'r]

I run mine at 20psi front and rear for OFF-Road

36Front/42Rear for road riding and they are damn near perfect.

Re: Your comment about TKC's to road tyres, the soloution is to have two sets of wheels. Spoked with TKC's and Alloys with 020's or Pilot Roads. Perfik!

Stu

 

[tustinr]

2.9 bar rear and 2.5 bar front - same as Tourances. A little more if 2 up.

 

[Cole]

like Schianinni said ... the first time u use them you think "oh jeez, this doesnt feel right" ... but 100-200 miles later they are totally normal on the road and suprisingly grippy when you lean the bike over.

 

[Magwych]

Thanks everyone, so 2.5F/2.9R it is then.

Even after 50 miles they did feel better, wil be back on the 110 mile round-trip commute tomorrow, that should scrub them in nicely before hitting the white lines of the Blackwall Tunnel Southern approach.

Unless it is hot , in which case I pump them up to 4 bar ...