Avon Storms

[yorkie_chris]

Heavy. Big.

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Heavy. Big.

You talking about me or my bike?

[rictus01]

well the set of Storms are just about dead, and the scores on the doors ?

well fitted to a 240kg Triumph Thunderbird sport (played with a little, 92bhp), the set done 10,445 miles, now the rear probably needed changing 445 miles back, so about 10,000, and the front probably has another 500 or so in it, so say 11,000, not bad no real handling changes thoughout it's life span (excluding the rear which slips a little over the last 4-500 miles, my fault)

Tomorrow I'll be getting a new set fitted as I'm more than pleased with them.

Cheers Mark.

[Bibio]

got the storms fitted, all i can say is if anyone is even considering these tyres ... go for it, there awsum... compared to the standard dunlops they are miles apart... i dont have a bravery stick anymore and they are down to about 15mm from the edge already (only done 80 odd miles on them) and i haven't even tried. the grip is great a wee bitty slippy on damp greasy roads but great in the dry and about the same in the wet (raining). my pace has improved and i'm not thinking about the tyres giving way anymore (unlike the dunlops). i was on a country B road the other night and rode into some farm muck, it was a pile of mud and gravel for about 20-30 yards (couldn't even see the tarmac it was that bad, but all i got was a little slipping and sliding (half traction half slipping but the traction was still there). if it had been the dunlops i reckon would have been in a ditch. well done avon for a fantastic tyre....

[RingDing]

Busters have a good deal on these at the moment, £135 for the pair. My LBS charges £10 per loose wheel making ~£155 for a set. That's cheap I think.

Can`t say fairer than that can you

spot on , it like a different bike

Originally Posted by RingDing

Busters have a good deal on these at the moment, £135 for the pair. My LBS charges £10 per loose wheel making ~£155 for a set. That's cheap I think.

Just ordered mine from them. When you change to the correct sizing the price changes slightly to £143.99 and on checkout the carriage was £4.99. Still very good value and i'm hopeing they will be far better than the MEZ4's i'm on at the moment which give me zero confidence.

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by jimmy-james

... and i'm hopeing they will be far better than the MEZ4's i'm on at the moment which give me zero confidence.

They most certainly will! Streets ahead of Mez 4 on the SV.

Just had my second storm fitted to the Dullsville. Hope I get more mileage out of it than the first one. Mind you, a slow puncture would not have helped the wear rate.