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Looks promising: http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1018951

Cheers,

That tire looks like it would work for mostly dry riding. Mud would not clear well with those close spaced knobs.

Here is another new tire worth consideration. Also not much of a mud tire but a good DS option.

http://www.cycleworld.com/2014/08/18/co ... re-review/

I like the conclusion. Run the tkc-70 on the rear and a tkc-80 on the front.

Stu

The 70 doesn't look bad. Its pretty close to the Pirelli Scorpion 90 A/T (stock 990 for most years I believe). If its like the 90 Scorp I'd say you could change it on the side of the road, unlike a rear K60.

Mud doesn't clear worth darn from K60s as well. But K60s got alot of traction compared to the TKC70 or 90A/T, and it wears like iron. But I spent a day after Christmas with those extra long (screw driver ended 2ft) tire irons and never could get the rear completely on in the garage, soap, baby powder, extra hands, yelling at it.... Per a suggestion from a forum member(Phil), if I had to change that sucker back in the woods, I would drive it flat until smoking hot and then go at it, fast. These are notorious for coming apart late in life. That said I got 7k miles on this pair this year and they look fine. I think they start coming apart because people ride them longer than they should because they still look ok, but that's just a guess.

K60s - For me these tires sum up the worst and best of dual sports tires - they got nice tread & and that flat design lets you just rip on gravel, but you f'd if it goes flat& its cold; 75mph is fine but (80 gets rough for a distance - but for me its the KTM seat and taking out the rubber insert in the pegs that really wears on you), but its got no real grip when cold/wet; it don't clear mud, but its got the best tread of a distance ds tire; they are a bit noisy and have a rumble below 20mph (probably like any knobbie on the road but I wouldn't know), but even at 7k miles I'd ride it to Colorado tomorrow, air them down, and head up the trails. Better than Scorps for gravel or dirt (I got 9k on the scorps before done), but those run 80mph easy, no noise and easy ride, and you can change them. There are people that really hate K60s and those high mile runners that love them.

For me the real toss up is - TKC80s and buy more rears, or K60s. I think I will try 80s next year.