Dual sport tyres versus Heidi's

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Ezee Rider

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Just like half of the country i have also fitted Heidi's front and rear on my 800GS.Difficult to say how i rate them as i honestly dont push them to the limit off and on road,i got around 4 000 kays on them and they still look great,squaring off a tad on the rear,but they still seem a tad slippery on gravel,front wants to wash out,my question is pretty technical,what determines grip on gravel especially around corners,the Heidi"s seem as if there compound is very hard,side walls as well,so even when dropped to 1.5 bar i am still not 100% confident.On tar they are a tad bouncy,and also,i dont have ultimate confidence round fast corners,so i was looking at other tires that have more but smaller knobbies,like the scorpion nt90 a/t,that looks like it will have more grip off and on road or am i wrong,the problem is they dont make a 17 inch rear for the beemer,so then i looked at the trailwing 152 rear with trailwing 41 front,but after reading a couple of posts they call them deathwings,appreciate some technical advise,i dont mind if you go deep,thats the way i like it,thanx and cheers guys
 
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