Mitas Rally Tyres - 80% Off-Road 20% Road

Warlord said:

I've been using the Metzeller Karoo 3 tyres for the past 2 years. In fact, I've just fitted a brand new set. They are a 50% Off-Road and 50% Road tyre.

They've been great in the dry on gravel, rocks, dirt and really good on road use. But they are rubbish in mud.

So even though they are pretty new, I've decided to change them.

The Africa Twin tyre sizes are:-

Front : 90/90 21
Rear : 150/70 18

BUT.....

I really like the look of the new Mitas E12 and E13 Rally Star Tyres as they are 80% Off-Road and 20% Road (and paired together are supposed to be great).

The Mitas E13 Rally Star is a 90/90 21 size, which is great. Mitas only make this size in this tyre.
The Mitas E12 Rally is a 140/80 18 size, which isn't the right size. Mitas only make this size in this tyre.

So I've ordered them anyways.

I was just wondering if the very small difference in circumference would upset the DCT MODES?

Anyone, care to take a guess??

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Smogbob said:

Might show a quicker speed but nothing else IMO you can check speed using tool below.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/tirecalc?tires=150-70r18-140-80r18

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Warlord said:

Yeah, I checked that already and although there is a speed difference, it didn't seem much??

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Smogbob said:

Nah I reckon between 5 and 10 km/h might also just watch out for tyre rubbing when fairly new, thats about all I can think of.

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Warlord said:

Well the good thing about these new tyres is they are Tube Tyres, whereas the Karoo3 are Tubeless. So they'll run cooler hopefully.

Will be interesting to see if I notice much difference off-road.

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dean0n0 said:

I'm sure they'll be better off road but not as good on road....The price you pay.
I saw Adventure spec were pushing some new brand which did everything better than all the others (of course), but looked interesting for bigger bikes.

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Smogbob said:

If it is muddy maybe.

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Warlord said:

New tyres arrived today.

Mitas E-12 Rally Star - Rear
Mitas E-13 Rally Star - Front

Massive more tread compared to Metzeller Karoo 3 tyres.

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Owen Snell said:

Those Mitas should help prevent the problem you had skipping to the side when you binned it! I have Pirelli Scorpions on the Husky, they are very stable passing side to side over uneven stuff. OK on road as well, I was expecting them to be shite, but you might get a bit more block movement with the weight of the AT.

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Warlord said:

What actually surprised me was how little tread the front Karoo 3 tyre has in comparison.

These E-13 tyres are like a never ending row of sharks teeth.

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Smogbob said:

Next warlord movie, jaws the return. just be careful they do not dig in to much and you go flying forward.

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jojitsu said:

I'm no expert, but love my motoz tractionator adventure rear and TKC80 front.. Unicorn tyre combo.

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