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Old 23-05-05, 11:26 AM   #61
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back to wet weather riding im a born again up in bonnie scotland[lots of rain /cold/twisties]and havent been on a bike for 12 yrs so how do you think i feel about wet weather riding,cant even corner in the dry! but il have fun trying. get road attacks tomo and they should help
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Old 23-05-05, 05:09 PM   #62
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Anyway, I got back last night and have done 2561 miles while abroad, about 5000 in total on the tyres. The tyres performed very very well on almost ever surface you can think of! The rear is down to about 4mm now which I think is amazing considering the mileage. The most noticable thing is that after a fair bit of french/belgian autoroute they havent squared at all which I'm very pleased about as I don't need to go and get a new rear on return which I fully expected to do!

The best bit I think was after absolutely gunning it up the mountain towards the col de lombarde gaining about 1600m altitude in 20km of hairpins and sweepers my tyres were HOT to touch, to the point where my hand stuck to the tread on the rear! It hurt! Probably 70-80ºc.



So so many of these

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Old 23-05-05, 06:58 PM   #63
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Originally Posted by rubberduckofdeath
That's a real world tyre test
Lee, now do you believe me that they're pretty good?
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Old 24-05-05, 12:05 PM   #64
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great thread

it's rare to read of such universal praise for a product.

would you put these on in preference to diablo corsas? in need of new tyres, have been quoted 200 fitted for the corsa's.

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Old 24-05-05, 12:37 PM   #65
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would you put these on in preference to diablo corsas? in need of new tyres, have been quoted 200 fitted for the corsa's.
The road attacks are very good, but I don't think they're in the same class, grip wise as the corsas.
Of course, I haven't tried the corsas, so I may not be the best person.
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Old 24-05-05, 02:54 PM   #66
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great thread

it's rare to read of such universal praise for a product.

would you put these on in preference to diablo corsas? in need of new tyres, have been quoted 200 fitted for the corsa's.

cheers
will
I don't think you can get Diablo Corsa's for the SV, not unless you've changed the wheels to something different. Only the Diablo and the Diablo Strada are available for the SV, you can get more info here.
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Old 24-05-05, 03:55 PM   #67
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I'll be honest while the conti's may not have the grip of some other tyres I would like to see someone actually ride the bike so hard that you'd need anything more grippy than them for the road!
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Old 24-05-05, 04:27 PM   #68
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Anyway, that's the conti after about 5500 miles

img src='http://www.thebikereview.com/iup/get8.asp?ID=411'>
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Old 24-05-05, 04:27 PM   #69
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Old 28-05-05, 10:47 PM   #70
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just noticed my rear tyre says "made in germany" and my front tyre "made in korea". This standard practice? errr..
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