Avon TrekRider adventure sport tires.
Before heading to eastern Oregon for the solar eclipse, I updated my BMW F 800 GS rubber with a set of Avon TrekRiders. Motoring out of town on the freeway, I had a sense that something was missing. A hundred miles later I realized that the something was noise?tire noise. Even with earplugs firmly in place I can usually hear the whine of typical 50/50 on-off-pavement adventure tires rolling beneath me, but not the TrekRiders. I credit their stout chevron tread for the gift of quiet travel, and for the smooth ride I enjoyed on paved surfaces. That same pattern provides a wide swath of rubber on the edges for good sport performance, which I took joyful advantage of on several twisty roads along the way. Read our review of the Avon Storm 3D X-M sport-touring tires
Our first day out was a pavement slog in temps of more than 100 degrees until a dinner stop. Later, in the dark and dust, and with full 38 psi street pressure in the Avons, I cautiously negotiated several miles of loose gravel to our remote camp. Able to see the road the next morning, I used more throttle and pushed the TrekRiders on the mushy surface without incident. Back on the highway we made haste northward to our date with eclipse totality. A gravel farm road near the Oregon border had the Avons scratching for traction on its skittery surface. Reducing pressure would have helped, but the sun was setting and camp was?up the road somewhere. Control improved greatly on the all...