Commuting Tyres
I need to get a new rear (and probably front too)
Just done 8,000 miles on the original D220s. Didn't think too bad of them - a little unnerving in the cold (a cold start in -5 Celsius is a bit scary) I do 16,000 miles a year mainly motorway stuff and looking for a reasonable tyre to last around the 9,000 mile mark. Any ideas? The D220s squared off at about 5,500 and are knackered at 8,000 ml I really need to squeeze a minimum of 8,000 miles out of a set of tyres to get the cost to where I want it. |
Metzeler Z6 Road Tecs.
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1./ weekly check on tyre pressure 2./ don't really rag the tyres until they have some heat in them. Cheers Mark. |
I don't think I rag the D220s until they are really warm - they just have no cold grip at all. I find they take a good 5+ miles to heat up, then they are fine (until they square off that is!)
Stopped at the lights the other day thinking about my really squared tyres and a guy on a CBR600 pulls up with the opposite problem - warn ALL the tred from the sides and little from the middle, perhaps tyre swap I thought! |
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If you mianly ride on motorways, then no matter what tyre you chcuck on, they will square in around the same ammount of time. Agree with the Metz's though :D |
Filipe M wrote
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Another vote for roadtecs - 3500 miles on my SV1000 on them so far, and the rear shows no real signs of any wear. |
My D220's looked OK still at 5,000 miles, but then rapidly lost it through to 8,500 miles.
Z6's being fitted tomorrow morning |
Z6's all the way, best thing i ever did was getting them put on, :wink:
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