They look mighty good. My set is sitting in the garage waiting for me to prepare for my trip - maybe this fall.
New tires(tyre) for the Adventure crowd- Dunlop Trailmax Mission
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Went for a good ride yesterday, with my wife and I. Needed to scrub the new tires in and didn't get carried away with my wife on back. Covered about 300 kms of good and bad asphalt.
Tires had good grip and feel. They were harder to turn in, due to the less aggressive profile of them compared to the stock Metzler Tourance Nexts. Had to 'push' the bike into the turn and required you to hold it there
Definitely more vibration thru the bars and seat. Not bad, but noticeable.
No rain riding yet, so can't comment on their performance in the wet.
Tires had good grip and feel. They were harder to turn in, due to the less aggressive profile of them compared to the stock Metzler Tourance Nexts. Had to 'push' the bike into the turn and required you to hold it there
Definitely more vibration thru the bars and seat. Not bad, but noticeable.
No rain riding yet, so can't comment on their performance in the wet.
Glad you got a good ride in. Riding is good for the soul.
I have found your description of the handling is characteristic of off road tires. I really noticed this with my Karoo 3's, which are 60/40 tires.
Wasn't sure what to expect really as these are my first 50/50 tire. All others have been road tires and the stock Metzlers Tourance Nexts were good road tires with a lot of issues, ie, bad wear patterns, loud noise on the highway. They had good grip and road feel, but short lived.
Never liked Michelin tires much(had bad luck with them on vehicles), but the Michelin Anakee Adventure intrigues me for my next tire. Not quite as aggressive as the Dunlops and dual compound rubber for the rear should give longer rear tire life. A bit more suited for the riding conditions around here and my general style.
Will keep up my impressions of the Trailmax Missions so others can decide if they want them. Lots of miles/kms and various conditions to report yet.
When you are selecting dual sport tires, you have to be prepared to give up something. The best off road tires are certainly not good on the pavement. The best touring tires are not worth a crap off pavement. The compromises start from there. A 50/50 tire is a big compromise. It is passable off and pavement passable on the road. It excels in neither. But it will get you there off road or on pavement.
Yup. Agree 100% Carl. Knew that going in. Just looking for that magic unicorn like everyone else and think they'll be good tires with good life and hopefully good dirt and mild off road performance. Was never the type to wear off the "chicken strips" anyways so think these will be good for me.
Update on these tires/tyres;
Rode all summer with these tires and have to say I am impressed still. Rode a lot of hard pack and some loose gravel, various ashphalt and they handled it all in stride quite well.
The initial handling issue of these tires being harder to push into a turn diminished(or I got more used to them), is gone and they feel planted and secure. neutral in a corner. Tire wear is barely noticeable after 5-6000 kms.
Still cannot make any input on their rain handling as we've had a very dry summer and fall since I've had them installed.
Buziness and vibration through the handle bars, foot pegs and seat are still noticeable but not annoying or a nuisance.
Rode all summer with these tires and have to say I am impressed still. Rode a lot of hard pack and some loose gravel, various ashphalt and they handled it all in stride quite well.
The initial handling issue of these tires being harder to push into a turn diminished(or I got more used to them), is gone and they feel planted and secure. neutral in a corner. Tire wear is barely noticeable after 5-6000 kms.
Still cannot make any input on their rain handling as we've had a very dry summer and fall since I've had them installed.
Buziness and vibration through the handle bars, foot pegs and seat are still noticeable but not annoying or a nuisance.
I am glad they are working for you. Thanks for the report.
JackRobbin
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3k on the tiger is lethal these days
Sir Lancelot
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I wanted to provide an update on the Dunlop Trailmax Mission tires. I have no complaints at all on the pavement, they perform as well or better than a 20/80 tire. On the trails, they do very well. The only problem is when I go out to the Anza Borrego desert and encounter deep loamy sand (the loose kind). The rear has no problem getting traction in the deep stuff; but the front doesn't track well and it takes a lot of energy to wrestle it. I have been going to Anza Borrego and wrestling in the deep sand often enough that I'm considering replacing my front tire with a Motoz Tractionator Rallz which is a 90/10 tire even though my Trailmax have less than 1k miles.
Thanks for for the update. I not found any tire that does well in sugar sand - really fine soft sand. One just wrestles and hang on!
Agreed , here we have the finest sand known to man . It’s really just a dust which during a dry summer the red clay roads are full of and it’s hard to distinguish from a bare road with a dried out surface . Under the wrong conditions you can hit a quarter mile of it six inches deep . If your really stupid and hit it at speed you’re .......ed . You don’t dare crank it and take some weight off the front ,the rear is unlikely to hook up anyway . So as you say Carl you just hang on and wrestle as the
Good luck Carl , wish I could be with you on that one .
Thanks, Brooke. You are more than welcome to join me!
Don’t temp me ! Thanks
bradcgy
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Running the Trailmax Missions now. They seem to be wearing very well, have about 4000 kms on them now and hardly a dent in the tread. They do well for me off road but may pack up a lot in mud. I had an incident with mud this last September where I was coming through a tacky and mucky dirt road section and the mud packed up so much under my front fender that it broke the fender off the bike completely. Not sure if it was the tire tread not releasing the mud or the lack of clearance between tire and fender (as there is very little) that was the issue but nevertheless it took a lot of on trail drilling and hay wire to assemble the fender to usable again so I could get home. Wish I could find a high fender kit for the Tiger but I don't think this exists, so may have to mod the existing fender to better release trapped mud out the front of the fender somehow. A bit worried now about riding this type of mud again and the same thing happening.
Would like to know what the best place on the web is to find Tiger 1200 (2020) after market parts that have good prices and stock. I realize this may be a bit of a unicorn request but never hurts to ask. I am specifically looking for a set of anodized adventure foot pegs, something larger with more grip for off road riding.
Thanks all
Would like to know what the best place on the web is to find Tiger 1200 (2020) after market parts that have good prices and stock. I realize this may be a bit of a unicorn request but never hurts to ask. I am specifically looking for a set of anodized adventure foot pegs, something larger with more grip for off road riding.
Thanks all
Hermys; 2020 Tiger
This link is for Hermys, in Pennsylvania, and gets you are far as 2020 Tiger, you have to enter your Model/driveline (since you didn't provide it). I've found them to be most useful for Triumph parts for Triumph bikes.
Mud like that is definitely an issue with the big Tigers and the close clearance of the front fender. Only a knobby tire(or more aggressive) will shed the mud enough to prevent build up I believe.
My Trailmax Missions have been on for 3 years now and about 16K kms. The front still has quite a bit of wear(about 50%), the rear is pretty well done.
I found rocks would stick in the tread and you could hear it contacting the front mudguard as it went around. Sometimes made me want to increase that clearance as well as I believe it to be a bit tight for off tarmac riding.
My Trailmax Missions have been on for 3 years now and about 16K kms. The front still has quite a bit of wear(about 50%), the rear is pretty well done.
I found rocks would stick in the tread and you could hear it contacting the front mudguard as it went around. Sometimes made me want to increase that clearance as well as I believe it to be a bit tight for off tarmac riding.
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