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tell me how stupid an idea this is...

sn0winSaskatoon

sn0winSaskatoon

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has anyone ever mounted DS tyres on a Breva? I'm riding my goose all the way to the east coast (>4000 km). My son lives in Halifax and just bought his first bike - a V7. So I figured I'd go for a long road trip and then the boy and I will do a Dad & Lad gooze-cruise. Then my wife and I are going to go for a visit to the magdeleine islands, and there's a lot of dirt and gravel roads there, and the best places to visit apparently are off sandy dirt roads.
Well it turns out that Conti TKC80's come in the 180/55-17 size for a Breva. I'm not expecting the goose to be like my tigger off the asphalt, but I figure it might be fun with TKC's and aired down to about 150 kPa (that'd be about 22 psi for any 'murricans out there). of course I could just take my tigger but that would kinda defeat the whole point...

Does anyone have a good reason why that's a really dumb thing to do?
 
If you are just going to be running on just unpaved roads, not many reasons I can think of... other then the TKC-80s last about 1k miles, and offers terrible paved road manners.
If you are hoping to do some real off-roading, the B11 isn't a good machine, buy a Stelvio. ;)
I would look for a 90/10 or 80/20 tire, Conti just released a TKC-70 -- comes in a 170/60, but no front offerings in a 120/70. You can get the Pirelli Scorpion Trail in a 180/55 & 120/70 it seems.
 
Todd, thanks for the tip about the TKC-70. Because TKC80's are toast in about 4000 km, on my tiger955i I've been running heidenau k60's...

Of course I should buy a stelvio - maybe some time. I find myself with 3 bikes in the garage... My wife and I are going to Italy for 2 1/2 weeks this coming sept and have arranged to rent either a stelvio or a caponord... either way we'll be happy! IN the magdaleine islands though, I think Breva is going to have to learn to be a DS. See if that fancy wilbers and matris suspension is up to it!
 
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