I've ridden dual purpose tires with good street traction. Full knobbies are a different matter; besides less traction on pavement they vibrate the bike. Some have ***** with overlapping spacing so there's always a flat on the ground for less vibration on pavement. There's no performance gain on pavement and their traction goes down as the ***** wear.

I used to use dual sport tires because with only one bike it was my off roader, too (made a big difference off road on a street bike), but now with several bikes I can match the bike to the ride - when the old things are running.

 

Cokers float my boat

 

I rode trail bikes with scrambler tyres for several years, mostly on the tarmac and they were fine, however they did drift in the corners at speed. I know plenty of owners of the current dual sport things and wouldn't give a thanks for even sitting on one! I don't see the point of those bikes, nor of using that style of tyre on a 'proper' road bike!

We have a member who talked a while ago of building a Sporty-based offroad bike, for which off-road tyres would obviously be just right, but not for a dedicated road bike. There is plenty of tyre choice available for us.

 

Sportster suspension barely handles smooth road let alone off road. With that i do like those BMW's roll like a couch on the interstate and great in the mud.

 

How do the Cokers do on road in cornering? I've always been interested in those too but I just dont know how they'll do.

 

They are a very soft tire so grip exceptionally well. Also from being so soft they dont last very long

 

But they sure look bad-***.

How often would you estimate you replace yours rog?

 

Depends on how squared off you want to let them get but Ive never gone past 4K on the rear.

 

Damn, I'm guessing I'd get around that too. I do a lot of commuting with my bike and whenever I go out I got the woman with me.

 

Thank you all for the responses- I've seen those Cokers on some of the bikes, but didn't know what brand they were. I just wasn't sure about some of those Lego-block tires I was running across. As most of you pointed out, looks =/= safety!