Have you still got Tourance on the front ?
Whats the tyre Brand of choice?
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Have you still got Tourance on the front ?
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Yes, but I may buy a PR4 for the front to claim the £35 cash back and keep it till it needs changing.
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I regularly mix tyre brands with no problems. My last "pair" was a half worn Tourance on front with a Maxis SuperMax road tyre on back. The handling was great almost to the end and very little squaring off.
Fair do's although I wouldnt do it myself !
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It was originally a cost thing but it's made so little (if any) difference in handling that I simply carried on regardless.
Im sure most of the "advice" is about selling more tyres, but when my rear TKC-70 wears out I will be fitting another -70. An aggressive front tread obviously needs an equivalent partner to be worth the side effects.
If the front was Tourance type, I'd just fit another equivalent to the back.
Im sure most of the "advice" is about selling more tyres, but when my rear TKC-70 wears out I will be fitting another -70. An aggressive front tread obviously needs an equivalent partner to be worth the side effects.
If the front was Tourance type, I'd just fit another equivalent to the back.
What colour are they?
oddshapedballs
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What shape are they?
What are they made of?
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Blackish
Roundish
They are made of tyres.
All bow to The Bear....
I ran a Tourance on the front and a PR4 Trail on the rear for 3.5K miles no issues. The PR4 was good but it was starting to square off after this mileage, Scottish A-B roads and no motorways no hanging around really. I dont think they last as well as everyone thinks they will, i had PR-3's on a CBF1000 last time and got 8K out of the rear on this. However i believe that the Trail is a softer center compound compared to the PR3 i would have had on the Honda.
Each to their own, i would have fitted Tourance again but reading all the negative feedback on them has made me opt for PR4's again, I wont change the pair keep the front until it needs changing no point ditching a perfectly good tyre! I dont think many of us will ever ride to the tyres limits.
Just my thoughts...
Each to their own, i would have fitted Tourance again but reading all the negative feedback on them has made me opt for PR4's again, I wont change the pair keep the front until it needs changing no point ditching a perfectly good tyre! I dont think many of us will ever ride to the tyres limits.
Just my thoughts...
Mitas E08 look like they might be worth a punt, similar thread pattern to the original Tourance and seem to be very well spoken of (with one well reported exception)
s8360pilot
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hi, my bike came with conti trail attack 2 on it, got it to 13.5k, back was down to the wire,my scotts thrifty ness shows, great wet/dry, so went for them again, my local guy, (Stevie Brierton, Motorcycles, bridgeton Glasgow) great guy, great service, £180, s/f, i have used his services for 5 years, im at 18k now, just showing a little ware, great tyres IMO, CHEERS.
I have put a few thousand kms on a set of Pirelli Scorpion Trail 2 and I cannot fault them, even compared to the much favoured Michelin PR4 trail.
Couldn't agree more....except for the "13.5k down to the wire" bit........
Hope they last! Keep us all posted.
ozziesda
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A dark horse is the new Bridgestone A40s. I was a big fan of the Pilot road 3s on my Varadero. Tourances, I never got on with. These A40s, after 2k of riding the hoop out of my Vstrom 1000, have no signs of wear and stick like Sh1t to a Blanket in the wet or dry!!
Well worth a try.... even if they seem a 'budget option' !!
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Well worth a try.... even if they seem a 'budget option' !!
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PR4 now fitted to the front so I have a matching pair. I got 7000miles from my previous Tourance tyres, so interested in seeing if these are any different.
