Metzler Z6's vs Pilot Road 2's

Running 34/36 here on my PR2's Remember 36 on my gauge may be 32 or 40 or somebody elses, so it's worth experimenting a bit. They do feel good. What's quite telling is that I have to ride up a wooden ramp to put the bike indoors and when it's wet the old Diablos and 010's would spin up but the rear just grips and makes it so much easier.

About 4k so far, so at least 30% more mileage for only 12% more cost.

Thanks for the info on the scrubbing in. Will experiment a little with the tyre pressures, but to be honest they feel that much better than the old tyres that I'm just happy!

Has anyone had Conti Road Attacks in the past which they can compare them with? Ive just finished a set of Contis at about 5-5.5k (cant quite remember what mileage was on when i bought them but theyre definitely finished now) They were excellent for 4k and then in the last 1k they seem to have worn quickly however that may be due to the surfaces of Northern Scotland being extremely coarse! (Also done about 2k of wet motorway miles in there) Im tempted to go for the Contis at £165 but the Pilot Road 2s are £195 and wondering whether i should try these instead

I've read over here that you guys experienced slow warming up from PR2's. Was wondering if that would be an issue here in Malta since we have higher temperatures? The tyres here in Malta stay looking brand new as they don't get abrasion from the road surface which lacks any shellgrip like you've got in your roads. Here the surface looks shiny and slippy. The problem is that the rubber heats up a lot here becoming sort of plasticey and by time starts to evolve many small cracks upon its surface.

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Originally Posted by robchester

Has anyone had Conti Road Attacks in the past which they can compare them with? Ive just finished a set of Contis at about 5-5.5k (cant quite remember what mileage was on when i bought them but theyre definitely finished now) They were excellent for 4k and then in the last 1k they seem to have worn quickly however that may be due to the surfaces of Northern Scotland being extremely coarse! (Also done about 2k of wet motorway miles in there) Im tempted to go for the Contis at £165 but the Pilot Road 2s are £195 and wondering whether i should try these instead

Rob, I've gone from Contis to PR2s. I got almost 6.5k out of them in 15 months. A lot of London commuting, then mostly A-roads and shortish blasts on motorways.

They were a complete revelation after the stock Dunlops, as you can imagine. I've had the PR2s on since June and they've done about a thousand miles since then, 99% of it commuting.

I'm not 100% convinced by them. Sometimes I think they're great, other times I'm not so sure. I definitely think they do need longer to warm up than the Contis. The PR2s also, to me, feel a little more reluctant to drop into corners than the Contis, but the Michelins give great confidence when applying power leant over. Not that I get much opportunity to do that in south-east London.

I decided to replace both front and rear when I got the Michelins, as there were some strange looking cracks appearing in the front and I didn't want to mix and match.

We'll see what the wear is like, but from all accounts it will be better than the Contis, which might the Michelins better value for money in the long run.

Cheers for pointing me to this one Baph, now to decide whats better for me lol.

Well i decided to stick with what I know and bought another set of Contis. They are still amazing tyres, even if the PR2s get more mileage - you'll be hard pressed to have more confidence or feedback with anything else...

Originally Posted by robchester

Well i decided to stick with what I know and bought another set of Contis. They are still amazing tyres, even if the PR2s get more mileage - you'll be hard pressed to have more confidence or feedback with anything else...

put IMO opinion on the enda that please lol, otherwise you open a can of worms.

Thinking that due to me not going to be doing very many long miles anymore throughout the winter, gonna have the Z6s mainly down to the fact that my journey to work has a couple of bends that need to be held up in rain(if you get my drift). My commute is only sorta 10 mins and the first five is where these bends are. If however it was sorta the time when i would go out to play for a few hours i may go for the PR2s but i think this winter i am staying in hibernation as much as i can lol.

dont forget the roadattacks

Originally Posted by hovis

dont forget the roadattacks

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