(12-06-13, 01:02 PM)Dead Eye link Wrote: Did you like the feel of mine when you rode it? (Bar the ridiculously bad engine)

If so, I have BT023's at the moment - tempted on trying PR3 or S20 as my next set but I shall see how funds are at the time

(Nothing wrong with my BT023's but its the only tyre I've ever tried apart from some bad Maxxis ones)

(12-06-13, 01:49 PM)unfazed link Wrote: Metezlers M5 are the best I have ever used especially in the grip to the edge of the tyre and handling. PR3 are a close second. What I really like about the metezlers is thir ability to hold the line even when brakeing

(12-06-13, 02:32 PM)unfazed link Wrote: I set my fastest trackday time with the M1 and the only tyre that I ever had the same feeling with was the M5. I have PR3 on at present but going back to the M5swhen they wear out.

(12-06-13, 03:57 PM)stevierst link Wrote: I think a lot of the tyre choice is advert driven, and tbh most of us 'average' riders wouldn't know the difference between an expensive brand and a maxxis if side by side tests were done without knowing what they are.

I think its all in yer head, just like people who use posh sports tyres for the road, it doesn't make you any better/faster, just costs you more money!

Ill put the soap box away now and take my beating. :

(12-06-13, 03:57 PM)stevierst link Wrote: I'm going to support the maxxis, as I've had a few sets of them, and been off the edge of each rear easily in the dry (i ride like a wuss in the wet). I do mostly commuting miles on the boxeye, but there definately ain't no chicken strips on them! My ride to work is 20 miles each way over a good set of twisties.
I'm no cornering god, but they feel no different to the bt021's that were on it before I got it, or the various other brands and styles I've used on fazers over the last ten years of ownership. I've chased bigger bikes on these tyres, my bro-in-law has ridden it, and he rides fairly hard. He said it felt fine to him.
I think a lot of the tyre choice is advert driven, and tbh most of us 'average' riders wouldn't know the difference between an expensive brand and a maxxis if side by side tests were done without knowing what they are.

I think its all in yer head, just like people who use posh sports tyres for the road, it doesn't make you any better/faster, just costs you more money!

Ill put the soap box away now and take my beating. :

(12-06-13, 09:29 PM)unfazed link Wrote: If you ride the coners hard and come on the throttle early on the way out of the corner the PR3s will wear out the sides first you will end up changing the rear with plenty thread on the centre and nothing on the sides. Speaking from experience. Not a trait I particularly like in a road tyre.
The M5 wore all round better, but wore the centre out first with the sides close behind, had sharper handling and were less inclined to sit the bike up when braking hard turning into the corners and trailing the front through the corner.  It was great fun outbraking a Gsxr 1000 and R1 into corners on a bike run with 2 up a few years ago with the confidence the M5s gave. :lol They were destroying me on the straights :'(
Would love to know how some foccers get more than 5000 miles out of any brand of rear tyre.  :eek  I have worn out Metezler M1 rears in 2000 miles . My best ever was 6000 miles on a PR3, but that included a trip to  France and Spain which helped equalise the wear on the left and right sides. My tuppence worth

(12-06-13, 10:29 PM)Lazarus link Wrote: got this mail through about "special offers" on Maxxis tyres - not sure if the prices are good though :

http://2wheeljunkie.co.uk/index.php?_a=viewCat&searchStr=maxxis&x=-1072&y=-58

(12-06-13, 10:45 PM)ChristoT link Wrote: What do people say about the Pirellis? I had to Pirellis to my 125, and loved them! I'd be quite happy having them again, but curious as to what people think before I shell out.