just wondering what make of tyres you guys over the pond use on your bikes,like what do you get from a rear in the way of miles,or do you use a touring tyre that will also give you a track day from them??? I have had BT020'S for as long as they have been out,but this year I changed to Diablo stradas,I would get about 3400miles from a BT020,then I found out that a few local guys near me were useing the diablo strada and getting 5 or 6500 miles from a rear,well I only got 3200 from a new diablo and it was shot to hell and back,I will be trying the diablo one more time,and if no better, I will go back to the 020. So what tyre do you all faver?????
Without a doubt you have a conflict of interest. :smile: If you want a tire that will last, Diablo Strada all the way. 8,000 + miles on my last pair on a Honda Blackbird which is heavier and has a lot more juice when I tended to use. I wouldn't use it for a track day though, they simply aren't made to handle the heat that gets built up at the track. They do have ample grip on the street though. I just mounted a pair on my VFR last Saturday, mileage report won't be available for quite a while. For a track tire, stick with the Diablo or use a Diablo Corsa. A Corsa will give you more grip if needed. You're not going to get many miles out of any tire that provides a higher degree of grip unfortunately. You're stuck between a rock and hard place. You might try buying some race "take offs" to use when needed at the track. Save you some cash and still keep your street tires.
You would probably be better off using one of the newer 2 compound sport-touring tires on the market now. They have a harder center compound for mileage and a softer side compound for grip while cornering. Ive just installed a set Of BT-021s on my bike and will have to see if I get more mileage out of the rear one or not. The rear is the only 2 compound tire in this set, the front is a 1 compound tire. Other manufacturers also make 2 compound tires you just need to check them all out.
You might try the Continental Road Attack or Street Attack. The RA is super long lasting and sticks like glue in the corner. The Street Attack might be better suited for track days, but I don't see why you couldn't use the Road Attack at the track too. I am on my second set of RA's and got 9000+ miles on the last set. I live in Arizona where the temps reach 110+ and the road temps are pretty high. I ride mountain canyons aggressively (70-120 mph) in some of those temps and the Conti's never feel greasy and I have not gotten a sliding sensation from them either. They always feel well planted and stuck in corners and smooth on hard acceleration and highway cruising. Hope this helps you ya bloody limey.:wink: JK.
I recently purchased the Battlax BT-021's and so far I've put about 1200 kms on them. Been on a couple 2-300 km trips, got caught in the rain a couple times, even tried a tight little track just outside of town. Cant think of anything bad to say about them, good wearing so far and very confidence-inspiring as far as lean angles go. P.S. I can post my chicken strips if you like so y'all can judge me. :wink:
I have been thinking about the new 021's,I may well try these next time. Yes,I think we should have a chicken strip thead:biggrin: so come on butt'um up:biggrin:
well this is the best I can do just can not get that last bit, memo to self,get it on it's ear:biggrin:
Ok, my turn. I'm not a fast rider by any means but I gotta hand it to these tires. Bridgestone got them right this time. I've still got a little bit to go.....
I was running Metzler Sportec's M1's and l loved the grip on those, unfortunately, the rear tires wear like bubble gum. I have switched to the Metzler Sportec M3's and they are a great tire. Good grip, and they wear a lot nicer than the M1's. I have about 3000 on the rear tire, with about 500-700 to go I would say. It really depends on your riding, because I throw in some backcountry canyons, and take off kinda hard as well. One guy might ride easy and get several thousands more miles that someone who rides their tires harder.
Very happy with the Conti Road Attacks. I have about 250 km on them and the chicken strips (without even trying) look like OneSided's above. A bit of work and I think they will wear evenly from edge to edge edit September 12: I have about 2,500 km on them now and they are beginning to show some wear on the leading edges of the tread blocks between 1/3 and 2/3 the way over from center, both front and rear. Center wear in the front is negligible, center wear in the back is moderate but some bits of the conti script are still legible. (end edits) There's a write up on CanyonChasers where the guy did a track day on them as well (the Road Attacks even) and they held up great under the stress. They also wrote up the Sport Attacks on a heavier more powerful bike and found that they outlasted many similar performing supersport tires. You can read it yourself, but the Road Attacks have positively transformed my 3G VFR. http://www.canyonchasers.net/reviews/accessories/road-attack.php http://www.canyonchasers.net/reviews/accessories/conti-sport-atk.php
My last 3 sets of tyres have been the standard Michelin Pilot Powers which offer brilliant grip wet or dry with a quick turn in, will try the Pilot Road 2's next as they are supposed to grip as well as the Powers but last longer.
Have not had them in the cold wet crap we get near freezing in the winter here, but today on an early ride 7am at about 17C and patches of dry and damp they were a little looser, hard on the gas in first got a bit of slip as opposed to a wheelie, and a tight downhill hairpin felt a little bit looser than in the warm weather. I don't have the confidence to try pushing anything in the pouring rain but no nasty surprises, and still much better than the michelin Macadam 100X (precursor to the Pilot Roads) on my FJ1200 or the worn BT012SS that came off the VFR. I'm running the tire pressures right up at the Honda recommended 36/42 psi though... Steve
Conti Road attacks for sport touring & great foul weather tyres. tearing up the Canyons & occasional track day's Dunlop qualifiers for a street legal bike is the Sh_t's:first: All my street legal & riding bikes have the qualifiers on them with the exception of my Dual sports & my Triumph Sprint. The Triumph ST Sprint which it gets the Conti Road attacks.(which my Dunlop sponser isn't to happy about, but I go with what works best). Oh & the Conti's (roads & streets) are trackable, but not as good as the Qualifiers.
