Avon Viper Sports

OH HELL YEAH!!!

Got some fitted this morning and although I've only done about 50 miles on them my bike feels like a completely different animal. It just feels so much more planted in the bends than the previous D220's

A couple of times I found myself having to stand the bike up on roundabouts because it wanted to lean over so much, I almost hit the inside kerb

Can't wait until they are properly scrubbed in.

Excellent tyres the Avons, especially when compared to the D220's which to be honest are the worst sports touring tyre on the market!

Don't think the Vipers are a sports touring tyre though - the Storms occupy that space, don't they?

That said, I've just had Storms fitted and they do feel different to the BT021s I took off (but they were really bad, so we'll see in a few hundred miles)

[yorkie_chris]

The storms are excellent, the vipers are better, but don't last as long.

No idea how the vipers behave in the wet.

[STRAMASHER]

I stuck a set of Vipers on as a summer treat, last year.

For me they just showed up the lack of quality in the suspension. ie the bike moved around a lot more. Never got them chirping, never had them slide unexpectedly. Absolute scary ****e in the cold and wet of winter. Terrible mileage. (Under 2000mile on a rear, 6000 on a front. Thats maybe 90% low speed commuting, 10% mad thrashing.) Thats not a ratio I can live with anymore.

Back to Avon Storms for me earlier in the year. More solid feel but still never found wanting in the grip department so far. Maybe I give them a little more respect as they are SportTourers'. Different league in the wet ( and I'm a complete pussy in the wet, absolutely not interested.) Must get better miles and keep a better profile for longer than the Vipers.

But thats for me and how my SV gets used, sounds like the Vipers have given you a boost in confidence and that is the main thing!

TBH, those dunlops are utter tripe.Teflon! Typical budget OE japcrap. I always end up on Avons no matter what the bike.


Enjoy!!!!

[northwind]

Bike, or possibly Ride, just did a test of sporty rubber this month, the Avons came second last But they were veyr clear that didn't make them bad tyres, just not the best, which is fair enough (best was the new Diablo Rosso, which is interesting because according to the pirelli guy at the london show they should also last pretty well, better than an old standard Diablo. But VERY expensive)