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Best 70/30 tyres - help!

34K views 21 replies 15 participants last post by  Ryno23  
I went through 3 sets of the Continental TK70’s before I put the Dunlop trailmax mission tires. The Conti tires were awesome on the road, I had total confidence in hanging with sport bikes in the twisties. I took them on some gravel roads and they were ok too. I would only get about 3k miles out of the front before it needed replacing, the rear could of gotten a few more miles but I always replaced as a set. The dunlops have. 1500 miles and show very little wear, definelty more confidence inspiring off road, and descent on the road. I do not have as much trust in the front as I did with the conti’s pushing it on the street, but I shouldn’t be going that fast anyways! The dunlops also felt really weird the first 100 miles or so, I thought all those good reviews were rubbish, however either the tires got better or I got used to them. I really like them now and have gone places off-road that wouldn’t have with the contis.