Tyre choice

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Personally I'd stay away from 014's they work well when they are hot and are really grippy, but you have to work to keep the heat in them and IMHO they dont like cold and wet conditions so if your an all year round rider you might want to think about something else. Also they give sh*t milleage as they are really soft. I had 1800 miles out of a rear on my GSXR and it was absoloutly f*cked when I took it off.

Depends what you want from a tyre really, but IMHO you cant go wrong with the Z6 Metzler.

agreed with the 014's
there damn slippery when there not upto temp too, which is the majority of time.

try the conti's, there great tyre's, better and cheaper than the 020 ive found.

[Mark_h]

I have Z6 done about 3k miles and they look more or less the same as when they went on. And have heard good things about 020's from high mileage commuters.

I had Conti Road Attacs fitted summer 05, and they are still mint after 3-4000 miles and the rear gets plenty of rip on the motorway. Thing I noticed immediately with them was the rounded profile, great for tipping into corners at low speed, loads of feel, increasing confidence.

By the way, thought I'd be copping some more points tonight on the way home tonight... giving it large on a two lane stretch of M-Way, next news, plod is in my rear view mirrors, blue lights flashing, stomach turns, pulls in to inside lane, he/she zooms past ......... thankfully.

A mile down the M-way, they're on hard shoulder chatting to a youngster who is cycling on Motorway.

I wonder what tyres he uses!!?!!



PS Conti Road Attacks next time, too.

Originally Posted by Tony_BLY

I had Conti Road Attacs fitted summer 05, and they are still mint after 3-4000 miles and the rear gets plenty of rip on the motorway. Thing I noticed immediately with them was the rounded profile, great for tipping into corners at low speed, loads of feel, increasing confidence.

By the way, thought I'd be copping some more points tonight on the way home tonight... giving it large on a two lane stretch of M-Way, next news, plod is in my rear view mirrors, blue lights flashing, stomach turns, pulls in to inside lane, he/she zooms past ......... thankfully.

A mile down the M-way, they're on hard shoulder chatting to a youngster who is cycling on Motorway.

I wonder what tyres he uses!!?!!



PS Conti Road Attacks next time, too.

Must adit what you have all said makes great sense. Bike doesn't feel great in the cold / wet / slow speed filtering. And in less than a year the middle is down to the wear bar...

I only went with the 014 last time as the shop recommended keeping the same front and rear and that's what the bike had when I had it. Looking at the price for Conti Road Attacks, if they stick as well, they seem to make good value for money. Cool looking tread as well

Thanks,

Stu

95 percent of the time, the conti's offer more grip,

its strange pulling away on cold tyres and having a decent level of grip,

and they are brilliant in the wet, much better than the 020's

Guess it's time to start calling round to get it booked in then... Seen them for about 250 euros for front / rear set (plus fitting...) - only one other shop in the neighbourhood and I have to call for a proce there (normaly more expensive, but includes cost of fitting)...

Cheers all, G'night.

Stu