Imagine my surprise when I stumbled in here and found a quality youtube video. Good stuff, you sound like you know what you are talking about and not just wasting air, subscribed.
"I have no interest in riding fast on the road". Good point. Commute slowly to your dirt location and then ride those dirt tires where they belong. ABS and traction control helps look out for you while riding the blacktop road to your dirt destination. "It's all about tires!" So important on a motorcycle. Even in Moto GP not only can tires be a determining factor, but even tire strategy.... such as the to go from a rain tire to a slick tire as a track dries after rain.
really digging the big bike vids here lately. thanks for all the others as well. I don't struggle near as much as I used to on my dirtbike after seeing how to ride over/around/through stuff.
Excellent advice! I heard Jimmy Lewis say the same thing that having the right tires is about SAFETY. Like you say, no point in finding yourself in the middle of nowhere with a tire that can't deliver the performance you need. Some are happy with the trade off of performance for longevity. Not me. I also really liked the Pirelli Scorpion Rally but for some reason they are less common here in the States. I got them for the sand of LAB2V and they didn't disappoint.
I agree tires make it or brake it, for the last four years I have bin running a terra flex 140/80/18 24mm deep lugs!! on the back and a pirelli xc heavy duty on the front never ever had any problems. In Alberta Canada we ride in the west County a lot and the combo works well through the muskie mud to the high loss rock mountains. Ride hard! cheers
Perfect explanation of matching tires to adventure motorbikes. Very counter to the nonsense I always hear or read on the trail/street or online which always involves a tire's longevity versus traction. I just accept the limits of the tire bc as we know tires are always compromise.
While I tend to agree that Pirelli tyres are generally a good thing, I do disagree with you on one point, that good tyres (presumably Pirelli your sponsor) are the most important thing. From my experience, rider skill is absolutely the most important thing and one needs to get that part right and no amount of tyre performance or other devise is going to substitute for it.
yes..your right mann,it depend on the percentage of the surface..the time you spend..the way yiu ride..but it's 70 on and 30 off that we know about the big adventure bike..Ride Safe..
You should ride at Coonabarabran Goanna tracks North West of NSW. There is 7 enduro tracks, motocross track, sand track, enduro cross track, FMX track and a 65 - 85 track
Some great action sequences in there and your other vids, excellent work. I watch your vids for both the motorbike riding info and the awesome camera work you do. Having lugged a lot of DSLR gear and L lenses about myself I appreciate the lengths you go to in your vids.
Fantastic video, mate. I never got knobs on the 1190 Adv R, but seeing your vids it definitely looks like fun (even though I'm nowhere near your skill level :D)
Nice video and nice topic though. I went for some gravel action 2 weeks ago with my 1190 (T - yes, street model with Heidenau K60 tyres) and had everything - sand, gravel, mud, ice and snow. There were 2 situations where I missed a TKC80 or something. One of them was a snow field ;-) So, tyres are always a compromise - I chose the Heidenaus over the TKC80 because I had to ride about 1000 KM's to get to the gravel action over some alpine mountain passes. I surely would have mounted some real knobies on the wheels when I would have been closer to the offroad fun ;)
Hey Adam loved the video and thats the problem I just had with the tires to use to ride trails and I picked the scorpion and it works great you should do a fan meet up with you and the boys like benny and Lewis you should come back to Sydney so you can ride Clarance
How the heck do you stay out of that gully, 3.58 into the video!!! I can guarantee my front tyre will make that it's home! What is the secret? Maybe I have gully fixation :) Excellent riding.
Run the Pirelli Rally on my 990 fantastic tyre, noisy on transport section, but this is more than made up for by the level of grip they offer real adventure riding situations
Hey mate,just found your channel and have subscribed. Good info and GREAT riding,I don't suppose you do any rider training ?? Love the way you hop the beast over the fallen tree great work !
Nice clip, I love to see an 1190 ridden like it was stolen (or free?! Ha!) :-) Like you I have the Touratech rear shock on my 1190 but the front end needs work to get the best out of the bike. Interested to know what you've done with yours, cheers.
Off road tyres on an adventure bike ruel.... I've a mitas c19 and a c02 rear on my tenere 660 and you would be shocked where a little skill and a lot of determination can get you. In the sloppy mud in winter it is unreal I can hastle much lighter bikes as it just feels right!
Yeah good question - do you drop the pressures when you hit the trails? What PSI do you run them on the road and what will you take them down to? Love the vids dude!
While I agree with you on tyres in tough terrain most owners of such adventure bikes do not use them as a dirt bike, probably more like 95% street riding and 5% off road (meaning gravel roads). Most even would not reach 5% off road. For such riders I'd never recommend a real off road tyre as it will compromise safety and handling on road significantly. Street-oriented dual sport tyres like Pirelly Scorpion Trail or Michelin Anakee III in combination with today's advanced electronics aren't nearly as bad on gravel roads as most people think. Actually, in the dry at least I have never felt the need for knobby tyres on gravel roads on neither KTM 1190 nor BMW R1200GS. Most people cannot make a 1190 look like a Freeride 350 over such logs. Joe Average clearly is not ARiemann1 ;-)
especially cause a bike only has 2 wheels. buy 2 back rims and 2 front fit one set with road tyres and the other with off road tyres and switch whenever you need them.
if a 4x4 guy can afford 8 rims and 4 mud tyres (usually $300-$400ea) plus some road tyres (usually $200-$300ea) then a offroad biker should easily be able to afford to do this as the vehicle is cheaper in general etc.
+ you'll find in the long run its cheaper as you're not using your offroad tyres for road driving and wearing through a set every 6 months. im not sure about bikes but 4x4 offroad tyres have terrible handling and overall life expectancy when driven on the road so by buying another set of rims and tyres for road driving you're actually saving money because you're not having to buy new offroad tyres every few months, the offroad ones last forever and road tyres being driven on roads last forever so you save $ in the end its the the intial big chunk it costs that puts people off.
also have to keep in mind he did say he was setting this bike up as an offroader and wants to spend as little time on bitumen as possible so in this case a spare set of road tyres and rims isnt necessary but if you do say an even amount of road driving and offroading defs invest in 2 different sets of tyres. same goes for if you are going to rarely touch dirt then you wont really need 2 sets.
Nice video, I love Pirelli tires, they are the best in my opinion. Can you give us some info what pressure are you using for them. On road, Off-road, Mud, Sand? Thanks
Hello from America, I have just picked up a 1290 SR and was wondering what kind of tire pressures you are running on the big bikes for off road. What pressures are you running front and back for the perfect balance of traction with no pinch flats.
Would love to see you on a GSA & rally that around a bit. You & Chris Birch are amazing advocates for KTM, I wish BMW had somebody like you guys that put out vids on the GSA's.... Nice Vid & Great Content...
I wish Pirelli had better PR ,I ran Pirelli Dragon's(rememberthose day's) years ago ., Later a Harley dealer couldn't even tell me why "night dragon's "(supposedly stock on new Harleys) weren't on "any " of his new bikes in Canada?!
Do you still use the stock rims? Can you make a video on how to run them with tubes? Or are you running the tubeless version of the pirelli scorpion rally. Can't seem to find them anywhere.
Hi! I'm interested in this as well. The 1190 has a Tubeless setup and I can't find the Pirelly Rally in Tubeless for the sizes of the 1190R (21 front & 18 rear). So my guess is he put tubes on those rims...but maybe he can confirm this? Cheers!
Yes Marc, tubes fitted with the Scorpion Rally tyres. We like the idea of being able to fix a flat with conventional methods ... spare tubes and bike pump!
Thanks for the vid Adam, and great timing - I was trying to find out if you still use rubber grease in your tyres to stop pinch flats, like you suggested in your 350EXC video from way back in the early days of Motology Films. Do you? If you do get a flat from a nail, how do you clean off the grease to patch the hole in the tube?
Adam, I really could use your advise. I'm buying my first adventure bike at the beginning of the next season. I've been waiting for this for years now. The question is: is it possible to learn off-road riding on a big heavy adventure bike, or I should buy a light weight cross bike to start getting into it? I love what watching the way you ride, one day I want to be able to do the same.
Hey David I'm learning myself my first offroad bike is a 275kg VFR1200X Its just a steeper learning curve. Spend the money on the right protective grear for yourself and the bike and go for the Nobby tyres. You'll have much more confidence. And spend as much $$$ as you can on coaching.
I have a dumb question: Why does it seem, that some manufactures a BRAND NEW tire has what seems like no tread!??!?! Like maybe only a few millimeters worth!! Would like to know thoughts. My K60 Scouts have a ton of tread!
Great. Thx! It looks like you are running the stock wheels with tubes then. What tubes are you running? are you running tubes with a tube offset, or just standard heavy duty tubes? Just wondering if any issues with the valve stems being off-center.
We are, and very grateful to be with Pirelli having ridden and raced with many other brands over the years ... a free tyre is no good unless it's good ;) .
It's crazy to see you jumping logs and throwing that big bike around like a dirt bike. So much fun to watch!
It amazes me how you handle the 1190R as if it was a 690R. Brilliant!! I am seriously considering the 1190 Adventure R.
Always love seeing how well you ride the 1190 in the dirt. Awesome. Thanks for posting.
+1 I can only dream of riding like you Adam!
Thanks for posting Adam. We would love to see more videos like this one where we can all tap into your insights.
Imagine my surprise when I stumbled in here and found a quality youtube video. Good stuff, you sound like you know what you are talking about and not just wasting air, subscribed.
Just found your channel... don't know how it took me this time to stumble onto you... Nice work! LOVE the 1190 Adv R!
"I have no interest in riding fast on the road". Good point. Commute slowly to your dirt location and then ride those dirt tires where they belong. ABS and traction control helps look out for you while riding the blacktop road to your dirt destination.
"It's all about tires!" So important on a motorcycle. Even in Moto GP not only can tires be a determining factor, but even tire strategy.... such as the to go from a rain tire to a slick tire as a track dries after rain.
really digging the big bike vids here lately. thanks for all the others as well. I don't struggle near as much as I used to on my dirtbike after seeing how to ride over/around/through stuff.
Excellent advice! I heard Jimmy Lewis say the same thing that having the right tires is about SAFETY. Like you say, no point in finding yourself in the middle of nowhere with a tire that can't deliver the performance you need. Some are happy with the trade off of performance for longevity. Not me. I also really liked the Pirelli Scorpion Rally but for some reason they are less common here in the States. I got them for the sand of LAB2V and they didn't disappoint.
I agree tires make it or brake it, for the last four years I have bin running a terra flex 140/80/18 24mm deep lugs!! on the back and a pirelli xc heavy duty on the front never ever had any problems. In Alberta Canada we ride in the west County a lot and the combo works well through the muskie mud to the high loss rock mountains. Ride hard! cheers
Perfect explanation of matching tires to adventure motorbikes. Very counter to the nonsense I always hear or read on the trail/street or online which always involves a tire's longevity versus traction. I just accept the limits of the tire bc as we know tires are always compromise.
Awesome man!
My favorite channel to date!!!!
The best question is
Why does Ariemann1 only have 135,000 subs?
Magikarp thats not the best question but the only question...
107k by now. Yes he can ride, but what he says in that lengthy vid can be typed in 2 words instead: Buy Pirelli. Booohhhh!
500k now
545k now. Still not what he deserves
respect all the way my man!, riding that big monster bike as you do.
I like this format :)
Pirelli rally scorpion are a great ADV tyre and as we do long distances on the tar they are solid when it rains.
Awesome as always, keep them coming.
Words of wisdom! Most real adventure bikes are more capable than u could think.
incredibly helpful to a new adv rider, thank you
I'm that guy 😅 always stuck in the middle of the hill's with my gsa😂
Now I thinck it's time to try some off-road tyres👍
Great video👌
I understand you may have made this video because Pirelli is a sponsor, but could you do some more conversational videos like this about gear?
While I tend to agree that Pirelli tyres are generally a good thing, I do disagree with you on one point, that good tyres (presumably Pirelli your sponsor) are the most important thing. From my experience, rider skill is absolutely the most important thing and one needs to get that part right and no amount of tyre performance or other devise is going to substitute for it.
Nice ! Respect from Hungary Adam :)
Ive ridden with him he knows how to ride a 1190 and i ride a 990 and i agree with his comments . Cheers
yes..your right mann,it depend on the percentage of the surface..the time you spend..the way yiu ride..but it's 70 on and 30 off that we know about the big adventure bike..Ride Safe..
K&N filters with the nut FTW! I had the same and used a forceps style device with success when the strap and cup type failed to work.
Awesome cheers. Economic use of language as well as energy!
You should ride at Coonabarabran Goanna tracks North West of NSW.
There is 7 enduro tracks, motocross track, sand track, enduro cross track, FMX track and a 65 - 85 track
Some great action sequences in there and your other vids, excellent work. I watch your vids for both the motorbike riding info and the awesome camera work you do. Having lugged a lot of DSLR gear and L lenses about myself I appreciate the lengths you go to in your vids.
Absolutly agree with you!! this monsters need good tyres to have traction and enjoy.
Thanks for your tips and story about enduro and dirt tyres Adam.😁
spot on the money ! good rubber = good times !
Fantastic video, mate. I never got knobs on the 1190 Adv R, but seeing your vids it definitely looks like fun (even though I'm nowhere near your skill level :D)
Nice video and nice topic though. I went for some gravel action 2 weeks ago with my 1190 (T - yes, street model with Heidenau K60 tyres) and had everything - sand, gravel, mud, ice and snow. There were 2 situations where I missed a TKC80 or something. One of them was a snow field ;-) So, tyres are always a compromise - I chose the Heidenaus over the TKC80 because I had to ride about 1000 KM's to get to the gravel action over some alpine mountain passes.
I surely would have mounted some real knobies on the wheels when I would have been closer to the offroad fun ;)
PS: Ice in a tunneel at 2900 meters height is slippy, no matter which tyre you've got.
Col du Schmetterling?
michel3vb The world is just too small my friend :)
Haha I was reading the comments and when I read your comment I know immediately it was you ;)
you're an inspiration mate.
i can't believe you can make an 1190cc behemoth do what you made it do.. i'm speechless.
sweet riding on such a big bike
Hey Adam loved the video and thats the problem I just had with the tires to use to ride trails and I picked the scorpion and it works great you should do a fan meet up with you and the boys like benny and Lewis you should come back to Sydney so you can ride Clarance
Great video I better add that bike to my ever growing list.. Good job! 👌👍☺🎥
One big problem with offroad tires is they last only a fraction as long, a little trip to the store on tarmac and you can see the wear...
Adam, pleeeease more Adventure Videos. So Great this Video
He rides so fast it's crazy!
How the heck do you stay out of that gully, 3.58 into the video!!!
I can guarantee my front tyre will make that it's home!
What is the secret? Maybe I have gully fixation :)
Excellent riding.
I run the rally up front....i love it. great tires for big bikes. Now i want an adventure r😅
Great video, really informative!!
Run the Pirelli Rally on my 990 fantastic tyre, noisy on transport section, but this is more than made up for by the level of grip they offer real adventure riding situations
must say, nice riding man
Man, You are amazing, please do more videos! :D
big bike. you make it look like your on a 450
keep up the good work!!
i use maxxis IT tyres, and i love it..
You forgot the most important thing when riding big heavy adventure bike 'in the bush !,never ride alone 👍
Hey mate,just found your channel and have subscribed.
Good info and GREAT riding,I don't suppose you do any rider training ??
Love the way you hop the beast over the fallen tree
great work !
Nice clip, I love to see an 1190 ridden like it was stolen (or free?! Ha!) :-) Like you I have the Touratech rear shock on my 1190 but the front end needs work to get the best out of the bike. Interested to know what you've done with yours, cheers.
getting a 690r. want to tackle some gnarly singles. will be getting road legal knobbies like the dunlop 606. what do you reckon?
Cool video... Following U mate... And by the time... I agree 100%...
Great tips mate!
Have you ever tried Michelin Anakee Wild tyres? How does it compare to those Pirelli tyres?
Off road tyres on an adventure bike ruel.... I've a mitas c19 and a c02 rear on my tenere 660 and you would be shocked where a little skill and a lot of determination can get you. In the sloppy mud in winter it is unreal I can hastle much lighter bikes as it just feels right!
dunlop 909 front,mitas e09 rear,does well this setup,3000km round about from rear tyre
Yeah good question - do you drop the pressures when you hit the trails? What PSI do you run them on the road and what will you take them down to? Love the vids dude!
if you need to drop the pressure your tires are not suited for the terrain, dropping the pressure is a great way to dent your rims also.
what do you prefer motocross enduro adventure or trials?
While I agree with you on tyres in tough terrain most owners of such adventure bikes do not use them as a dirt bike, probably more like 95% street riding and 5% off road (meaning gravel roads). Most even would not reach 5% off road. For such riders I'd never recommend a real off road tyre as it will compromise safety and handling on road significantly. Street-oriented dual sport tyres like Pirelly Scorpion Trail or Michelin Anakee III in combination with today's advanced electronics aren't nearly as bad on gravel roads as most people think. Actually, in the dry at least I have never felt the need for knobby tyres on gravel roads on neither KTM 1190 nor BMW R1200GS.
Most people cannot make a 1190 look like a Freeride 350 over such logs. Joe Average clearly is not ARiemann1 ;-)
or you could just do what serious 4x4 drivers do and buy 2 sets. big muddies for off roading and smaller/smoother tyres for road driving.
especially cause a bike only has 2 wheels. buy 2 back rims and 2 front fit one set with road tyres and the other with off road tyres and switch whenever you need them.
if a 4x4 guy can afford 8 rims and 4 mud tyres (usually $300-$400ea) plus some road tyres (usually $200-$300ea) then a offroad biker should easily be able to afford to do this as the vehicle is cheaper in general etc.
+ you'll find in the long run its cheaper as you're not using your offroad tyres for road driving and wearing through a set every 6 months. im not sure about bikes but 4x4 offroad tyres have terrible handling and overall life expectancy when driven on the road so by buying another set of rims and tyres for road driving you're actually saving money because you're not having to buy new offroad tyres every few months, the offroad ones last forever and road tyres being driven on roads last forever so you save $ in the end its the the intial big chunk it costs that puts people off.
also have to keep in mind he did say he was setting this bike up as an offroader and wants to spend as little time on bitumen as possible so in this case a spare set of road tyres and rims isnt necessary but if you do say an even amount of road driving and offroading defs invest in 2 different sets of tyres. same goes for if you are going to rarely touch dirt then you wont really need 2 sets.
another good vid !
Nice video, I love Pirelli tires, they are the best in my opinion. Can you give us some info what pressure are you using for them. On road, Off-road, Mud, Sand? Thanks
Man you were log hopping the crap out of the beast!
hey, can you make a video on your gear or write about it.Thanks.
What do think about Motoz Tractionator Adventure?
Please make more 1190 videos.
Hello from America, I have just picked up a 1290 SR and was wondering what kind of tire pressures you are running on the big bikes for off road. What pressures are you running front and back for the perfect balance of traction with no pinch flats.
what tyres you use for enduro and what tyres use now
Would love to see you on a GSA & rally that around a bit. You & Chris Birch are amazing advocates for KTM, I wish BMW had somebody like you guys that put out vids on the GSA's....
Nice Vid & Great Content...
Nice Video
Adam, did you leave the stock tubeless rim seal in place when you added the tubes? Thx mate!
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I wish Pirelli had better PR ,I ran Pirelli Dragon's(rememberthose day's) years ago ., Later a Harley dealer couldn't even tell me why "night dragon's "(supposedly stock on new Harleys) weren't on "any " of his new bikes in Canada?!
Do you still use the stock rims? Can you make a video on how to run them with tubes? Or are you running the tubeless version of the pirelli scorpion rally. Can't seem to find them anywhere.
Hello Adam, could you make a video with the yamaha wr 250r, I would love to see, how you drift with it on your track. regards from germany
Adam, are you using UHD tubes on the 1190? Haven't gone tubeless?
Hi! I'm interested in this as well.
The 1190 has a Tubeless setup and I can't find the Pirelly Rally in Tubeless for the sizes of the 1190R (21 front & 18 rear).
So my guess is he put tubes on those rims...but maybe he can confirm this?
Cheers!
Yes Marc, tubes fitted with the Scorpion Rally tyres. We like the idea of being able to fix a flat with conventional methods ... spare tubes and bike pump!
They don't make them in a tubeless version Marc. Some guys run them anyway without tubes but I couldn't say how much of a risk that is.
Thank you guys!
What pressures you use? Front and rear ...
Wa a massive exhaust, awsome
Thanks for the vid Adam, and great timing - I was trying to find out if you still use rubber grease in your tyres to stop pinch flats, like you suggested in your 350EXC video from way back in the early days of Motology Films. Do you? If you do get a flat from a nail, how do you clean off the grease to patch the hole in the tube?
Do you still suggest these tires on the 690 Enduro as well ?
i would like him to make a video about the 690 enduro r.
What tyre pressure's do you suggest off road?
Adam, I really could use your advise. I'm buying my first adventure bike at the beginning of the next season. I've been waiting for this for years now. The question is: is it possible to learn off-road riding on a big heavy adventure bike, or I should buy a light weight cross bike to start getting into it? I love what watching the way you ride, one day I want to be able to do the same.
Hey David I'm learning myself my first offroad bike is a 275kg VFR1200X
Its just a steeper learning curve. Spend the money on the right protective grear for yourself and the bike and go for the Nobby tyres. You'll have much more confidence.
And spend as much $$$ as you can on coaching.
Thanks for the reply! If that's the case, I'm going for the enduro I've loved for the last couple of years then.
How much would that bike cost brand new with the mods that you have put on it?
So what tires(tyres) do you use then??
You the man A-bomb
must be tiring when stuck in the bush tho, cant use 1 hand to lift the tail around i assume !
👍great tips.
Are you running Pirelli rally front and rear?
I have a dumb question:
Why does it seem, that some manufactures a BRAND NEW tire has what seems like no tread!??!?! Like maybe only a few millimeters worth!! Would like to know thoughts. My K60 Scouts have a ton of tread!
what skid plate????
Hi Adam, Keep up the good work! What air pressure are you running with these tires?
I think it's about 27/28 psi front n rear.
Great. Thx! It looks like you are running the stock wheels with tubes then. What tubes are you running? are you running tubes with a tube offset, or just standard heavy duty tubes? Just wondering if any issues with the valve stems being off-center.
How many miles do you get out of a set of those off road tires?
Are you sponsored by Pirelli? Not that it would effect my decision on tires either way, just curious...
We are, and very grateful to be with Pirelli having ridden and raced with many other brands over the years ... a free tyre is no good unless it's good ;) .
Do you ride 140 or 150 on the back?
what Helmet is he using? Nice graphics
Touratech Aventuro
So this is another channel that I've recently found that youtube unsubscribed me from. I have to wonder how many they've done it with.
Well said !