Where For Tyres

[rictus01]

go to Essential Rubber, i use them and ride passed three tyre places to get there, nuff said.

Cheers Mark.

I was in need of some new tyres about 6 months ago, phoned around various places in Kent and SE London but no one could beat Essential Rubber.

Z6's fitted both front & rear £175.

Think I may make the trip to Essential Rubber then. Thanks for all your info....

Tilly

Update.....

Have been trying to get the most life possible out of the stock rubber and the rear has been pretty well worn down the centre for a while. Decided I was going to bite the bullet and get new rubber fitted this saturday. Had fixed on Conti RAs fitted for £170 from Essential Rubber, North London.

However, on my way home from work on Tuesday the rear decided it would like to deflate whilst on the M25 I thought the handling had deteriorated pretty rapidly

Managed to nurse it the short trip home but then left me in the dilema of needing to get new hoops fitted quick smart so that I could make the journey to WSB at Brands on Sunday

Therefore, without taking the wheels off myself and then having to re-fit them once I'd had new tyres fitted I was pretty much stuffed. Fortunately, I have a Honda dealership just round the corner from my house. Unfotunately, they only offered Bridgestones or Michelin, so I've ended up having to pay £45 more and go for the BT020's. Good tyre I know but £45 more than I was expecting to have to pay.

I guess trying to squeeze every last mile out of the stock Dunlops has been a bit of a false economy and ended up costing me more. I'll know for next time.

Coincidently, I got 5800 miles out of the stock rear before it decided to let go. In reality, I suppose it was gone over 500 miles ago. I hope I can get more life out of the BT020s.

[Viney]

So let me understand. You had a blow out, or a puncture, or did the tyre just go down? Did you let Essential rubber know?

You'll get about the smae mileage out of the 020 to be honest.

No, nothing like a blow out. I noticed that from the exit of the Dartford tolls to the Swanley junction that the rear started to feel like it wasn't connected to the front. I thought the tyre was really squared off now and that I was just noticing it more. Thought, thank God I'm getting the tyres change din a few days. I thought it would have been a lot more evident if the tyre was flat.

Wasn't until I'd come off the M25 and was moving at a much slower speed and round roundabout etc that it was clerly obvious there was a problem. Stuck the hazards on a poodled the remaining couple of miles home.

On closer inpection, the centre section of the tyre looked to have blistered in a few places - I should have taken a photo.

Haven't let Essential Rubber know as I wasn't actually booked in with them to have new tyres fitted, was just going to turn up as they said they had plenty of Conti RAs in stock.

If I had more time and wasn't desperate to get the tyres on before WSB on Sunday then I could have maybe saved a few quid still.

[Viney]

Oh i see, it was your old tyres. They way it read that it was your new tyres that you just had fitted.

A total pain no matter what, just lucky that it didnt happen at speed.

No, I was due to get the Conti's from Essential Rubber this coming weekend. The one that let go was the horrible Dunlop.

Should have changed them a while ago so its completely my fault. As you say, lucky nothing worse happened at speed.

[BillyC]

Originally Posted by tilly

I hope I can get more life out of the BT020s.

You're having a laugh aren't you?

Heard they were good for longevity...?

I don't expect miracles but have read (on this site I think) of people getting up to 10k.

I was surprised that I didn't get more life out of the stock Dunlops. I don't class myself as a particularly hard/fast rider and thought they would last longer. They were down to the wear indicators at 5k.