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12-07-07, 04:22 PM

To add to Stu's post, if you have Sports tyres on, they don't shed as much water, so your rear end grip could suffer coming out of bends etc.

If you're going to mix & match, it's always generally a good idea to have more rubber on the front than on the back (you're more dependant on the front end being stable than you are the back), and I'd always stick to the same genre of tyre (eg, sports, sports-touring etc).

As Stu said, milage, Z6 or Pilot Road 2. Grip, I'm not sure, but then, I use my bike to commute silly distances, so distance counts most. Out of those two though, I personally prefer the PR2s.

12-07-07, 04:22 PM	#3
Baph Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Advice Regarding New Back Tyre To add to Stu's post, if you have Sports tyres on, they don't shed as much water, so your rear end grip could suffer coming out of bends etc. If you're going to mix & match, it's always generally a good idea to have more rubber on the front than on the back (you're more dependant on the front end being stable than you are the back), and I'd always stick to the same genre of tyre (eg, sports, sports-touring etc). As Stu said, milage, Z6 or Pilot Road 2. Grip, I'm not sure, but then, I use my bike to commute silly distances, so distance counts most. Out of those two though, I personally prefer the PR2s.