P86
PRODUCT REVIEW I
S TANDOUT FEATURE
Good all-around performance on-
and off-road and higher mileage
than 80/20 tires
RIDER AN ALYSIS
Having recently reviewed several of
the newest 80/20 ADV tires on the
market, I was curious as to how the
veteran Anakee Wild would stack up
against the newer offerings.
First of all, I love the look of a
big ADV bike with aggressive tires.
To me, it just looks cool, but a lot of
people don't run them because they
simply wear out too fast. Michelin
focused on addressing that issue
with the Anakee Wild. These tires
look great, and the sidewalls are
pliable enough that they can easily
be mounted by hand, which is what I
did. I usually balance new tires with
my Motion Pro Axis Truing-Balance
stand, and while some tires require a
lot of patience and additional weight
to get them just right, the Anakee
Wild tires were almost perfectly bal-
anced right from the factory.
For this test I took my typical off-
road ADV route that actually starts
with some awesome twisty tarmac
and then turns into national forest
LOWDOWN
T
he Michelin Anakee Wild
ADV tire is a single-com-
pound tire with an inno-
vative tread inspired by their
winning Dakar Rally tire. While
it looks like an aggressive
DOT knobbie, I was surprised
to find that Michelin catego-
rizes it as a 50/50. Designed
with an emphasis on longev-
ity, the sidewalls of this radial
design tire flex independently
from the crown, which is said
to improve the footprint and
reduce wear, especially on the
pavement. Michelin says that
with these tires, you can finish
your long adventure trip on
the same tires you started on.
The front tire is available in 19
inches and 21 inches, and the
rear in 17 inches and 18 inches,
and several new widths have
been offered since it was origi-
nally introduced in 2016. They
are a bit pricy, with MSRPs for
the 21-inch front tire at $151.95
and the 18-inch rear at $286.95.
MICHELIN ANAKEE WILD
(Top left) The Michelin Anakee
Wild has proven to be a solid
performing and long wearing
ADV tire that can still hold its
own against comparably newer
offerings. (Top right) Despite
the aggressive looks, Michelin
categorizes the Anakee Wild
ADV tire as 50/50.