Heidenau K60 Scout 110x80-19" - 59T Adventure Touring Motorbike Tyre Tire 19

Description: coffsmotorsports Store Questions please call : 0418-732 677 Heidenau K60 Scout A true "50/50" dual sport tire, the K60 Scout brings a proven balance of performance on- and off-road. With an improved tread and compound, the Heidenau K60 Scout dual sport tires deliver better cornering stability and wet weather grip on the pavement, while delivering off-road as well. The "chevron" style tread pattern is similar to full knobby designs which provides lots of open space between the tread blocks to route sand, mud and water from the contact patch while constantly keeping some rubber in contact with the road as the tire rotates. This tire is a stand-out as it does not sacrifice on-road longevity and adhesion to the pavement for off-road traction. A difficult feat for any tire to accomplish. The new designed profile structure guarantees high mileage and makes the Scout a"permanent runner". Of course the Scout is a dual purpose tire that can be used in every terrain. The special profiling makes it possible. This tyre offers great traction on gravel roads. K60 SCOUT Available in sizes : 130/80-17 65T K60 Scout 140/80-17 69T K60 Scout 150/70-17 69T K60 Scout 140/80-18 70S K60 Scout 150/70-18 70T K60 Scout 110/80-B19 59T K60 Scout 90/90-21 54T K60 Scout HEIDENAU K60 SCOUT TYRE REVIEW DESCRIPTION Ordinary looking but hard wearing dual sport tyres. However there is some confusion over differing tread patters on Heidenau tyres branded as ‘K60 Scouts’. The fourth tyre below might look to have less mud traction than the tyres to either side due to the solid central strip. As I understand it, it’s to do with the likely power and weight of the bigger bikes that a rear 17-inch K60 might get fitted to. I’m guessing the 150/70 B17 (tyre #4) suits powerful 1200+ adv bikes which would wear down and squirm the other K60s more readily. The tyres I used on the BMW were #1 and #3 in the line up below. On the GSR I’ve fitted #1 front and rear. WHERE TESTED In Spain and Morocco; about 3800 miles including a few hundred off-road riding on a BMW F650GS SE. Also fitted 110/80 B-19 Tyre K60 (Enduro) Scout to both wheels of my own GS500R in July. IN A LINE A dual sport tyre that works very well in dry dirt and on roads as wet as you like, but manages to last for 1000s of miles. PRO Works great from soft sand to wet roads. Wears very slowly. CON The rear on the BMW took a good few hundred miles to bed in (on the Suzuki new rear was fine The sizes I needed for the BMW were expensive in the UK (but since found a much cheaper source from Germany, see below). COST Heidenau 140/80 T-17 Tyre K60 (Catspaw) = £89.10 Heidenau 110/80 B-19 Tyre K60 (Enduro) Scout = £95.04 (May 2012: 20% better prices here) REVIEW On the BMW these tyres took a long time to bed in and feel predictable and secure. It’s something I put down what must be a hard compound that takes a while to adopt the bike’s profile. Since then they’ve just got better and better, be it on desert tracks, Moroccan back roads, storm-lashed motorways and even slick steel ferry ramps. They’re simply the best dual sport tyre I’ve used for years and might last a trans-continetal trip. If you ride a big bike fast at home and rarely leave the road, you might prefer the Anakees and Tourances. From pulling away new they felt edgy and followed long lines and tarmac joins, or at times felt outright double punctured. At 30/35 psi they felt over inflated and on marbles; that feeling took several hundred miles to go away. Thereafter on the road they matched my moderate riding style and the bike’s ability very well while, like any self-respecting knobbly, still whining reassuringly on smooth roads. Even in the wet they never gave any heart stopping slips. I have to say they worked as well here as any Tourance-type road tyre I’ve used. On dry desert dirt was biggest surprise. Whether it’s the the digger-like chevron pattern or what, they were much better than expected, even with little meddling with pressures. On gnarly stony pistes and gravel dirt roads they tracked well and reacted predictably, bearing in mind the speeds you want to ride a 220-kilo GS alone in the desert. Even in deep sand, the bane of heavy trail bikes, something enabled the bike to track unnervingly straight, feet up at 5-10 mph, until I’d lose my nerve and say this can’t be happening, deploy my outriggers and start paddling. You’ll notice the rear in the newer ‘Catspaw’ Scout for larger bikes, and the front is the original, more blocky K60 style ‘Enduro’ pattern which you can still get on the back in smaller sizes, I believe. They both worked well as a pair, even if they are clearly less aggressive than a Conti TKC, especially on the edges. But if you accelerate and brake smoothly from dirt bend to bend, they felt as good, even though they oughtn’t. And it looks like they’ll last at least twice as long. On the BMW the back wasn’t even a third worn after 3800 miles, so I’d guess 10,000 miles from the back and half as much again on the front is possible. That alone makes them a great adventure biking tyre. Once set could see you across Africa, even in a heavy GS. No rock gouges, other damage or punctures. You do wonder if they’re so hard they’ll start cracking long before the tread wears out. Time will tell. I gave the bike back but kept the tyres for my own project bike. I fitted the part worn front to the front of my GS and the same tyre new on the back. Pressures (with 20kg baggage, max speeds 75mph) Dropped from 35/30 when new to 32/25 in deep sand, and much later 25/21 when unloaded until ride back to Spain back up to 32/28 and then 34/30 for fast and wet Spain transit. Update July 2012: I’ve fitted a pair of 19″ Scouts to my GS-R with Tubliss liners and must say there’s no ‘edginess’ on either tyre, as I experienced on the BMW in the first few hundred miles (after which they were fine). And so I do wonder if it was the rear ‘Catspaw’ pattern with the solid centre block which made the bike feel insecure for a while. I’ve been waiting for that same feeling on the Suzuki, but they feel as normal as the preceding road tyres. Coming back 700 miles from Scotland, the tyres didn’t budge in hours of streaming rain on the motorway or across London. For a hard-compound tyre with a blocky tread, that’s pretty unusual. Pictures below, new and after 3800 miles on the BMW. Compare with the TKC after similar mileage on a Tenere. Heidenau 110/80 B-19 Tyre K60 (Enduro) Scout after 3800 miles New Heidenau K60 rear F650GS SE New Heidenau K60 rear F650GS SE 5 / 5 Great TiresSeptember 25, 2012MichaelM From CypressState:TXRider Type:AdventurerAge:Over 65Gender:maleBang for the Buck 5 / 5 Grip 5 / 5 Tread life 5 / 5 Wet Traction 5 / 5 Heidenau K 60I bought the Heidenau K 60’s front and rear to replace the Avon Grippers that came on my 06 KLR 650 I bought last April 2012 to satisfy my passion for Dual Sport riding I have had for years. The Avon Grippers are excellent tires but I wanted a more aggressive tire and was about to buy either the Dunlop 606 or the Michelin T 63 knobbies but with hesitation because of the wear factor and the fact I have to ride 50 to 70 miles to get to a dirt road anywhere from the greater Houston, Texas area. The grip factor and the wear factor on the asphalt was a major concern to me with the knobbies. Then I discovered the Heidenau’s at Revzilla.I bought and installed the K 60’s a week before I went on an Aerostich Tour part of the Yamaha National Adventure Riding Series in northern New Mexico September 14th through the 16th riding out of Taos Ski Valley. Beautiful place and where they took us.They took us on what is called a 50/50 ride total of 400 plus miles in two days. 50% dirt roads through the Carson National Forrest and 50% asphalt roads to get to the dirt roads in the National Forrest.I had three concerns with the Heidenau’s. One, would they be aggressive enough for the dirt, second, would the front tire hold in the in the turns with hard cornering in the dirt and third would the tires be grippe enough for hard riding in the twisties on the asphalt? The answer is yes far beyond my expectations.The dirt roads through the National Forrest ranged from hard pack, to soft silt, to crushed loose granite stone freshly put down in one area for miles at a time and 100 feet plus areas of mud and water. For the most part the second day was climbing and dissenting from 8000 feet to 10,000 through switchbacks and water eroded ups and downs with loose sharp rocks the size of your fist to the size of your head and irregular bedrock.This first day I was apprehensive learning the character of the tires the second day I let it all hang out and the K 60’s never faulted.The same on the asphalt didn’t know how far I could push the KLR through the turns and kept pushing and pushing the first day.The second day was by far the most challenging on the asphalt with the switchbacks, hairpins and sweeping short radius peg dragging turns right and left. Used up the entire tire there is not one bit of surface not scuffed up on the rear tire and 95% on the front tire. Not one slip, not one slide.With just 500 miles on the tires I cannot vouch for the longevity of the tires but I believe they will be on the KLR twice to three times as long as a Dunlop or Michelin would have been. Do I like the Heidenau’s? Yes I do!!!Rides: 2006 Suzuki DL1000 V-StromYes, I recommend this product. Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter

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