Michelin - 140/80-18 - Anakee Wild Dual Sport Rear Dual Sport Motorcycle Tire

Michelin Ankee Wilds have been my go-to 50/50 tire for the last 8 years. I go through several tires a year. While we'd all love to have them last longer, you gotta pay to play and for the performance, they deliver bang for the buck. I run a non-profit that takes veterans and first responders on five day adventure motorcycle relief rides. We have 16 BMW GS motorcycles. Michelin has been our tire sponsor for years. We couldn't do what we do without support from amazing industry partners like Michelin! Thanks Bib and team! We do 12 week long rides a year, with 11 riders, averaging 800-ish miles a ride, a mixture of pavement and gravel roads. That's over 100k miles a year on Anakee Wilds. We get many street riders who've never ridden off pavement. They start the week tentative, being the first time on knobby tires. But they quickly learn to trust the handling and are amazed at just how well these tires stick to wet and dry pavement. As mentioned in other reviews, they're noisy... but so is every other knobby tire. But for the capabilities, I wouldn't run any other tire off pavement.

I recently attended a week long event where I rode a BMW R1200GS equipped with Michelin Anakee Wilds and I was thoroughly impressed! The tires had excellent grip in the dry, wet, and even dirt. The tires performed excellent both on and off road. We pushed the bikes hard on winding roads and I learned quickly to trust the tires. In the dirt, the tires broke free predictably and provided excellent traction in sand, rocks, gravel, and mud. I highly recommend these tires!