The Pirelli MT21 is a pretty good off-tarmac tyre (good for green lanes / byways) and road legal but, because of that off-tarmac orientation, you won't get a great deal of on-tarmac mileage out of them - again, especially if you're moving quite fast along motorways and A-roads.
I'm not familiar with the Mitas E-08 but it looks OK, whilst the E-09 is probably too 'off road' for your stated requirement. Mitas tyres do have a reputation for being made of a comparatively hard compound and lasting quite well, although probably a little less grippy than the likes of, say, the Distanzia with the latter's softer compound. I have heard of cracking, in the case of (I think) the E-09. Worth searching for that, on-line. It may've been on the HUBB that I saw that.
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Originally Posted by Brad XT
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Interested in your comments about the MT21 Pirelli, are these the Pirelli Scorpions? I had a pair of MT Pirellis on an XT500 years ago and again, they were a great road orientated tyre with fantastic grip but wore out very quickly.
I have also just come across Mitas E-08 and E-09 which seems a much cheaper option, but there seems to be very little info about these tyres...
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