I voted for Mawsley as riding your bike on byways on its first outing is class. Reminds me of when I did a long distance trial on my TS250ER in 1982 when I was running it in
The original Karoo was one of the best tyres I ever used on my DR650, did decent mileage and gave good grip on and off road . Those new ones just look like a copy of the Pirelli STR as fitted to my T700 and several Ducati's.