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ganer13
04-14-2008, 01:23 PM
As some of you know I bought Lees F650GS, this bike is my daily driver, Lee has some pretty aggressive dual sport tires and they are going quick, I've put about 1200 miles on the bike since I bought it. I'm looking for suggestions on some "daily driver" tires for this bike. 80% road 20% trail. ??????????
iridefar
04-14-2008, 06:54 PM
On my F650GS, the Karoo lasts around 5K miles. The TKC 80 lasts around the same (maybe a little less). The Tourance (which is what came on the bike) lasts around 10K.
The Tourance is less agressive, but still provides some traction off-road.
mcinfantry
04-14-2008, 11:27 PM
On my F650GS, the Karoo lasts around 5K miles. The TKC 80 lasts around the same (maybe a little less). The Tourance (which is what came on the bike) lasts around 10K.
The Tourance is less agressive, but still provides some traction off-road.
wow, karoo is 1500~2000 on my te610...
ganer13
04-15-2008, 11:43 AM
What about these tires, anybody run these?

Metzeler Sahara 3 Enduro Tires
Klantz
04-15-2008, 04:23 PM
I run a Tourance in the rear and a Maxxis Detour up front... works well enough for 80-20... The Detour is a super sticky tire and wears about the same as the tourance rear but it sticks like glue to the road and tracks fine in gravel.
iridefar
04-16-2008, 01:56 PM
wow, karoo is 1500~2000 on my te610...

I got 5K out of a set on a trip up through northern Canada, but I should point out that I got them changed on the return trip because they only had about 500 miles of life left in them before they became slicks. But I was also riding with two loaded panniers, all of my camping gear, and my camera gear packed on the back of the bike.