Continental Conti Motion opinions?
 

Hi all,
Are any of you running on or have you used Continental conti motion tyres ?
Do they give good grip and good wear?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120-60-17-...item43b7f7be9a

I don't ride like a mad man (well not all the time) they wont be going on the track so just road but would like good grip as use the bike all year, snow being my only exception....

I need to replace the rear on my sv but thought I may as well get a pair I like to have the same both ends, sad I know but im the same on my cars all 4 have to match just feels right I suppose.

Any way bit skint at the mo and these seem a ok ish tyre for the price.
If you can advise on a better tyre at the same sort of price please do this will be the first set I have bought for my girls bike so would like to get it right many thanks.

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I had them on my previous SV. For the 400 miles i did on them, i was very impressed. However this was during the summer, high sun temperatures and road temperature. Gripped very well, good feedback and felt confident leaning them right over-easily scraping the pegs on the road.
You can get them cheaper here; http://www.nationalbiketyres.co.uk/p.../prod_543.html

For the ebay price i would buy these instead; http://www.nationalbiketyres.co.uk/p.../prod_545.html

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They look amazing have you ordered from them before?

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Yeah, that's where i got my motions from.

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I have a set on mine, installed and bedded in during the rains in October. Seems to grip very well once scrubbed in. Cant say much about dry grip as I haven't been out too much recently.

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New Conti motions came fitted to my naked curvy SV when I picked her up from the dealer last month so wasn't my choice. However, riding through some atrocious conditions over the last 4 weeks I have covered 400km (imported bike) without any nasty surprises. Most of the riding apart from collecting the bike has been around town, over white lines and through pot holes, filtering etc, on wet, cold and greasy roads with cold tires.

Wish I could offer you a longer term review, but for the price so far so good and they get the thumbs up from me.

Pete

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That's great pete7 glad for the advise. Im now torn between them and the conti attack that daddyjob put a link for they just look sexy..

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I fitted Conti Motions to my curvry .
They were ok.
The road attack's are more of a sports leaning .They work well on my RSVR nice feedback even in the rain .Not ridden them in temp below 4'C.
Using Maxxis touring on the zx6r .
I'm very happy with thrashing about in the cold and wet.
see http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=132374
http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=154274

Re: Continental Conti Motion opinions?
 

I had some fitted to my bike to replace the oe dunlops. I have only covered 400 miles and I have to say for the money they are really good. Lots of grip in the dry and pretty good in the wet too.

Get them! :)

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I have them on my K3 and I love them, they run well grip is excellent and the price is so good.

Now I have found them, I am not sure that I would run anything else on my bike. :D

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The loud report on the ride to work made me jump, but since this is Gosport I presumed someone was just shooting at me :-s . The bike trundled on a couple of miles to work with no noticeable difference. Came out of work later on Thursday evening and the the rear tire was flat. Opps, now I know what the bang was. Crawled into ATS just down the road and the lads pulled a 50 x 5mm bolt out of the middle of the tire. Hole to big to repair, time for a new tire.

So the existing Conti montions have done 4000 miles over the last year and been very impressive. Shame about the rear because it could have done another 2000 miles easily. Therefore asked ATS to replace with a new Conti montion rear which seems well suited for the daily commute to work and at a sensible price.

Picked the bike up and it came with both tires now filled with Nitrogen :confused: Not totally convinced by the benefits since air is 79% nitrogen anyway, but its in there and so will see. Oh and she now sports bright green valve caps, perhaps they could catch on.

Pete

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Dry air works just as well as nitrogen, and anybody using their compressed air to fill tires (or run tools) should have a good drier on the system.

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I'm on my third set of conti motions on the sv and they are simply brilliant for the price. Plenty of grip in the dry and wet and I managed to get 7 to 8 thousand miles out if the rear. When pushing hard in the dry they do like to squirm about but they do this very predictably.

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Still running mine and still very happy with them, my chicken strips are less than a cm from the sides which shows that I am trusting them in corners and with about 6K covered and still plenty of tyre still left on the rear, they are doing well. :D

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Getting some fitted tomorrow at 1 oclock, I'll let you know how it goes if you want OP?

Heard nothing but positive comments for their low price :)

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I have road attacks 4000 miles on them on a heavy 1200cc and still going strong, only time I had a issue with them is when I hit a diesel spill while turning and the back gave way otherwise never an issue.

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If you find a hoop that can cope with diesel don't keep it a secret:cool:

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I can confirm, brilliant grip even in wet and they werent fully "Scrubbed in", "Worn in" or whatever we are calling it these days!

Had a spirited ride to work this morning on them :)

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So, after another couple of sets of Conti-motions I again need new tyres. Bike used to commute through town traffic all year round with very little motorway work. Price important but not at the expense of quality.

So more Conti's or is there something better of late?

Pete

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Michelin Road 5, or Metzeler 01.


I've been impressed with both Road 5 and PR4 that I had before. trying out the Metzeler at the moment, too early to tell yet but a lot of people recommend them.


I find Conti tyres including car and bicycle wear out too quickly. Grippy, but at the cost of durability.

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I am not doing huge mileage, so grippy particularly in the wet would be preferable even at the expense of mileage.

How about the Conti Road Attacks? either version 2 or 3?

Pete

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I've not had the Michelin Pilot Road 5 but can say that for me the PR4 works very well on the SV. I've not taken the bike to a track so can't comment on their suitability for that. I imagine the PR5 offers similar or better than the PR4 for general road riding and touring.

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I use Michelin Pilot Power 2CT's. Good price, grip is great in all weathers and wear is also good (I average about 10k on the rear).

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Thanks folks, ended up with Road Pilot 4s fitted on Friday. Haven't had much of a chance to try them as I spent yesterday doing the annual service. They look much bigger than the Conti motions, perhaps just an illusion or the fact there wasn't much tread left on the old ones.

Pete

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I had those on my SV and was very pleased with them. Gave me a lot more confidence in the wet than the Maxxis that were fitted before. The PR4 and the Road 5 are fairly generous with material and quite chunky when new.

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That's good to hear getting my road 5 fitted to svthou though I've enjoyed the metzelers that are coming off but they are dead now.

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Got PR5 on the SV and they're stunning. Front has done 13k mles and will need replacing after another 2-3k. Rear about 10k (before a puncture destroyed it) probably would have got another 2k from it. I ride all year and I presume wear in the wet is less than in the dry.


Got RoadAttack 3 on my GSXS 1000 and again stunning. No spinning up even with a reasonable amount of spirit in the cold and wet, would dearly love to report what they're like in the warm and dry!