ok i have read they squirm a bit and worse so in the wet... but how badly? is the low mileage before replacement true? are there any TKC80 pros out there that love them on the road..and if so..tell me more. I think they look good and like the prospects of extra grip on bad cornish gravel roads... will i regret it?
I have them on my 1200 'My first set'
To Quote Slimbo: You have to learn to trust them.
When first fitted you will notice you can move the handle bars quite easily whilst moving. They give a much lighter feel to the steering when new, 'this can be quite un'nerving until you get used to it' As Slimbo sais 'trust them'
After 100 miles or so they either bed in or you get used to them, not realy sure which.
In the wet they feel a bit odd and unstable and can give you the feeling that they are going to brake away very esily. But if you think about how they are in the dry Ie; much lighter on the road (and remembering that you are only on about half the rubber contact than on road tyres) Yuo realise they are infact gripping very well, all things considered.
I found that once I allowed myself to trust them, I became more confident and am now considering that I might carry on with them through the winter. I had planed to fit tourences for the winter, but will now wait untill I have worn the TKC's out before making that desision.
I had a baptisum of fire with the TKC's. I fitted them for the Llangollen weekend intending to do the off road ride 'then bottled out, feeling a bit inexperianced to be doing quite so many miles off road' So I did the ford's ride instead. The tyres did what they were supposed to do. it was me that let the side down and dropped the thing in the river 'twice
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Later the same week the rain came with abundence and we traveled two up into Wales a trip in the rain of about a hundred miles. I have to say that I was fully expecting this to be a verrry long trip and to arrive with my nerves in tatters.
I was pleasently supprised to discover that by being relaxed and letting the bike move as it needed, it handeled supprisingly well and what Slimbo had said was quite true 'You have to learn to trust them'
And I do. I'm not sure I'm ready to get the pegs down yet, and I do have to make a concious effort to travel a little slower too.
Give yourself time to get to know the TKC's and I think you'll enjoy them as I am 'thusfar'. They make the bike look so much more the part too
Ride safe Val.
) but only in short bursts. These tyres are not for you if you cruise the motorway network at three figure speeds all day 
