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Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner => Topic started by: nsr500v4 on 23 March 2015, 09:42:48 pm
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Anyone have these on their thou? Feedback appreciated, its that time of year to stick a new set of tyres on......Any good or not?
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Never on my 1000, but on my FZ6 S2, famtastic grip in the dry!!!!never road them in the wet. But longivity ? did not last me that long but I was ridding the arse off the bike
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I had them in about 2010(?) for a 3000 mile UK tour. I don't know if they've been upgraded since then, but even then they weren't a bad tyre for touring and everyday use. Not exactly sport levels of grip though, I felt. Wet weather grip was ok, but not on a par with PR2s, and I'm constantly reading that PR3s and 4s are even better in the wet. I used the Contis as a cheap option at the time though, but now PR2s are cheap, no reason to go back to the Contis.
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I've got them on my FZS1000 (and previous 3x Fazer's) and my GSF1200 (and the previous 600), for the money £144 a pair they are the best grip for the price. The only tires I have found that were better were the Pilot road 2's, but then they are £160 a pair.
In the dry they are predictable and they wet they let give me plenty of feedback when lent over so I can straighten up and avoid a slide etc or worse.
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I found the CRA2's I had on my boxeye to be pretty good in both wet and dry conditions. Don't know about the extra power of the 1000 though but I can't imagine they would be too bad. I would go with PR2's, 3's or 4's if the budget permitted based on other riders good reviews though.