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Re: Best tyres Sports Touring Tyres for the Old Girl - Andy W - 16-12-18
(04-10-18, 07:19 PM)robbo link Wrote: From a personal standpoint.......yes.
I agree - I have been trying the Metzler Roadtec 01s for a while & they are pricey but excellent & I find the mileage good.
Re: Best tyres Sports Touring Tyres for the Old Girl - ogri48 - 17-12-18
gotta say I don't like the feel of the avons anywhere near as much as the bridgestones on the fazer...especially in the cold or wet. Im hoping they are just taking a long while to bed in, otherwise they will be off and replaced. I aint risking my bike or my self for the cost of a pair off tyres so we'll see..
Re: Best tyres Sports Touring Tyres for the Old Girl - mw2018 - 20-12-18
it's a bit like asking a bunch of blokes what is a good lager to try or which wine they prefer, but my 2p's worth goes to Pilot road 4s, mine has these and they are faultless. i must admit, i favour Michelins on most bikes. same as i like Shoei over Arai. beer has to be Peroni.
Re: Best tyres Sports Touring Tyres for the Old Girl - Dynspud - 21-12-18
:agree PR4s on my Gen 1 and they are great.
Don't really do lager though..........but Old Speckled Hen, now then :woot
Re: Best tyres Sports Touring Tyres for the Old Girl - Mustang - 22-12-18
My Avon storm 3dxms are nearly done after 4600 hard miles. 2mm left in the centre of the rear 2.5mm on the front. Only slipped once on a wet manhole at full throttle. I don’t think that’s bad for less than £150 a pair.
Re: Best tyres Sports Touring Tyres for the Old Girl - tommyardin - 23-12-18
(09-12-18, 01:43 AM)mtread link Wrote:Quote: The tyres i used many years ago were Dunlop TT100's, compared with modern tyres and compounds the TT100's were shite, lots of miles out of them but limited grip, quite hard rubber compound if I recall.But the TT100s were reckoned to be the best tyre in their day. I forget what I had, but if the TT100s were shite, mine were suicidal
The main stay tyre of yesteryear were the Avon Speed Masters. The Speed Master rear tyre was not a profiled tyre at all, unlike all modern tyres, Its shape was almost square, so instead of rolling around the circumference of the profile as you went into a corner it ran up onto a fairly sharp angle, giving minimum contact with the road and also making it unstable as it tended to either want flop over one way or the other, it teetered on the edge.
I often wondered if that rear tyre was an intentional compromise, because motorcycle and sidecars were very popular years ago and as there was very little lean that tyre could be used back and front on the bike and also on the side car.
The front Avon Speed Master was a more profiled tyre with a almost linear unbroken circular tread pattern that did not do a good job of sweeping water away from its path, and therefore was not good in the wet. (OK in the dry)
Bridgestone when they first started importing into this country actually manufactured and imported motorcycles, before swapping to tyre manufacture, I used to try and get Bridgsetone right back then as they seemed the best option to me. But again compared with modern compounds they were not great.
1st Pic is a Bridgestone GTR 350cc Stroker twin
2nd Pic is a Bridgstone 50cc 2 stroke twin pot racer 14 gears and capable of around 75-80 mph and revved in excess of 18000 revs :eek
Re: Best tyres Sports Touring Tyres for the Old Girl - Roymac - 29-12-18
Bridgestone T31 are a savage tyre , or the S21's
Both have excellent grip in wet and.dry riding
Re: Best tyres Sports Touring Tyres for the Old Girl - will6576 - 18-01-19
Mate and i tried Angel ST's on the Fazer and they are Brilliant! both up to 7000 Miles with 3mm tread still front and rear, was going to try the GT's but i have a Gen 1 and 2 busa, one has the GT's and other ST's,
The GT's are too stiff a compound if you like letting go on the twisties so ST's for me....
Re: Best tyres Sports Touring Tyres for the Old Girl - ogri48 - 19-01-19
the avon 3dxms stayed on for 56 miles lol. They are a good touring/ summer tyre, or perhaps a good winter one too if you ride hard..I don't this time of year. Which means they just don't get enough heat in them for me. so ive put bridgestones back on the cb, and if anybody wants the avons with genuinely less than 100 miles on them, seventy quid collected gets them. If ive still got them come april, i'll stick them on the fazer for me and dynspuds run to france, I'm guessing they would be perfect for that..
Re: Best tyres Sports Touring Tyres for the Old Girl - tommyardin - 20-01-19
(29-12-18, 09:55 PM)Roymac link Wrote: Bridgestone T31 are a savage tyre , or the S21's
Both have excellent grip in wet and.dry riding
T31 on the front end and BT021 on the rear, works well for me, had a BT021F on the front did not like that if felt a bit skittish powering out of corners, plus it started feathering on the edges.
Anyone tell me as I have not found one yet, is the a bikes for sale section on the site?
Re: Best tyres Sports Touring Tyres for the Old Girl - Mustang - 20-01-19
(19-01-19, 10:53 PM)ogri48 link Wrote: the avon 3dxms stayed on for 56 miles lol. They are a good touring/ summer tyre, or perhaps a good winter one too if you ride hard..I don't this time of year. Which means they just don't get enough heat in them for me. so ive put bridgestones back on the cb, and if anybody wants the avons with genuinely less than 100 miles on them, seventy quid collected gets them. If ive still got them come april, i'll stick them on the fazer for me and dynspuds run to france, I'm guessing they would be perfect for that..I’ll have them off you please. I’ll send a pm
Re: Best tyres Sports Touring Tyres for the Old Girl - ogri48 - 20-01-19
pmd back mate...a feller on the cb13 forum had em two hour ago..sorry dude :o
Re: Best tyres Sports Touring Tyres for the Old Girl - Mustang - 27-01-19
Just picked up a set of Pirelli Angel GT’s. profile on the rear is very flat. Is the harder A grade tyre
Re: Best tyres Sports Touring Tyres for the Old Girl - roxburd - 31-05-19
Just got back from the Isle of Man. It was raining slightly when they made the mountain one-way which meant less traffic up there. The Metzeler Roadtec 01s were really superb - I had enough confidence to push on almost like it was dry. In fact it was the wind that made me shit my pants - just after Windy Corner there's some sweeping left-handers and I drifted out to the right to get a good line round there and the wind caught me and pushed me toward some unplanned off-roading...
On the 450 mile trip back form Liverpool it was torrential, really, really bad. But again, the Roadtecs were great. Yeah, nothing bad to say about them.
Re: Best tyres Sports Touring Tyres for the Old Girl - Stinka - 31-05-19
Angel gts on this bike. Decent but not as soft and sticky as the st I had on my tracer
Rear will be done in a thousand miles so I’m going for an m7rr
Re: Best tyres Sports Touring Tyres for the Old Girl - Flooky - 06-06-19
I just ordered a pair of Pirelli diablos..£119 !! on e bay from demon tweaks...for that money they can be made of wood..I don't care
Re: Best tyres Sports Touring Tyres for the Old Girl - robbo - 06-06-19
Just off to get a new front Metz Road Tech 01, £128 fitted to a loose wheel. Need it in a hurry so can't shop about.
Re: Best tyres Sports Touring Tyres for the Old Girl - unfazed - 07-06-19
I'm on my second set of Metzler Sportec M7RRs on the 1000, great all rounder, was pleasantly surprised by the wear levels of the first set