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Just replaced my tyres and done 2700 miles on the metzeler sportec M3's i had on there I've now got pirelli diablo supercosa's soft compound will be intresting to see how long they last if you get a set of them on Tony you'll be worn them out in about 150 miles and hard riding mine it does about 100 miles to a tank on a steady run 130 miles
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theres a test in ride this month regards sports tyres v sport touring tyres,
guess which came out best?
yup,the tourer,upto temp much much quicker,held its temp much longer and kept in the optimum temp range all the time and good for at least double the mileage!!
that was a dunlop v the qualifier rr.
there was in the same mag,a man who swore by his pirelli diablo rossos,so they did a blind test,with 5 tyres,so the man didnt know what he was using each time,and his own pirelli....he rated the worst,hated them.
on blind riding,he loved the avons or bridgestone for feedback,confidence,composure over bumps,turn in speed and feel,being able to ge on the gas early out of corners ect.
guess which came out best?
yup,the tourer,upto temp much much quicker,held its temp much longer and kept in the optimum temp range all the time and good for at least double the mileage!!
that was a dunlop v the qualifier rr.
there was in the same mag,a man who swore by his pirelli diablo rossos,so they did a blind test,with 5 tyres,so the man didnt know what he was using each time,and his own pirelli....he rated the worst,hated them.
on blind riding,he loved the avons or bridgestone for feedback,confidence,composure over bumps,turn in speed and feel,being able to ge on the gas early out of corners ect.
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Both of which articles made me feel good about my current tyre choice - Avon Strom STs :biggrin
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Has you're sargent major told you off today young man:thumbup
Guy Martin was the tester on an R1 and the result wasn't crap...he reckoned they were pretty good giving lap times to within 1 second and giving ample warning of when things were getting to the limit...
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Dunno how many miles but the rear needs replacing often...but I'm sure it must be 1500 on a rear as I replaced mine just before we went to France...Fuel consumption...well it's like a nuclear reactor 80 miles to the light, start sweating at 95/100miles, however it's clearly not built for economy!
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thanks for your comments lads,had a good laugh.:thumbup
things are only going to get worse just fitted a power commander and evo air box:doug.shame its pissing down now. hopefully it will be nice at the weekend
just got to change the gearing.
things are only going to get worse just fitted a power commander and evo air box:doug.shame its pissing down now. hopefully it will be nice at the weekend
just got to change the gearing.
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