and a gentler-sloped back face – and will eject mud and clay like a stoker shovelling coal . They are also much quieter on the tar , and the transition from off-road to on-road is seamless . I was amazed . And I did not touch the tyre pressure . If you ’ ve ridden on knobbies , you know they can be quite ... um , exciting on wet bitumen . Much of that excitement is gone from the Karoo 4 . In its place is a confidence I did not expect to have . The new dual-compound rears are very impressive .
They also seemed more amenable to tipping into corners . And some of the corners I tipped into were greasy with rain , but the ship sailed on without a murmur . On the dirt and on the gas , there was noticeably more drive rather than wheelspin – though I kept that crazy Dakar shit to a minimum because I ride dirt filled with equal amounts of both terror and joy . But the new knob-profile does seem to work .
How ’ d it go ? For me , an occasional dirt rider , it was all
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