Knobby tires for Nordkapp to Cape Town?
Sorry for cross posting this on the Bike Equipment forum but I thought people here might have a better idea about specific road conditions. We're riding from Munich to Nordkapp and then down Eastern Europe to Turkey, Syria and Jordan before crossing over to Egypt. We'll ride down East Africa to South Africa. Are knobbies needed for this route? If so, where? I imagine this is very weather dependent so timing is important! We should be in Egypt around the end of September before heading south. I suspect we'll hit the rains of November in Kenya.
Oh yeah, we're riding an '89 R100GS and an '01 F650GS, both currently equipped with Tourances for the European portion of the journey. If we need knobbies we prefer the Continental TKC 80s. Where would be the last place on our route to get them? Istanbul?
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'84 R100RT 141,000 km (Dad's!)
'89 R100GS 250,000 km (and ready for another continent)
'07 R1200GS Adventure 100,000 km (just finished Circumnavigating Asia)
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