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Old 15-07-07, 01:59 PM   #1
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Default More brain picking on the rubber

Time to pick your brains for myself, instead of lurking around and reading about everyone elses experiences, I suppose

I've got a SV 650 Sport (K6), with only the one mod so far - a 44 tooth rear sprocket, because I couldn't get hold of the 45 tooth standard (I read that 44 was standard on the naked, so it can't be too far wrong for me)

I've put just short of 7 and a half thousand miles on the clock in the last 8 months, and the rear dunlop is very tired looking at present. I do a fair few motorway miles (300 a week) at least until I find a more fun way to work, so I've got my eyes on tyres that last a while under that sort of abuse.

I'm kinda sold on getting a new pair of Pilot Road 2s (must be something hypnotic in Nickys smile), but if someone can crack my head open and open my mind to alternatives, I'd switch.

I've got a trip to Scotland planned in the first weekend of August which I was originally intending to be the last trip for them, but the recent wet weather has dissuaded me from that path (not the floods here, which were up to the crankcases, but the mundane rain that followed - Scotland not being known for its tropical weather).
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Old 15-07-07, 11:06 PM   #2
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Default Re: More brain picking on the rubber

Dude I ride a GSX750F at present and its the first bike I've ridden with Bridgstone BT020's. Scotland is notorious for its moisture and the BT020's in the wet are nothing short of amazing! They even seem to grip hailstones on a greasy roundabout, I mean, I just can't fault them. They even try to grip wet manhole covers at slight lean angles something I have never experienced before! In the dry they seem glued to the tarmac and I find I can only make them slide or drift by applying too much power exiting bends. Feather them right to the edge even with a pillion messing up the balance. My rear one has maybe 3000 careful or 2000 fun miles left and its covered 6000 miles so far of very mixed riding fast slow hot cold wet dry the works!
Highly recommended! Shop around for the best price it does vary considerably!
You can pay in excess of £125 for a rear but may find one at well under £99.
I'll certainly be fitting them to the SV.
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Old 16-07-07, 05:42 PM   #3
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Default Re: More brain picking on the rubber

Sounds promising to me - know anyone good down your way that'll fit them?

I work in Chesterfield as it happens, so I'm not adverse to riding down there for a good tyre fitters who can sort the steed out while I slave.
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Old 17-07-07, 06:49 AM   #4
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You could try "Burnout" in Clay Cross I hear their tyre prices are very good.
Experts in a clean workshop too....our doctors surgery waiting room is dirtier than their servicing bay!!

http://www.burnoutsuperbikes.co.uk/

They also do nitrogen fills
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