Michelin Anakee Road tires (photo courtesy of Michelin)

The Michelin Anakee Road is a new tire specifically for road-biased adventure touring motorcycles. It?s a ?90/10? tire (90% road, 10% off-road) designed to provide great paved road performance, dry or wet, with the versatility to tackle the occasional unpaved road.  

Anakee Roads feature Michelin?s 2CT+ dual-compound tread technology, with more durable rubber laid below grippier shoulder rubber. On the front tire, this adds stability and grip when braking into corners. On the rear tire, it does the same when accelerating out of corners. A firmer rubber compound is laid down the middle to extend tread life on straighter roads. The Michelin Anakee Road tires are the first ADV bike tires with dual compound tread technology on front and rear tires.  
Anakee Roads also have Michelin?s latest Premium Touch, Radial-X EVO, and Aramid Shield technologies that combine for optimal feedback, stability, and durability. Readers may recall that Michelin was the first motorcycle tire manufacturer to use silica, which helps bond a tire both mechanically and chemically to wet pavement. Anakee Roads? dual-compound tread includes high silica content to enhance grip on wet roads.

Michelin provided Rider a set of Anakee Road tires for evaluation on your humble scribe?s BMW F 750 GS, a road-biased ADV bike. My maiden voyage saw steady rain pelting the winding roads of northern Connecticut and wes...