The 800GS tire thread (oh, no you di-'nt!)

hi there,

yes, i'm after the tubeless tires that can be used on those cast rims..
if only BMW had designed the same rims on the 1200ADV for the F800gs, then it'll be fantastic.. never like tube tires. my front tube tire's pressure always drops after a week to 170 from 230..

smaller front diameter rim would also help in reducing the turning radius of the bike. i do not go offroad often so do not need the 21" tires!

How about trading the F800GS in for a Verseys or SV650 "Wee Strom"? Or just buy a F800ST?

David

:huh
too late bro... already gotten the 800 for 10months! dun think i am going to part so fast with this bike as there isnt any out in the market with better features/parts than my current bike.

i'm only very paranoid bout the tube tires..

I'll trade as I have an F650 with cast rims and would like to swap them out for spokes. Not sure if we will have disk problems... Doesn't the F800 have twin disks up front??

yeah dude, the 800 has twin disc upfront...
i've yet to approach my local dealership to enquire on the swapping possibility..

Copied from a thread on our local Duals Sport club website...

Date: August 25th 2009

Odometer reading : 8520 Km

This tire has roughly 1850 Km on it to date, and i've been through a lot of sh!t with this tire for the type of bike. And I have only dropped the bike once in a water hole that wasn't even that muddy... go figure!
Tire wear is down to 9mm (4 mm wear) with about 80% asphalt (biggest day was about 400Km of asphalt with 27 to 30 Deg weather running from 90KPH to 150KPH.
Last week, I brought the bike up to a way stoopid speed on the highway, and stability was great. I'm surprised the MT-21 didn't start spitting knobs.

The good:
Wears better than the TKC to date
Marginally better on dirt roads than the TKC
Way better in wet stuff than the TKC
Quite a bit harder to drift in corners (Good but not as much fun... :twisted: )

The not so good:
Noisy tire on asphalt
Doesn't handle twisties on asphalt as well as the TKC

some pics from earlier tonite.

This is cross posted. Gnarlyparts will no longer be carrying Mitas. They have some rears in stock so get em while they got em.

Any idea why?? I just put a rear tire on. Hope I don't love it and then can't get it <>< Craigster

Just a quick FYI, the Australian supplyer suggested to stay away from the Dakar on ashphalt because they way to harder compound when i had a chat over the phone with him, and that it probably wouldn't last all that much longer anyway.
My 2c is that the regular E-09 is 11ty times better using at as a 50/50 tyre. I have about 10,000 between the two.

Nope, he didn't say.

Should have gotten the F650 (Twin 800) to start with...

the F650 didn quite catch my affection the way the 800 did...
but now i guess those tires do!

Crossposted??? :huh Gnarlyparts not carrying MItas anymore?? WTF??:eek1

Still Diggin the Hiedes? any pics or addtl feedback as they weardown to the end? I'm thinking of putting them on my Xchallenge. I have them on my ADV and I'm quite pleased.
THX

Just ordered another Conti TKC80 rear. I tore through a rear on my last trip in 3,000 miles. Mostly tarmac though, so it's understandable. The front is still in good condition. A little bit of cupping, but nothing that reversing the tire can't fix!

Yeah, still diggin 'em. I just passed 7,000 miles, of which about 2,500 is off-tarmac. They have plenty of tread left on them. I figure that I should get at least another 1,500 to 2,000 miles from the rear, maybe a little more from the front. Amazing tires.

Hey Griz, if you're only getting 3,000 out of a rear TKC-80, you may want to give these a try to get you through that Minnysoooota winter.

David

Yeah, man, I'm stoked that you're getting that kind of mileage out of that rubber! I already placed the order for a new TKC80 rear, so I think for now I'm just going to throw that on. However, next Spring, if those Heidi's are still around, I'm more than likely going to throw them on!!

Got my E09 rear and 606 front from Gnarlyparts today. Was 235$ CDN shipped to my door.

you're gonna love this combo....I sure do!

Yeah its a good combo if you've got do do big highway miles then hit the dirt or want somethign that rides ok on ashphalt. The only thing i didn't like about the 606 was sandy gravel, they hate it.