Tyre mileage
 

What sort of mileage can I expect from the OEM dunlops on the K4 :?:

About 100k :lol: .


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I hope not...I'd like to get some stickier stuff before then :lol:

Why the prob with the OEMs?

I haven't faulted them since scrubbing them in (though U di get them a bit warm with the first 20 miles on the private test track!

I just find that they feel a bit too "ungrippy"(for lack of a better word) even when warm...and yes I do warm them up before I start riding "properly".

I just don't find them any worse than the 020 front and rear combo I had before.

The front washes outif I really push hard, the rear steps out on roundabouts if I hit the load handle too early

...Which is why I am really keen to try the conti road attacks or similar :wink:

I just cannot justify spending £170 on tyres when the ones I have on the bike are nowhere near ready to be turfed out the door :shock:

Re: Tyre mileage
 

Anywhere between 4k & 7k depending on how you ride, I changed my after 2k because I was sick of having to clean out my underwear :roll: :oops:

depends how u ride motorways back roads ride as if you on a track etc

any all year round tyres is better then the ones on the bike

BT014s
Pilot sport
Pilot Power
etc
etc
etc

Re: Tyre mileage
 

didn't you only do 3.5k the whole time you had the bike tho ? :lol:


Conti's or Z6's are way to go dude

Re: Tyre mileage
 

:lol: Don't think Cloggsy liked it when we were in the rain.. lack of grip compaired to the Metz Z6's. thats why he changed them.

Jdubya

You are more than welcome to have a ride on my bike, currently fitted to with Roadattacks. Personaly, anything is better than stock rubber.

*Realises im about to go on about my tyres, so logs off*

Thanks for the info guys! My standard japanese D220's are lying in the boot of my wife's car at the moment :shock: Fitted some Michelin Pilot Race tyres to the SV (Given to me very very generously by justmacsv650 for the price of a round of drinks next weekend :thumbsup: ) and so far I really really like them. Only done a few miles on them but they seem to inspire a lot more confidence around the bends... :thumbsup: