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Originally Posted by Stef
Thanks for your recommendations.
Mark you are very enthousiastic about the Avons, but i have a little difficulty finding Avon tyres over here.
i'm kind off narowing it down to the Z-6, BT-020 and the BT-014. I know the BT-14 is in different kind of tyre (more "sport" oriented), but i was alwas told a "sport" tyre heats up more quickly and has grip to spare (safe). I also noticed that the BT-014 has a rather deap thread for a sporttyre, which (in combination with the softer compound) should result in fine wet performance. I've also read several glowing reviews in magazines on the BT-014.
How will the BT-020 and Metz Z-6 hold out on the occasional trackday were i like do do some "knee-down action" ? Will i be able to push them like i did with my Dunlop D 207RR's on my old Aprilia RS125 ?
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Sports tyres often don't heat up to their optimal operating temperature in normal road conditions (except during summer months). Whilst they warm up very quickly on a track, on the road they're not ideal unless you're a very fast rider and therefore you'll have less grip than a normal sports-touring tyre (020 etc) most of the time.
The 014's tread depth doesn't appear to me to be that deep and tyre life certainly isn't very long if ridden with a little spirit (Jelster on this site has gone through three rears since March though admittedly that's on a GSXR600).
Out of those tyres you've mentioned the Z-6 has the deepest tread depth, wears longer and is likely to reach and maintain ideal operating temperatures better than anything else and will most likely be my next choice of tyre (though it's a toss-up between that and the Conti RoadAttack) - I'm on 020s presently and the rear tyre wear is quite dreadful.
Doubtless you'll have a flood of other opinions so research everything carefully and don't listen to the hype. To be honest though, you'll be hard pressed to buy a bad tyre as today's standard of manufacture is really rather high.
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