Buying Adventure Tires - Lesson Learned

Stopped running the mitas e07 after the lugs pulled away from the carcass. Same problem with the motoz rallz. The scorpion str is the only tire I've used that holds up to fast corners on pavement, and light off road use. Never had any problems with lateral grip on the STRs like other have said.

Hi there, we call Australia Oz like the wizard of Oz. So Motoz is like that with no ee on the end. I’d say Rallz would be the same with no ee on the end. We pronounce the letter Z …… zed. I hope that helps 😀

Totally agree with your summation. I had all 3 in the same order , never ran the pirelli as I got the dealer to swap them for Anakee wilds before I rode the bike as I could tell looking at them there was little lateral grip on gravel roads we have here in NZ, had the same high hopes as you for the Anakee wilds and they were great for about 500 km but they were like butter and basically melted , only good on asphalt after 1-2000 km, Fitted the Rallz and have been very happy, they really hook up in the dirt and are good on gravel as well as asphalt ( although a bit noisy), over 4000km on them now and they still hook up as good as when I put them on, probably about half worn so I'll replace at about 5-6000km probably before they get too low.

Pete from OZ here, I love the Motoz tyres, I'm on my 4th set, tried the GPS, Rall-Z and now the 2nd set of Adventure. Yes, they are noisy on tarmac but they are great in the dirt and pretty good on the road. My last rear I got approx 10-11,000 km out of it. Just so you know, I have a 2018 R1200GSA. And I pronounce them Rall-Zee, 2 words.

Great review and channel. I too ride a KTM 890 Adventure. Currently running Mitas E07+. Long tread life and good all around behavior for slabbing on country roads to trail head or gravel road.

After riding off-tarmac for tens of thousands of kilometers, including the tires referenced here, my favorite tire used on two of my dual-purpose bikes is the Dunlop Trailmax. But, in my honest opinion, compared to what I used thirty years ago, they’re all good.

Before you got to the final tyres I was going to suggest Motoz (mo tozz). As Australians pronounce Z as zed, I would say it Ralls, not rall zee. I have the Motoz Tractionator gps on the rear and the dual sport on the front of my Suzuki xf650. I like a chunkier option on the front and like you I’m happy to compromise on road performance for off road performance. Happy trails mate 😎🇦🇺🍻

I agree with you regarding tire noise. It never ceases to amaze me how much people exaggerate about how loud they think tire noise is.

To add to your learning curve - pressure and suspension setup. People tend to have too much reb damping on the rear and this creates tear on the weak knobbies. The radial tyre carcass also likes to be kept on higher pressure all the time (on and off the pavement) in comparison to the bias offroad tires. And then there is the traction control. It behaves different with diffferent tires. When we tested our build bike and the "rally" settings etc, we killed a set of anakees with one weekend. Completely worn and even removed some lugs. But I think in this day and age we should be really happy, there is plenty of rubber to choose from and given that people understand, that they are consumables, every now and then we can find a new favorite.

Aussie here. I have the Motoz Tractionator Rallz (made up word, pronounce it as you want I reckon) on the 901 also had them on a Tiger 1200 Rally Explorer. Great tire, has some road noise as can be expected but they wear well and have decent manners on and off road. I have to do a lot of highway to get to the good stuff so am wearing the centre out a bit faster than I would like. A few people have the Motoz Tractionator Adventure tyres, They are are an offroad tire still but the knob spacing is reduced slightly. I will probably be swapping the rear to the adventure for a trial next set. With slip control I don’t think its as critical what you have on the rear as long as the front is gripping well.

I'm on my second set of Motoz Adventure rear and Dual venture front on my T7. Ran both MABDR and NEBDR last June, 4200 miles in total, and they lasted roughly 7K miles (the front would have lasted a lot longer had I flipped it every 2K miles, my mistake). I installed a new set and ran the Smokey 500. I also take the bike on the Jeep trails and they handle both road and harder off road without fail. They are noisy, but I don't mind as I have earplugs and listen to music on the highway anyway. I love these tires! I will try the new Dunlop Rally Raid for my next set. They seem to be very similar to the Motoz, so I'm curious.

Obviously depends on where you ride, I rode a lot of rocky and large chunky terrain on an 890 Adventure, where the Scorpion Rally STRs are basically not a compromise. A solid casing, capable of withstanding knocks and hooks up great off the edges of rocks and slabs, then there is very little sacrifice on the road. These tyres are amazing for the road for what they are. Not sure about the 80/20 designation I'd say at least 70/30 leaning towards 60/40 when looking at terrain like I ride.

Thanks for the honest review. I considered buying the ANAKEE WILD but significant wear after 500 miles is just ridiculous... it's about 5-6 trips in max 2 months.

I ride very similar terrain, ranging from well maintained dirt to hard single track with sloppy mud and slick wet rock in the northeast. My favorite tire choice to date, by bike type: 500 EXC or similar dual sport: Tusk Dsport rear / D606 Front Midsized ADV / Scramblers: MotoZ RallZ Big (1200+ ADV): Mitas E07+

Consider the Bridgestone AX41. They are great all terrain tires.

I pronounce it “rallys”. I ride a BMW F850GSA. My set up is TKC80 on the front and RallZ on the rear. The RallZ is very tough and has survived some very rugged terrain, eg the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. The TKC also handled it perfectly but I use it in preference to the RallZ because the softer compound gives me better grip cornering on the tarmac

I just went to the Motoz Rallz and find them pretty sketchy on road in the wet. The front is insane noisy. Great off-road though. I had the Pirelli Scorpion Rally Race's on before which were amazing all-rounders but wore out around 3000 miles. Going to give the new Tusk tires a go next.

rallz rear very noisy on road and rear requires extra attention on wet asphalt. Other than that very satisfied. Got about 5k on a set right now, and can not say overall grip has changed very much compared to new. Only thing that has changed clearly, was rear braking on soft dirt - new tire with sharp edges just dug trenches beneath itself, but now it lost some of this. Also front tire has more braking grip offroad than i was thinking it had. Only after said 5k i've started to realise i can brake much harder than i was thinking i could.

I run the TKC80 21 front and a D908RR 18 rear on my CRF1000 but this bike is my big off road bike and this seems to be the best setup so far..

I recommend you give the motoz tractionator gps dualsport a try. Long life great for on road and logging roads