Thanks for the review.

@onthebackwheel

Жыл бұрын

👊

I have to agree with everything you said about the Dunlop D606 tires. I ran both front and rear D606's for 3000 miles and they have been fabulous. There is more than 50% of the tread remaining on these tires. I used the tires for 70% off road and 30% pavement. Currently running rear Mitas E-07 and front TKC80 because riding is 50% on road and 50% off road.

@onthebackwheel

Жыл бұрын

How are you finding the e07 and tkc80 combo?

@rameylewis7730

Жыл бұрын

@@onthebackwheel At first I thought I might need a bit more aggressive of a tire in the rear. But so far things have been really positive with the combo. I think for heavy duty mudding I'd prefer the D606's. But for the majority of my riding the combo works out well. I ride a lot of mud(not super deep all of the time like you do)and trail stuff and so far so good. Good on the pavement too. More expensive than the D606's

Have 606 on the back of my 350 EXCF. GREAT TIRE!! Not afraid of any road condition.

@onthebackwheel

Жыл бұрын

Nice, such a good all rounder

Really excellent on my drz400e. Love them in all off-road situations. Have had a couple of sketchy moments on road while riding to the trails though so I keep things smooth and slow on road while giving myself a huge buffer to break slowly. Not looking forward to having to emergency brake…

@onthebackwheel

Жыл бұрын

Yeah you have to watch them in the wet for sure

Looks great on the KLR

@onthebackwheel

Жыл бұрын

I think so too, really liking them

I have a set on my WR250R and I like them overall. They are really good off-road and the do quite well with spirited riding on twisty roads. I find them a little bit squirrely on pavement at higher speeds, but nothing dangerous. My only dislike is that they are noisy on pavement. I have not ridden in the rain with these tires as of yet. I have about 2600 miles on mine and they seem to be about half way gone. The front tire has some strange cupping going on, but that may be from hard braking when I ride it in the twisties. I won't be riding the bike like that anymore since I picked up a WR250X last week.

@onthebackwheel

Жыл бұрын

Yeah they are noisy. Watch them in the wet, the front is wild

@Tom-gt8yv

Жыл бұрын

Can you really get knee down (or most of the way) on these tyres, i have the wr250r and still on my first set of tyres and for leaning on the road they are super dodgy. I want to conintue to be able to go offroad so im stuck between getting dualsport tyres or getting these d606s

@SigmaSheepdog

Жыл бұрын

@@Tom-gt8yv I wouldn't do any knee dragging with these tires, but you can lean quite a bit.

@anonymous_friend

3 ай бұрын

What gears and chain are you running? I'm due for tires and gears on a 2008 wr250r I just got. Trying to decide what to get.

@SigmaSheepdog

3 ай бұрын

@@anonymous_friend When I originally posted the comment I had the stock 13-43 sprokets. I have since changed to Sunstar 13-46 sprokets with a new D.I.D chain. I like this setup as it gives the bike a little more on the low end, but it still does well at 65-70 mph on the road. It will throw off the speedo about 10mph, but I corrected that with a 12 o'clock Labs speedo calibrator.

7000 k's and still going, only have worn Wr250r👍

@anonymous_friend

3 ай бұрын

what gears and chain are you running on the wr250r? I'm due for tires, gears and chain on a 2008 I just picked up, and trying to decide what to go with.

30 PSI is a lot. The most I run my 606 at is 22 PSI on road trips, 18 PSI off road and on gravel.

@onthebackwheel

Жыл бұрын

I've played around with it and this seems to work best. 20/20 off road works well. My DR mates definitely run lower with the less weight

Oh man, those are the ones I want for my KLR. Here in my country they don't import them so I had to pick the D603 and I can tell that they won't last more than 3.000 kms.

@onthebackwheel

Жыл бұрын

Duh

I want to get these but I hear that you need a different front tire for better results like a Pirelli MT21. I ride a KLX300

@onthebackwheel

Ай бұрын

Yeah you really need to run a different front. I liked the mt21 a lot and the Pirelli rally race. The Motoz dualventure is also a good option

About to chuck my 3rd set on the klr. IMO you will struggle to outride these tyres on the klr, may just be saying something about my riding ability though. I get around 6k-7k out of a set

@onthebackwheel

Жыл бұрын

Mate I think you're spot on. I'll be very happy if i get that many k's

@kevincraig8257

Жыл бұрын

how are they on the front just ordered a set for the DR 650

@onthebackwheel

Жыл бұрын

@@kevincraig8257 general consensus is get the mt21 front. @jackomco might have some further thoughts though

@jackomco

Жыл бұрын

@@kevincraig8257 Curtis beat me too it. I have never personally noticed an issue with the front though.

If I put 30 psi into my Dunlops the WR450 gets so skittish on road. I drop both tires to 20psi and its a better compromise. Ive dropped the front to 15 off road a few times.

@onthebackwheel

Жыл бұрын

What kind of mileage have you gotten out of yours?

@kevrenshaw6177

Жыл бұрын

Hey Curtis. Milaege has been pretty crap for me to be honest. I get usually about 5K out of the tires before I change them. I will say however coming from England, every year bikes and cars have to have an MOT roadworthy test so a bald tire for me is probably not bald for drivers and riders in Queensland.

@onthebackwheel

Жыл бұрын

@@kevrenshaw6177 haha yep, not MOT here. 5k for the price and performance isn't bad. I got 4ish, would have liked more but it was a lot of hard riding

They’re great on the rear but the front D606 is an absolute death trap on the highway. It’ll kick off the notorious “death wobble” without notice and you’ll need to slow up really quickly or you’ll crash. 😅

@jasonrichardwatts

Жыл бұрын

P.S. I run the Dunlop D606 on the rear and a Pirelli MT21 on the front.

@onthebackwheel

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm going to avoid the front, haven't heard many good things about it

@Greeneyedghost2020

Жыл бұрын

Berts Mega Mall is trying to get me to except a 606 because of the recall on the TKC80 but people are saying a 606 on a KTM 890 is a bad idea

@onthebackwheel

Жыл бұрын

@@Greeneyedghost2020 I like them, can only try it!

At 3.20 I got confused. For this review are you running an AX 21 Bridgestone up front? Cheers rick

@rickmadigan6132

Жыл бұрын

Oops AX 41....

@onthebackwheel

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I'm running just the d606 rear with an ax41 front. I'll update that in the blurb, sorry bout that

Way-too-high tire pressures for off-road. My DRZ400s calls for 20 psi for its (terrifying) stock Bridgestone Trailwings. I run (the recommended) 20 psi on my DRZ400s on the lovely Heidenau K60 D/S tires, on pavement, and regularly smoke guys on 120-150 hp BMW R1200s on twisty SoCal canyon roads. Solid, smooth and grippy. Off-road, on my local Big Bear (SoCal mtns), rocky forest roads, I run 12-14 psi, as I would in serious desert. Nobody recommends more than 20 psi, even Suzuki. Also: Why to Aussies talk so much about how their tires look? We Yanks are much more interested in how our tires work.

@onthebackwheel

Жыл бұрын

20/20 off road on a KLR and drop them a little further if it's really sloppy. This is a 200kg KLR not a drz!

@coobye

Жыл бұрын

BS. I own both a GS and DR and there's not a chance you're going to "smoke" a GS on your DRzed. They're obviously not trying.

@machupikachu1085

4 ай бұрын

You run 20 psi on the street?

@dexterford6626

4 ай бұрын

I Do. And I weigh 225. They grip and steer beautifully, with no slop. They also wear more in the middle than on the sides, so they are not rolling over in hard pavement cornering--still have the nibs on the sidewalls. Might go up to 24 rear for a high-load, long highway run. @@machupikachu1085

@dexterford6626

4 ай бұрын

B.S. to you. Meet you on Latigo Canyon, Malibu. I'm an ex-AMA National road racer, and a Cycle, Motorcyclist, Rider, Dirt Bike, Dirt Rider and New York Times motorcycle journalist. Friends include Wayne Rainey, Eddie Lawson, Kevin Schwantz. Had breakfast with Freddie Spencer at Laguna before the USGP. Been riding with fast guys longer than you have been alive, I expect. And they are trying, believe me. Actual pros like me know that a good DP single rider can stay with bikes with 3X the power on a good twisty road. @@coobye