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long time travell tires Mitas E 07-09
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LikLiene Fred says (hi Fred how's things? See you are/have finally left NZ!) everyone has a different opinion about tyres.
Nigel in NZ


hey Nigel
nice to hear from you, hope the tire running well, also the dogs, you know?
thanks for the visit from the stadium in chCH.

I'm still in Whangarei,until to the end of Oktober or beginning of November, but the klr already left after 32.000km in NZ riding the country to Southamerica,Chile
You 'll fined all over my mitas rubber spread on the tracks and roads from the 07s in NZ on your way, and in the crate to valparaiso i put one set new Mitas E 07 in, and I will take on E09 in the airplane with me, thats how much I like them,
I think they are not avaible in South- North-America
keep the mirrows up, and greetings to your family,
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I have been driving Mitas E-07 for the last 2 years. They feel a bit slippery on wet tarmac, otherwise I think it is a good value tire for allround use. Havent tried out the E-09, but I will have this review in the back off my mind if I ever need a more "offroad" kind off tire.
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I struggle to understand why you're dissing the tyres. After all you made a wrong choice about the type of tyre needed, spend ages on road which is highly likely to make it overheat and delaminate and then whine when it happens.


Reckon you should stick to tourances next time!
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I fitted a Mitas E-09 to the rear of my HPN for the first time recently.
Within the first 230km every third knob was torn of. The speed was between 140 km/h and 150 km/h on the tarmac with some hard acceleration from the very powerful Mahle motor.
It is hard to say but I think the acceleration was mostly to blame for the damage.
After I noticed the damage I took it easy on the tar, speeds not over 110 km/h and no hard acceleration, but was riding the dirt as I normally would with Michelin Deserts. (rest of the trip was mostly dirt.)
We travel some very hardcore rocky tracks with tire pressure at 0.6 Bar for traction on some of the steep ascents and decents.
This video will give some idea; YouTube - CABC 2010.m4v

The Mitas did fine for the rest of the trip with excellent traction, cornering and wear life. (no more knobs were broken of.)
To sum up, this tire should not be fitted to powerful, large dual sport bikes and or be used on tarmac but they will perform well in tough off road conditions on bikes up to 650cc capacity, same as the Michelin T63.
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I cannot agree with this review. I installed the Mitas E-09 on my BMW F800GS over 8000 kms ago. I have had no issues with the tire whatsoever and ride on twisty mountain paved roads at up to 140km/h and consistently at 120 km/h in rainy and dry conditions. I have also taken it on thousands of kms of dirt including steep sharp rocky mountain roads, loose gravel, shale and mud. I have been extremely impressed with the tire and would buy it again. Note: I have not had the opportunity to ride on deep sand and cannot comment on traction here.
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I struggle to understand why you're dissing the tyres. After all you made a wrong choice about the type of tyre needed, spend ages on road which is highly likely to make it overheat and delaminate and then whine when it happens.


Reckon you should stick to tourances next time!
exactly what it is, I never had problem with mitas tyres, currently on E-09 as well. Very good and not expensive.

E-09 are only 20% road tyres:
E-09 :: Mitas Moto

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Purchessed a Honda CRF1000 fitted with K60 Scouts on.
Was not impressed with the tyres apart from the tyre wear.
Fitted a set of Pirelli Scorpion Rally STR tyre.
Very impressed with the all-around performance of the SRT and would strongly recommend trying these out next time you need tyres.
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Purchessed a Honda CRF1000 fitted with K60 Scouts on.
Was not impressed with the tyres apart from the tyre wear.
Fitted a set of Pirelli Scorpion Rally STR tyre.
Very impressed with the all-around performance of the SRT and would strongly recommend trying these out next time you need tyres.
very good tyres indeed, on par with michelin rally desert but freaking expensive...twice as mitas.
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