New tyres - here we go again!

[muzikill]

After some mild pointers from abs & indie at bsb i thought i would post my thoughts on new tyres before i scoot up to strathearn.

Z6's - thats the ones i am replacing - loved them but for the type of roads/runs i do they just aint lasting long enough. eg. long blasts up north. So as you can tell, square off central!

so here's the quotes from strathies.

Z6's £185 fitted.
BT021 £185 fitted
Pilot road 2 £200 fitted.

Really am seriously thinking about getting bt's purely for the fact i will get more miles out of them but need to consider the fact that it's p*ssing down more this year!

Any thoughts on this? if there are any i have missed off please post them up

[peterco]

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=90224

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=91544

Hope these help

pete

i use bridgestones and I have confidence in them in the wet but that was 020 not tried 021 yet. on sv i used to get 9500 miles out of a set of 020s

i have road attacks, which i like, but they are the first & only tyres i have tried, im tempted by z6 next........... but a bit worried they wont be as good, but i have been assured they are ........ so there

I have diablo strada and can't recommend them highly enough (same as Z6). BT020 wasn't a grippy tyre in the wet and stepped out or spun up on my bike regularly, maybe the 021 is better as that was a common critism of the 020.

What's wrong with D220's.....?

Got the Z6's at Strathearn back end Feb start of March.

Could be the tyres could be a different attitude to riding, lots of confidence.

It also helps if your tyre isn't squared off .

I try to do Paisley to Newhouse every day, usually avoid as much of the M8 as possible, so far the Z6's are doing well.

Put over 1000 on them ( I can't remember what the clocks at, I'm stuck in the US for the last 5 weeks) and had a puncture repair along the way.

I'm not sure about the wear, I went in to West Coast for my 7K service and was told i have 4mm on the rear. Not sure what they start at from new? That was fromabout 5900 at fit to just under 7k by a few miles.

The Z6 definitely feels more positive than the stock 220 and gives more confidence when turning in.

I can't wait to get back home and get back out. The 90 degrees plus here and lack of rain is kind of spoiling methough.

Cheers

Originally Posted by muzikill

After some mild pointers from abs & indie at bsb i thought i would post my thoughts on new tyres before i scoot up to strathearn.

Z6's - thats the ones i am replacing - loved them but for the type of roads/runs i do they just aint lasting long enough. eg. long blasts up north. So as you can tell, square off central!

so here's the quotes from strathies.

Z6's £185 fitted.
BT021 £185 fitted
Pilot road 2 £200 fitted.

Really am seriously thinking about getting bt's purely for the fact i will get more miles out of them but need to consider the fact that it's p*ssing down more this year!

Any thoughts on this? if there are any i have missed off please post them up

I will do you them £10 cheaper across the board www.sa-mc.co.uk