OK a Tyre Poll let's see once and for all the favorite's

my guess is the bridgestone 020's will win

but lets see.


Mad Mark

Don't know what to vote for, I run a BT010 front and a BT020 rear. I do occasionly toss a 010 in the rear too. Anyone try a BT 014 yet ?

Andy

Originally Posted by Andy4us

Anyone try a BT 014 yet ?

They don't come out 'til April do they

Originally Posted by Cloggsy

They don't come out 'til April do they

Here in the US they're available already, or you can buy them online, but I don't know if they're shipping yet !

Andy

You missed the wonderful OEM D220's of the list, surely they will get lots of votes!!!! NOT!

Oops sorry forgot to say, I don't think I ought to vote yet as I have'nt worn the crappy OEM ones out yet, nearly though on the back 3000k only, and in the winter too !!!

[rictus01]

you don't say for what purpose?

Mileage?
Grip?
economy?
allround?
confidence?

Having been through 10 sets last year I have views on the ones I've used, but I'm at a loss as to what you want.

Cheers Mark.

i've ridden with the Mez 4's which I found to be awful changed to a 020 Rear and 010 Front and am more then pleased with them. Haven't ridden with any other tyre so can't really vote on which is best as haven't tried them all..

Desh

Originally Posted by rictus01

you don't say for what purpose?

Mileage?
Grip?
economy?
allround?
confidence?

Having been through 10 sets last year I have views on the ones I've used, but I'm at a loss as to what you want.

Cheers Mark.

Sorry Rictus I should have made it clearer

My riding mainly consists of thrashing through the twisties on A and B roads with varying road surfaces.

I am looking for tyres that give really good grip inspiring confidence in both the dry and the wet. Mileage is an issue but not to the point of degredation to grip.

if i give you soome history of mine it may help.

I ran a cbr600fr for three years and used mainly bridgestone 010's and dunlops 207's and 208's. I found the 208's suited the CBR very very well, as the bike turned in the way i expected and gripped right to the pips on the edge (well in the dry anyway I am a tad more wary in the wet.

However i am on the oem dunlop tyres at the moment and they do not give me any confidence in the bike what so ever, especially in the wet. And if i make a slight mistake like having to roll off in a corner or throw it in harder then i want some grip and feedback.

having only owned my 2003 k3 for less than a month I really cannot afford to plump for a set of tyres and find out they are not really suited to the bike.

My heart says 208's (cos i loved them on the CBR ) But they may not suit the SV so well.

Hence my post to glean information from the longer serving members of this forum whom i assume have a wealth of knowledge to tap into.

sorry for the length of this post but maybe i have explained things better.

BTW i am married 42 years old and had about 15 bikes in my days with a layoff period of about 15 years before i got the CBR the last bike previous to that was a cb900f1 (showing my age now).

but i love the buzz i get on the twin and all that torque compared to the fours.

Mad Mark

ive just got a set of 208's on my bike from the stock mez4, first few miles was weird but have gotten used to them and scrubbed in and i am a very happy chappy, lot better than the stock tyres and it just wants to lean and lean, wet weather confidence is good as well, cant wait for the better weather so i can really test them