I use mitas on my BMW R80gs and find them excellent I am using the mitas E08 which is a bit more road orientated but still a cross use tyre. It gives excellent grip on tarmac in the dry and the grip is good to very good in the wet. I have used them extensively in very low temperatures in Norway in early May, with no problems whatsoever, I have since used them on motorway and back road s two up with luggage in very very wet weather through UK, Germany and Denmark I find a bit more care needed when heavily laden in the wet but no drama. The tyres seem to perform very well on loose gravel tracks but I have not used them in mud yet. They appear to show little signs of wear and have covered about 10000kms and I think they will easily do the same again. The tyres have a nice round profile and give great feel in cornering with a smooth roll in as you lean over. I would rate them way above some well known branded makes I have tried. I believe the E07/E09 are more pure dirt orientated and are excellent but noisy and bumpy on the tarmac according to a guy I had spoken to. I think price wise the tyres are far cheaper than Metzler, Pirelli and continentals all of which I have tried and on my bike with my style of riding the Mitas seems the best of the bunch.