Bt-021

Oh dear, don't really like the sound of that. Storms next time me thinks.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by DavieSV

I have tried these at various tyre pressures, but I still don't like the feedback they give me


but I would not push these and feel safe
I have felt them "give" but they have never let go

I use recommened suzuki pressure and love the feed back

I push mine and they have never let go get the odd wobble (but dunno if that sm lowered rear end) and i have about 5mm strip left either side.

Originally Posted by Thingus

I checked yesterday and having read the BT stuff on my tyres, my back one says BT021 and my front says BT016... is that correct? I know it doesn't matter much if you have different tyres... i just don't know what the numbers represent.

how does it feel? i was considering getting a BT016 front to go with my 021 rear i think my front only has 500-1000 miles left in it and its only done just under 2000 miles so far

I'll be honest, i'm a newer rider so i haven't been pushing it, but i've not really ever felt uncomfortable on my bike. It's been steady in all weathers and the front tyre is warm even after short rides... which i think means it's getting heat in quick and gripping more?

I've done about 1500 miles on it. Not sure how many it did before me, i think it was pretty new.

Ok thanks, i will still bear the 016 in mind. Im pretty new to big bikes and the 021 is all i know :P

BT016 is apparently a very good tyre, with "excellent cold grip", as I read in a review of most of the major "sports" tyres, which now I have lost the link to.

I'd guess the profile of the 016, being a sporty tyre, being different to that of a much more touringy tyre, that being the 021, so it could handle differently, but hey

Much like the PP2ct front and PR2 rear that so many people run.

I'm probably wrong, but the back tyre wears quicker than the front? If i'm wrong then bugge r it but if not... i guess with the BT021 lasting longer than the BT016, then it's actually a good combination to have the 21 on the back and 16 on the front.

Naturally i will have got it wrong

That's exactly why, because of the duration of a rear, and the grip at the front end. But this doesn't ALWAYS work, but then I will have gotten it wrong

But if I were to do this (tempting but fooking expensive), I'd do it with Michellins because they have such awesome tread patterns..

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Originally Posted by Jamiebridges123

BT016 is apparently a very good tyre, with "excellent cold grip".

If its anything like the BT-014 it replaced then thats complete b*ll*cks.

I never found a Bridgestone that gave good cold grip. They all felt wooden and never let me feel what the front of the bike was doing.

No mate, it's much better than the BT014. That tyre was just downright terrible.

The BT016 has triple compounds (real 3, total of 6 across the tyre at the back IIRC)

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Originally Posted by Jamiebridges123

No mate, it's much better than the BT014. That tyre was just downright terrible.

well it coudlnt be any worse than the 014...