Mixing tyre brands?

hi iv got a sv650s curvie , need to replace square back tyre , i have battlax bt014 160/60zr17/c on it at the moment , same make on frount , but frount tyre is ok , should i just get the same one to replace the back or does it not matter , i use my bike for commuting every day 64 miles round trip in all weather , so dont know if i should have same make frount and back , or just replace back one , i dont race or thrash the bike ,
thanks for any help

Put whatever you want on the rear. Most people will tell you that you absolutely must have an identical matched pair of tyres, but generally these people do 500 miles a year and haven't a clue. You'll be ok, you won't die and you probably won't notice anything strange.

thanks for that , did a lot of reading on here , and some say yes , and some say no , but iv read i can get a pair of road attacks , fitted for around £130 - £160 so thats good , so think i will just goes for a pair of these , or less some one tells me of a better pair of tyres for that price , but as what iv read think there the most pop at the mow , but thanks for you advise

[fizzwheel]

Personally I dont like to mix brands, but many people are like Lozzo and will happily do so.

If want to stick with Bridgestone but want something a bit more suited to your commute, go with a BT023 or whatever the equivalent is, it'll last alot longer that the 014 will.

If someone is offering Road Attacks at 130 to 160 quid a pair fitted then buy them as a matched pair. That's a damn good price and the tyres are ok.

Ive had a Bridgestone BT020 on the back of an SV at the same time as an OEM Dunlop D220. The result wasnt good, but as Lozzo correctky says, I'm not posting from heaven or hell, with wings and a harp, or horns and a pitchfork. No combination of tyres is going to kill you, but some combinations may not handle too well.

Then later in the SV's life I had a Pirelli Diablo Strada on the front and a Metzeler Z6 on the back. Now those are the same tyre from different manufacturers and were therefore perfect.

I dare say a BT020 on the back, but a Z6 on the front would be fine too, as they are similar shape sports touring tyres.

So the only correct answer to this question I'm afraid is - it depends on what tyres you are trying to match, and even if you did tell us, ir's unlikely anyone would be abke to give you a solid answer, unless they had akso tried the same combination.

hi thanks for that , im going with the price on here for the road attacks , so will have to see what i can get them for , the frount tyre is a bridgestone battlax bt104f 120/60zp17m/c so might ask and see what will go with that , and at what price , see if its cheaper , as it still has loads of tread on the frount one , thanks all for your help

[NTECUK]

Ran a Bridgestone front and s Conti rear no problems.

Although it is possible to mix and match brands with similar tread patterns the grip and water displacement from front to rear will be better with a matching set as they are designed to compliment each other,plus have compatible levels of grip. The levels of both may be acceptable on a mix but will never be just that 100% achieved by matched tyres as they give different feed back to the rider,be it wall flex,profile,grip or whatever.
You don't see professional racers using mixed tyres,just different compounds.

[NTECUK]

I don't think sponsors would let you mix and match DT