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Metzler Enduro 3 Sahara rear?

Travis Shrey

Travis Shrey

Husqvarna
A Class
Anyone run one of these? Motorcycle superstore (I have a coupon and a gift card I want to use) only has 3 18" adventure tires in stock and two of them are the Karoo variants. These look good, but I'm wondering about their lifetime on a TE.
 
I'm curious as well. Guessing they'd go 3-4000 miles.

Looks like the TR650 will come w/ these stock.

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HI The Sahara's are my go to tire. I run them on my Husaberg 570.. 140/80 90/90 up front. I LOVE THEM they wear so long and corner like SM tires on street.. and the best is that you can go 100 mph with NO head shake. Sand is no prob, only place they are sketchy is mud. You have to air down.
 
I have a pair on my 08 610ie. Have done 8000km to date with at least 1000km tread left. Mainly used them on sealed roads and am impressed. Excellent grip and stability. Have done some trips sitting between 120 - 140km/h and am very happy with sealed road performance. The speed rating of the tyre also inspires confidence. Not enough off-road use with them to offer an off-road performance opinion.
 
I agree with the rest, my BMW G650X-Challenge came with them and they work great for a dual sport. I have been in the sand here in Floriduh and work as well as can be expected for not being a knobby.
 
Perfect onroad (dry & wet conditions), okay offroad (cruise speed), slippery offroad wet conditions (no side support), inadequate/insufficient braking force
 
Got this mounted up tonight. For reference the tire weighs 15lb, 7oz. The T63 130/80 that it replaces weighed 13lb, 13oz. Since most of my time is spent on the road I think I'm really going to like this setup.

As an aside, a slightly strange question - just how hard are the rear wheel bearings to turn? I know they are sealed units so they usually have quite a bit of drag, but I couldn't reach in with my finger and get the inside race to turn.
 
T_I_G_E_R said:
HI The Sahara's are my go to tire. I run them on my Husaberg 570.. 140/80 90/90 up front. I LOVE THEM they wear so long and corner like SM tires on street.. and the best is that you can go 100 mph with NO head shake. Sand is no prob, only place they are sketchy is mud. You have to air down.
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What pressure do you run on the street?
 
Finally got to ride this the other day. Unbelievable difference on the highway. Above 80 mph the bike was always twitchy, even after moving to a shinko 705 on the front. The change to the sahara rear got rid of all of the twitch, I had the bike up to 105.
 
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