Continental TKC 70 - 150/70 R 17
Replaced my rear Continental TKC 70 at 199,150 km on my R1200 GSA 2008, fitted at 178,566 km.
Previous fitment:
http://forum.bmwmccwa.asn.au/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2499&start=30#p18020Comments:
Continental TKC 70 rear tyre @ 20,534 kmNo sentimental reasons for sticking to this tyre.
It's a simple value /performance / cost / durability proposition.
Similar wear and durability to the previous usage.
This tyre started leaking about 1 psi every two days about six weeks ago.
After discovering a tiny leak at the bead, I removed the tyre and cleaned up the rim. There was a lot of scale(?) in the leak area.
Figuring that I had fixed the leak, I re-fitted the tyre to get the last thousand kilometers or so out of it.
It still had a 1 psi leak over a couple of days...
I finally tracked it down to
tiny micro-cuts on the
very worn centre tread.
Summing up:
- I have never had this many kilometres on a motorcycle tyre 'EVER'. Typically 6,000 to 8,000 km from a rear.
- These are Western Australian kilometres - ie. Flat straight bitumen roads; commuting on freeways 18 km (x2) every day, rain or shine. Club bush rides on dirt roads (eg. Farm ride to Albany).
- The TKC70 tyres have never let me down on-road or off-road, wet or dry (still haven't experienced mud - hardly a surprise in WA).
- No pucker moments, they just let you know what's going to happen next.
- They still stick like the proverbial on the sides when pushed to the lean limit.
- Quiet when originally fitted. Get progressively noisier with time but still quiet. But never Heidenau LOUD (Where you want 'em to wear out to stop the noise).
Would I fit them again > Already have
4th rear Continental TKC 70 tyre fitted now...
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