New Tires
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04-04-2007, 05:57 PM
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04-04-2007, 05:59 PM
RE: New Tires
ORIGINAL: Shortysboy09
Whats the best tires to buy for my 06 600 rr in terms of mileage. I use the bike to ride to work alot and i put alot of highway miles on my cbr. Any help would be appreciated.
Whats the best tires to buy for my 06 600 rr in terms of mileage. I use the bike to ride to work alot and i put alot of highway miles on my cbr. Any help would be appreciated.
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04-04-2007, 06:03 PM
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RE: New Tires
What about these dual compound tires i see that have the medium rubber on the middle of the tire and the soft rubber on the shoulders. When i get into the twisty roads on the weekends i do ride it a lil hard. Will the softer rubber eliminate some of the slippage i might get?
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04-04-2007, 07:05 PM
RE: New Tires
Honestly? I love the Diablo Stradas. They are the best combination I have found for milage and grip.
What do I base that on? On my Aprilia, the first set of tires I tried was Dublop 208's. 1000 miles out of the rear, took a while to warm up and then got greasy when hot.Pilot Roads. Got just over 3K out of the rear and that was with cord showing. I got knee pucks down with them so they stuck fine though. Stradas. Just under 4K out of the rear, knee pucks on the ground regularly, and never slipped. Pilot Powers. 1700 max out of the rear, but OHMYGOD they handled nice! Metzeler M1. 800 miles and the wearbars were showing. 1100 miles and you could damn near see the air inside them.
The Stradas lasted the longest and had the best compromise for me.
Big question here is: What riding style? I do a good bit of two up on the Aprilia, and most of that is no **** ***** to the wall, so I tend to chew tires up pretty fast. Anything over 2K miles on arear I consider bonus milage. I also use it to commute though, and that is tame. For a "normal" commuter type rider, I have seen planty of guys get over 10K out of a rear Strada. I have seen guys with Gix 1K's get well over 5K out of them, when everything else was toast in half that.
What do I base that on? On my Aprilia, the first set of tires I tried was Dublop 208's. 1000 miles out of the rear, took a while to warm up and then got greasy when hot.Pilot Roads. Got just over 3K out of the rear and that was with cord showing. I got knee pucks down with them so they stuck fine though. Stradas. Just under 4K out of the rear, knee pucks on the ground regularly, and never slipped. Pilot Powers. 1700 max out of the rear, but OHMYGOD they handled nice! Metzeler M1. 800 miles and the wearbars were showing. 1100 miles and you could damn near see the air inside them.
The Stradas lasted the longest and had the best compromise for me.
Big question here is: What riding style? I do a good bit of two up on the Aprilia, and most of that is no **** ***** to the wall, so I tend to chew tires up pretty fast. Anything over 2K miles on arear I consider bonus milage. I also use it to commute though, and that is tame. For a "normal" commuter type rider, I have seen planty of guys get over 10K out of a rear Strada. I have seen guys with Gix 1K's get well over 5K out of them, when everything else was toast in half that.
#6
04-04-2007, 09:53 PM
RE: New Tires
ORIGINAL: meanstrk
Honestly? I love the Diablo Stradas. They are the best combination I have found for milage and grip.
What do I base that on? On my Aprilia, the first set of tires I tried was Dublop 208's. 1000 miles out of the rear, took a while to warm up and then got greasy when hot. Pilot Roads. Got just over 3K out of the rear and that was with cord showing. I got knee pucks down with them so they stuck fine though. Stradas. Just under 4K out of the rear, knee pucks on the ground regularly, and never slipped. Pilot Powers. 1700 max out of the rear, but OHMYGOD they handled nice! Metzeler M1. 800 miles and the wearbars were showing. 1100 miles and you could damn near see the air inside them.
The Stradas lasted the longest and had the best compromise for me.
Big question here is: What riding style? I do a good bit of two up on the Aprilia, and most of that is no **** ***** to the wall, so I tend to chew tires up pretty fast. Anything over 2K miles on a rear I consider bonus milage. I also use it to commute though, and that is tame. For a "normal" commuter type rider, I have seen planty of guys get over 10K out of a rear Strada. I have seen guys with Gix 1K's get well over 5K out of them, when everything else was toast in half that.
Honestly? I love the Diablo Stradas. They are the best combination I have found for milage and grip.
What do I base that on? On my Aprilia, the first set of tires I tried was Dublop 208's. 1000 miles out of the rear, took a while to warm up and then got greasy when hot. Pilot Roads. Got just over 3K out of the rear and that was with cord showing. I got knee pucks down with them so they stuck fine though. Stradas. Just under 4K out of the rear, knee pucks on the ground regularly, and never slipped. Pilot Powers. 1700 max out of the rear, but OHMYGOD they handled nice! Metzeler M1. 800 miles and the wearbars were showing. 1100 miles and you could damn near see the air inside them.
The Stradas lasted the longest and had the best compromise for me.
Big question here is: What riding style? I do a good bit of two up on the Aprilia, and most of that is no **** ***** to the wall, so I tend to chew tires up pretty fast. Anything over 2K miles on a rear I consider bonus milage. I also use it to commute though, and that is tame. For a "normal" commuter type rider, I have seen planty of guys get over 10K out of a rear Strada. I have seen guys with Gix 1K's get well over 5K out of them, when everything else was toast in half that.
#7
04-04-2007, 10:10 PM
RE: New Tires
ORIGINAL: knightslugger
so really, your riding style is nothing like the OP's at all...
so really, your riding style is nothing like the OP's at all...
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04-04-2007, 10:35 PM