My new to me bike requires new rubber not worn out but aged out cracking up it's possible due to the low mileage that they are the originals so are a quarter of a century old. The bike is NOT a Triumph and I am not getting rid of my Trophy 900 the bike is a replacement for my wrecked Ducati 620ie Monster it a 99 Honda Shadow VT600 and yes a totally different type/style the sizes are:- Front 100/90R19 Rear 170/80R15 Have been looking online at what is available, please remember that I am not in the UK but is SE Europe (Bulgaria), so do not have the wide selection available that most of you are used too! Now Maxxis is a brand that I know from the car word and until recently was unaware that they made motorcycle tyres but noticed them listed on a couple of web sites while checking size availability and prices then a member on another forum suggested that I look at them due to the style of the VT600 and the riding that I now do which is mostly gentle cruising around a bit of touring to see the sights for longer trip thee s always the Trophy. I did read the thread on Maxxis from 2019 but am wondering if anyone has more recent experience with them on Motorcycles. Plezier
Maxxis or so I'm lead to believe, is the parent company of CST. I've used x3 sets of CST recently and no complaints from me if used within the design spec as intended (great onroad, poor on wet grass) but I'm talking on/off road patterns here. I've heard of others who have used them and wear rates for a general use tyre were ok. For me personally I would go with a more mainstream make, but if you don't ride all weathers (UK being particularly wet at times, Bulgaria?) and just want a cheaper tyre with this not being a sport bike, then you should be fine.
Well yes I no longer ride in all weathers there is no need for me to do so so why do it? The only time I ride in rain is if I get caught out by the weather this has happened twice in two years. The only off road use is the stone/mud track from the tarmac village road down to the house about 600m the last 75m of which is grass/mud. Also my mileage annually is not high the Ducati covered about 3,500 miles since I got it (US model so speedo in MPH) and have done about 2,500km since June on the Trophy all on A-Roads and B-Roads no M-way use. I think these modern sport and touring type tyres with a slick bit down the centre are pretty crappy on grass the Ducati which is shod with Dunlop Sportsmax GBR300 rubber slips badly on the bit of grass outside the gate even on tickover you really have to be careful or it slips. Plezier
