15-02-13, 10:11 AM
Joe - BIN THEM ASAP....!
I have skim-read your post, but it seems to echo my previous feelings / thought on these tyres. My bike wore them when I bought it in September / October, they felt fine in the dry and rolled beautifully from side to side, really encouraged you to lean at low speeds in the dry, but in the wet, WHOAH, any sniff of power out of a roundabout taken gingerly and the back would let go, I even had a couple of 2-wheeled slides on it.
I guess as summer commuting tyres they'd be fine, but in mixed conditions they are not nice. I have replaced with a front Diablo / Rear Diablo Strada, MUCH better. I did get a nice 2nd gear wheelspin at about 75-80 off a roundabout provoking it though, but the Maxxis would have spat me off!
If I could afford it, I would try the Metzeler Roadtec Z8s mate... or the PR3s.
I have skim-read your post, but it seems to echo my previous feelings / thought on these tyres. My bike wore them when I bought it in September / October, they felt fine in the dry and rolled beautifully from side to side, really encouraged you to lean at low speeds in the dry, but in the wet, WHOAH, any sniff of power out of a roundabout taken gingerly and the back would let go, I even had a couple of 2-wheeled slides on it.
I guess as summer commuting tyres they'd be fine, but in mixed conditions they are not nice. I have replaced with a front Diablo / Rear Diablo Strada, MUCH better. I did get a nice 2nd gear wheelspin at about 75-80 off a roundabout provoking it though, but the Maxxis would have spat me off!
If I could afford it, I would try the Metzeler Roadtec Z8s mate... or the PR3s.