Knobbys on pavement?

[Bigdog54]

How well do the Knobby tires ride on the pavement?

[Schtum]

Assuming that we're talking about TKC80 - better than you might expect and if you're really smooth you can probably drag your toes on dry pavement. You just have to resign yourself to the feeling of the knobs squirming a bit on the road.

In the wet, they're more sketchy and I don't feel inspired to pull off any radical manoeuvres on them, wet or dry.

[marc]

You can drag more than your toes.

They are not the smoothest ride, and can be a bit noisy, too. The biggest down side is rear tire life. For that reason I've been known to run a dual sport on the rear with a TKC-80 knob on the front.

[Bigdog54]

Well, I'm a MX convert so my experience is on the dirt. That being said, my pavement riding will normally be getting from my house to the dirt with nothing fancy or wild. I'd rather have more stability and traction off road. When I'm on the road I can plan on taking it easy.
But on the other side I want to be stable on the street. I once had a DRZ totally set up for dirt and it scared the heck out of me on the highway.

[Hennepinboy]

But on the other side I want to be stable on the street. I once had a DRZ totally set up for dirt and it scared the heck out of me on the highway.

I agree with this statement, Yamaha TT600N plated for street use, the most aggressive DOT knobbies I could purchase. Curves where very scary when the bike would decide to walk sideways on the knobs. I once rode 26 miles of highway when I got to the trail head my arms where numb, and my nerves where shot.
The more open the tire the less miles you will get out a set, I wore a set of Kenda knobbies out in under a thousand miles of street and trail riding, and this was on a light weight bike.

[marc]

Just under 10,000 mostly street miles on this front TKC-80.