Out standing grip off road. Colorado and mid Atlantic BDR. Descent wear. Stable on wet roads. Only draw back. Super noisy on pavement. Lower pressure than recommend off road. Super grip rock sand mud.
Dry surface grip
Longevity
Maneuverability
Stability
Wet surface grip
★★★★★
★★★★★
4 / 5
South African full week Adventure Ride
Pierre -
October 24, 2020
So I decided to take the KTM 950S on our 2020 Adventure ride. I took it easy in the blacktop to allow the tyres to wear in in and settle a bit. On day two the ride was on with a 160km fast and windy tar section heading into the mountains with hairpin bends and fast long corners. The rear tyre was solidly planted at all speeds and kept up nicely with the 1190R ahead on a more road biased top brand tyre. The front didn't feel as solid and tended to feel slightly loose in the tight sections, they seemed to get better as they warmed up and the day progressed and keep riding harder. We headed onto a forrest dirt road with hard clay, loose gravel, rocky sections and corrugations. For a 50/50 tyre it handled the different surfaces and speeds exceptionally well and behaved like a proper off-road tyre with great stability and traction at all times. The only terrain we didn't experience was mud due to no recent rains. We woke to a very misty, cold and wet morning. Here the tyres nature changed a bit, admittedly the mountain roads did have some diesel due to trucks and water and diesel don't mix well, but we have ridden these same roads in wet fairly fast. As I was riding the 950 without ABS, tractions control and other stupid gadgets I had to feather all my inputs to the accelerator and brakes. The rear didn't misbehave to much and felt well planted even in the twisty' s unless I disrespected the accelerator when it would give me quick warning of a boot about to connect my ass, but the front gave me no confidence in the cold and wet roads, especially under harder braking. All in all a very good tyre on dry tar and dirt. Wet didn't inspire me to awesome feats of bravery. My major concerns is the tyre life, after about 600km the rear tyre middle row of tread was worn far more than expected and the front just started wearing. I have now done just over 1400km of 40% road and 60% off-road. My tyre wont reach 2000km unless i keep riding after what I consider a safe level of tread for on and off-road. This kind a life distance is not acceptable. I know that we are paying for a premium brand and probably have a softer compound to perform better on tar. I have used a slightly lesser brand on and off-road and achieved 3x to 4x the distance and very similar road handling and performance results.
Dry surface grip
Longevity
Maneuverability
Stability
Wet surface grip
★★★★★
★★★★★
5 / 5
anekee wild
coen -
August 12, 2020
Fitted them to a 2005 BMW gs1200. first trip was in the pouring rain. One could literally feel the tyre move under you but no slipping. I was very impressed with the tyre performance on wet tar roads. Excellent grip on tar in the dry. Very impressed on gravel although the back tyre was prone to punctures between the knobblies. One thing it did not like was hard wet surfaces. Had the same problem as the rest did not get a lot of km on the tyres. overall impression very good.