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Iv Currently Got A Combination Of Avons Viper Sport On The Front And A Storm ST On the rear, These Have Worked Really Well For Me Through The Cold Rain Wind And Snow But With The Next (Hopefully Hot) Season Approaching I Think I Might treat The Old Lady to Some Sticky Rubber
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I got these on mine at the moment. they hold the road very well imo, not that i've been riding that long, and do get very sticky. i picked mine up off ebay, they were used as race tyres and used in a qualifying session and were too 'used' for the race event but more than adequate for the road. still got plenty of tread on and plenty of life left in them as yet and at about quarter of the price as brand new ones i'm happy with them.
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Just ride on the storms. You can go all the way to the edge on them with ease, they get nice and warm and stick well.
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Plus.....bare in mind, you get caught out on a nice summers day in the Uk by a rain shower and the super stickies will be awful. With a decent Sports Touring tyre you can ride in all weather.
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Hey Graham a really good combination of tyres, i have done 6500 on the front and its still going strong whereas the battlax i used beforehand turned noticeably pyramid shaped by this time (maybe that says something abut my riding
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Thanks for the info Chris. Yeh I got mine through that M&P offer and got the rear storm at the same time at 70quid but wish I had bought more like u did!
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See if you get to the limits of the Storms then think about something stickier, rear storm has enough grip to lean way further than the chassis does.
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Ultras are not dual compound. I would back up what others have said, stick with the Avons over the summer, they have loads of grip. You might find that the storm wears like a super sticky tyre if you really cane it, but I have never run out of grip from the Storms.
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Really? Worst I saw from one was 5k (bad rear suspension, hard riding, 2000 of that 2-up and ragging the buggerance out of it)
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