The GTL is the best bike I have ever owned. With the Russel seat comfortable, quick, responsive, and a great rally bike. My wife loved the pillion position. The only reason I don’t have it any more is that after the 19 IBR I felt it had gotten to heavy for my 73 year old body so I went on a motorcycle diet and got the RT, which is about 150 pounds lighter. The RT is great but it hasn’t touched me yet quite like the GTL did. I am a GSA fan boy and have nothing but good to say about it. It will be my rally bike in the future.
Tires for BMW GS
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The GTL is the best bike I have ever owned. With the Russel seat comfortable, quick, responsive, and a great rally bike. My wife loved the pillion position. The only reason I don’t have it any more is that after the 19 IBR I felt it had gotten to heavy for my 73 year old body so I went on a motorcycle diet and got the RT, which is about 150 pounds lighter. The RT is great but it hasn’t touched quite like the GTL did. I am a GSA fan boy and have nothing g
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Well for an update on the Dunlop Trailmax Missions. Installed on 4/5/24 and they have easily turned 13,100 miles without a problem. As others on this thread have suggested and now I can attest to, I think one can easily get 15,000 miles on a set of these. The pictures shown are at 13,100 miles and I am going to replace them before they are completely done out of convenience.
I do not change my own tires. I let the dealer do it and so it is convenient to get over 12,000 miles on a set so you can do it every other service interval. My dealer is a 1 hour ride from the house so I tend to just force the tire change onto the service interval visit.
I will echo what has been said that they are not as grippy as the michelin road 6, road 5 or the anakee adventure tires but clearly they last longer. Those other tires do fine up to about 9000 miles but above that they are getting very thin.
The debate can rage on. Im not sure what the best answer is here but clearly convenience and cost favor the TMMs. The michelin's would win on safety and spirited riding. On my GSA i could push the Michelins to the max lean angle of 46-47 degrees but generally i found it unsettling on the TMMs to go beyond 42 degrees.
I do not change my own tires. I let the dealer do it and so it is convenient to get over 12,000 miles on a set so you can do it every other service interval. My dealer is a 1 hour ride from the house so I tend to just force the tire change onto the service interval visit.
I will echo what has been said that they are not as grippy as the michelin road 6, road 5 or the anakee adventure tires but clearly they last longer. Those other tires do fine up to about 9000 miles but above that they are getting very thin.
The debate can rage on. Im not sure what the best answer is here but clearly convenience and cost favor the TMMs. The michelin's would win on safety and spirited riding. On my GSA i could push the Michelins to the max lean angle of 46-47 degrees but generally i found it unsettling on the TMMs to go beyond 42 degrees.
