Dan_SV
12-05-05, 04:41 PM
Both my 014's are now practically buggered and in need of replacement. As much as I can rave about them, because they are bloody lovely, I'm doing a 15 mile commute 5 days a week, as well as trips in the evening to places and rides at the weekends. This puts my weekly mileage at anything between 150-400 miles, depending on if I go out at the weekend or not. More to the point, I doubt the SV could challenge the amount of grip the 014's have.
The front 014 will probably see 5000 miles, which isn't too bad, but the first rear did 2500, and I think this rear will need to go to bed at 2000 (Summer riding, hotter temperatures etc).
What I'm after is a tyre with decent life, excellent grip in the wet, quick warmup, good dry grip, and preferably with a sporty profile.
I'm a brisk road rider mainly, but I'm hoping to get another few trackdays in this year.
I have had a look over the tyres forum, and the general consensus seems to be Metzeler Z6's, 020's or Contis :? Can't say I've ever heard of anyone liking the contis on anything else but the SV, but I'm open to try.
I was thinking of possibly an 014/020 combination, or possibly a Sportec/Roadtec combination. I'm open to suggestions and all views though mind.
Cheers Dan.
Note to Moderators: I know this should be in the tyres forum, but I'd appreciate if you could leave it here for a couple of days, as not many people venture in to the dark depths of the tyres forum. Cheers.
The front 014 will probably see 5000 miles, which isn't too bad, but the first rear did 2500, and I think this rear will need to go to bed at 2000 (Summer riding, hotter temperatures etc).
What I'm after is a tyre with decent life, excellent grip in the wet, quick warmup, good dry grip, and preferably with a sporty profile.
I'm a brisk road rider mainly, but I'm hoping to get another few trackdays in this year.
I have had a look over the tyres forum, and the general consensus seems to be Metzeler Z6's, 020's or Contis :? Can't say I've ever heard of anyone liking the contis on anything else but the SV, but I'm open to try.
I was thinking of possibly an 014/020 combination, or possibly a Sportec/Roadtec combination. I'm open to suggestions and all views though mind.
Cheers Dan.
Note to Moderators: I know this should be in the tyres forum, but I'd appreciate if you could leave it here for a couple of days, as not many people venture in to the dark depths of the tyres forum. Cheers.