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Dont worry i work away from home weeks on end so dont get much time to ride anymore. But your right about the worst day of riding beating the best day at work !!

The sidewalls om these seem to be of medium stiffness. The 170's have a very short sidewall and a huge tread profile. A decade of R&D have gone into these tires and it shows.

In the tire business, 50/50 means the percentage of tread surface relative to the percentage of available space for tread surface. The Anakee Wild tires use 50% of the available space available. The tires you show in comparison are not 50/50. The hard part in a 50/50 tire is managing heat and wear without compromising traction. This is where the Anakee Wilds shine. Relevant to the mileage variation, differences occur due to bike weight, rider weight, luggage weight and right wrist "weight"... I bet I could shred these Anakee Wilds on my HP2 Enduro in under 1000 miles if I wanted to.

I jumped on board for a set of these but they are back-ordered in Canada at this time. I wont be riding for a while yet so hopefully they come in soon! They look awesome and we all know its only all about the looks!

Have not had any "squirreliness what so ever. They are noisy. Like you say, who gives a shit. If I were going to go on a trip that was mostly pavement I would run a Tourance or something similar. Were my riding is usually70-80% dirt I find these tires to be just what I have been hoping for for a very long time. They will have your size soon Eric.

If you really get down and push the tire on certain paved surfaces it will slid a little. I personally have not had a tire on my GS that does not. I have ran the tire from coast to coast at 85/90 with no feeling of any instability outside of hydro-plaining in about 12 inches of water in which the tires hooked right back up and on down the road after I nearly pissed myself. I am very confident that if you put this tire up against all others with the same test conditions you will be sold. I have ran mine on my 2014 1200GSA and they elevate the fun factor in a big way on that bike.

Id' heard Chad from ADVDesigns say that yesterday in his video... Would you say you do more dirt than pavement? I hear "50% longer life than a TKC-80" and for me that would be a max of 4800 miles on a 17" rear on the old GSA (significantly less on the new LC models) or 3900 miles on an 18" rear on my 990. I'd actually be ecstatic with that! I'm not even cherry picking here but the first two accounts I hear online are 1,000-1,150 miles and half done. I do realize there's a wide range of how tires are used and the old saying "YMMV" still holds but I hear a half dozen of us GS Giants getting 6k+ miles and I think to myself, well these guys aren't airing them up high and making Starbucks runs; they're really abusing them. I'd really like to see more data points come in to get a true feel for the range of this new tire. As to their competence on the street, I'm actually hearing many more (more than 2) accounts of them being squirrelly, not tracking well, skittish in wet corners, and howling really loud. That is cause for concern too and makes me want to see more regular riders test them. For my style of riding them seem perfect; a high mileage tire with great off road traction. I don't give a damn about noise. I can't wait to try a set but right now they aren't making them in my size. This is clearly new innovation we're seeing and makes for great discussion.

I think that Dimitri was on his second tire at that 9000 mile mark. He got around 6-7k. I did get 8K on my first rear and have not come close to wearing out a front. It is considered 50/50 because it works equally well on the dirt and the street and give far superior performance to any other tire on the market. You can find tire that work as well on the dirt or the street but none that come close to working as well at both.

The dealer is getting the BMW size tyre first bit cant say if any other sizes are available as of yet [emoji85] Damnit, will just have to wait and see.

Ive got a rear ordered and will keep everyone posted on km/miles i get. Thats also when they actually arrive [emoji85]

Hi, my name is Pieter-Maarten Meiners from the Netherlands. I've travelled around the world on a 1150 GS a while ago and just purchased my new GS. https://www.youtube.com/c/PMMeiners