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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 07:42 AM
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Ive heard through several of these post that the pilot power tires are really good ones and a lot of people would recommend them. I was looking at some, but they all say pilot power. Which ones should I get especially if I do in town riding and some high speed riding? any ideas anyone.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 07:52 AM
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http://two-wheels.michelin.com/2w/fr...47&lang=EN

is the Michelin website. As I understand they have a Pilot Road, Pilot Sport and Pilot Power,
then they also have the Pilot Power 2CT which is softer on the edges to aid cornering grip.

I use regular Pilot Powers, and have found them to be great tires.

Good luck,

 
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 02:16 PM
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Unless you do track and are on a course where you're on the side of the tire a lot, stick with the regular PPs, not the 2CT. Pilot Road and Sport have a harder compound and maybe even a flatter profile and will give longer life at the expense of flickability and high speed road cohesion.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 09:20 PM
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check up on the tire recall too.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2007 | 09:55 PM
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thanks guys
 
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 09:22 AM
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or....or....you can check out pirelli diablos...and get different tires than 89.321% of the bikes out there...;-)
 
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 09:25 AM
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lol I think Tahoe is secretly a spokesman for Pirelli, although I'm not gonna lie, you got me wanting to try it out Tahoe lol... Bastard
 
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 10:26 AM
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Yeah, he's trying to get a ride is WSS.

About the PP's you only have to look closer if the front says "made in France" then there's a series number which says the bad ones. Mine were "made in Spain" so no issue.
 
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 12:41 PM
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and pirelli has no recalls at all...hmmmm....
 
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 12:52 PM
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And they have no AMA race wins either.
 
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