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So yesterday I changed both tire on the Tenere'. I put on a set of, "take-offs" Metzler Tourance the rear had 3,000ish and the front had 1,623 miles on it. I checked the front and it is one made in Germany not China. So after I finished it was sooo nice out I had to ride. I left the saddlebags off and wow it felt like such a small bike without them! I had taken off old Anakee 3 tires and so I remember how much I love the Tourances! Damn I'm bummed I can't get the original Tourances anymore!
Tuesday I figured sooner than later I would run out of take-offs so I was shopping for a DS tire for the Teneré'. I have not tried a Continental Trail Attack 2 so I ordered a set. A few bucks more than Anakee 3's but not much. I ordered them from Jake Wilson and they estimated they would be here Thursday... cool free 2 day shipping! They were by my door when I got back from a ride yesterday... Free 1 day shipping! Great service.
Well I'll not put these on until I wear out these wonderful Tourances! But I'm hoping they work well. They sure don't have much off road "look" to them.
That's my latest tire tale...



I might be out riding my Super Tenere'

I tried a set of the Trail Attack 2's awhile back. They didnt have much of a "gravel presence". Seemed fine on street until around 4K miles on the rear (thats much better than I'm getting with PR4's) but I started getting this unsettling feeling at low speed in turns like the rear tire was stepping around, and it was worse on pavement with a pebbly-granular surface. I ditched them soon after. YMMV. Still, to get 4K before tossing them ain't bad....

Good luck! It sucks when they quit making a tire that you like. I would have stayed with the original Dunlop Roadsmart rear forever. It was great when combined with a sticky front like a Pilot Power.

Lee... Yes but now on the FJ09 everything will be different!

... or not!


I might be out riding my Super Tenere'

LeeDavis wrote:I would have stayed with the original Dunlop Roadsmart rear forever. It was great when combined with a sticky front like a Pilot Power.

Interesting to hear that. I had an 'original Roadsmart' on the back of the Hayabusa with a Pirelli Diablo front, and the bike felt terrific; a Roadsmart II rear on the Bandit wouldn't turn worth a damn, and went to "downright awful" when I put a PR3 (from another Pirelli) on the front.