Scott, consider first what you want them for. Loads of gravel and plenty of mucky bits then the TKCs are brilliant. Yes, they are a bit more expensive than other tyres, what you've been quoted for the rear is pretty much right, but – you get what you pay for. Other than the set of Tourances I fitted for July/August each year (when I was mostly using the bike for commuting and doing the odd gravel bash over winter) I used the TKCs almost exclusivley on my Dakar. I found that if I ran pressures of around 28f/32r for the road and 20f/26r for the adventure stuff I'd probably only replace the TKCs twice in a year. I was averaging around 20,000 km per year. They stick well to the road, within reason, and if right pressure is maintained for road and off road (i.e. you don't finish an adventure ride and do 500k on the road home on low pressures) you'll get very good life from a set.I still use TKCs on the HP2 (the nice thing is having another set of rims fitted with Tourances that take about 5 minutes to change) only they last less than half the time they did on the Dakar  😀Cheers,Garry

Hi - I am also looking for tyres for my GS 650. Have Anakee on the fropnt and Sirac on the back. What are the new Pirelli like or Avon's. Iwould like a more agressively off road front if poss