A forum for owners of Yamaha TTR250 trail and enduro bikes!

Avon do tyres to fit 21, 19, 18 and 17 inch rims - in most widths.

Distanzia are one Avon type that look good and come in a supermoto type of tyre.

An Australian site displays them - CLICKY THINGY

Their price, however, may be something else.

Martyn

-- Edited by Cubber on Monday 12th of March 2012 10:27:48 PM

Thanks for the link

Look ok for $A 300 or so. Grippy and even better in the wet. I currently have two bikes on the road - but thinking of selling the road bike and keeping one to do everything.

With the 250 - I don't have to worry about speeding fines in our nanny state at least.

Anyone have experience with these tyres?

mww916 wrote:

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Thanks for the link

Look ok for $A 300 or so. Grippy and even better in the wet. I currently have two bikes on the road - but thinking of selling the road bike and keeping one to do everything.

With the 250 - I don't have to worry about speeding fines in our nanny state at least.

Anyone have experience with these tyres?

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 I always used to use Distanzias on one of my Armstrong 500's - absolutely brilliant tyres for road work.

I'm looking to buy road tyres for my bike but want to double check on here regarding sizes first:

90/90 21 TT

130/80 18 TT

Does that seem OK? I've no idea what the suffix means but that's the sizes I'm looking at buying.

petenz wrote:

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TheWizardofOdds wrote:

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I'm looking to buy road tyres for my bike but want to double check on here regarding sizes first:

90/90 21 TT

130/80 18 TT

Does that seem OK? I've no idea what the suffix means but that's the sizes I'm looking at buying.

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I use Shinko 705 for road tyres on my XT660R...

Also sold as FullBore..

Wouldn't go wider than 120 on the rear for a TTR..

And yer love the prise...

 

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-- Edited by petenz on Sunday 20th of April 2014 01:25:37 AM

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 OK. No wider than 120 then.. 

 

I've had a look at Avon Distanzias these are the sizes I'm looking at:

AM43 90/90 21 54T

AM44 110/80 18 58S

Would the front be better as AM43 3.00 21 51S?

 

The top two come in at £101, which isn't too bad. 

 

 

I decided on the distanzias in the end. They seem to be quite popular and were a decent price. I should imagine I'll feel a considerable difference with these on the road compared to my off road knobblies.

Fladdem wrote:

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I am after some Pirelli MT90's for my spare set of wheels. I used them on my varadero 125, they never let go, I could get some silly lean angles with them, for a 125. I got my knee down once. They have lasted 15,500 miles!!!! But it's only a light bike. I use a 140/80-18 knobblie on the back of mine, a Metzeler 6 days, it came off a mates KTM 450. But I think a 130 road tyre would be fine on a TTR with a 100 ish up front.

Let us know how you get on with them, because price-wise they are easier on me as a poor student than the Pirelli's.

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 Fladdem, I've had the Distanzias fitted and have done about two or three hundred miles on them.

Prior to fitting these I was riding about with off-road tyres with huge knobblies on, on tarmac. I must've been mad. The difference is amazing. I felt straight away much more relaxed on the bike. I ride mostly on the tarmac and a bit of gravel, muddy country roads near farms. The ride is very smooth. I can't compare them to other road tyres as these are the first I've had. At £108 delivered I'm happy with them. The grip is fine, I've ridden in very wet conditions and also dry, and it feels like a different bike now. 

 

With the knobblies I was lucky to get sixty mph but with road tyres I get that easily and can get an indicated seventy, wringing the nuts out of it. I've got 14/44 sprockets so might change to something else in order to make seventy a bit easier. I'm not hell bent on those speeds just nice to have a bit in reserve to pass lorries or whatever. Also, I believe your bike needs to be able to achieve seventy in order to take the IAM test and that's something I'm thinking about. 

 

On a final note, the tyres haven't made a jot of difference to the fuel consumption. I thought I'd get a few more miles with the slicks as opposed to the tractor tyres I had on. Very surprising. 

 

 

 

My bike is far from standard but with 14/52 will cruise reasonably at 60, albeit all-over the place with the knobblies on. I have had the clock reading 153KM/h down a dual-carriageway. My speedo isn't accurate though, but I reckon around 80mph would be a good guess at the speed. Road tyres would make it more stable and easier for me when commuting.


Now summer is here I don't need such aggressive knobblies either, most of our lanes are reasonably open so the sun drys them out, full-on knobblies are even scarier on dry dirt than on tarmac. Seriously considering some Distanzias now. The price is enough for me.