Preferred Tyre Manufacturer Poll

Just curious if all of you other members out there are Manufacturer bias when it comes to rubber meeting the road..

Vote away and maybe give a reasoning behind your vote if you have a spare minute..

I myself am favourable towards Pirelli.

*The R1 is sporting Diablo Supercorsas which offer sensational dry grip, not so great wet any very surprisingly has served me about 6000kms that includes 2 x NFRS & an AFR but there pretty shot now..

*The TLS is getting along great on Angel ST's which are just faultless in my opinion. only been on for 1000kms give or take but so far wet,dry & 2 up with Missus and ticks all boxes..

I've had lots of tyres over the years, Michelin, Bridgestone Dunlop etc, but seem to favour Pirelli now days, how bout you?

I'm running pirreli angels on my gix but I haven't ridden it yet I had dunlop gpra11's before that and they were fucking great but wear real quick

Betty currently has mich PR2's a 180 on the rear squeezed onto a 4.5 inch rim once warm loves the tight twistys. havent done heaps of highway km's yet but from the 3000 k's so far looking good .

Coker Chevron 335x18

http://www.antiquetyres.com.au/18335

I used to get them in whitewalls, but I cant get them any more.

Oh yeah didn't you sport a set of them on the iDooR Large?? :cool:

im running pirelli,,after afr the bridgestones just went to shit and fell apart ,,i had a pilot power on the front for nfr ,and it was rooted after 1500ks,,waiting on a new front pirelli,to match the rear ,

I just love these threads Todd this should be intresting....as for me, not much choice on the fireblade with a 16" front. So it has to be METZELER m3 then anything on the back ( currently a shinko verge rear witch i'm very impresst with )

Loving the shinko stuff. Cheap and sticks like shit to a blanket. I also get good mileage out of them, but I'm not the quickest of riders either. Well at least till I get to willowbank, then it's all stops out.

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Originally Posted by MONO

I just love these threads Todd this should be intresting....as for me, not much choice on the fireblade with a 16" front. So it has to be METZELER m3 then anything on the back ( currently a shinko verge rear witch i'm very impresst with )

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on my old blade 95 model ,i ditched the 16 n went for a vfr800 front rim ,,was n easy change over ,

bridgestone eager 225/55 R13 on my EH, make good smoke they do...

2nd hand Ntec Dunlops on the race bike, really good feel compared to the Bridgestones i was running, and the Pirellis ran really well didn't tear up or wear excessivley but just didn't feel as good as the Ntec. I think the profile of the Ntec helped a lot.

I quite like the Michelin Pilot 2CT's. The NFR was the fist good ride I gave them and I had good grip round the bends. Gave me a lot more confidence in throwing the bike into turns

i had michelin Pilot Power 2ct on the back and Pilot Pure 2ct on the front of the SV and i loved them in the wet and dry to gave a lot of good grip (not that i ride very hard)

I now have Metzeler M5 on the prilia, not sure how good they are yet cause i've not really ridden it!

Busa's and B-Kings seem to eat them up.

Was going though a few Pilot Powers then Dunlop Qualifiers.

Just put a Pilot Road 3 on, not had chance to scuff it in yet.

Review:
http://www.visordown.com/features/mi...iew/18694.html

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I run Pirelli Diablo Rosso's on my gixer & i love em in the dry! Feel a little slippery at times in the wet tho!

Dunlop Q2.

Didnt like the wall flex on the Power Pure (I have one with about 30% - 40% left if someone wants it 190/55/17). I have a Bridgstone BT016 I think it is called on the front and it's a bastard until it gets warm which seems to take forever, then it's very good but a Q2 will go on next.

whatever mono sells me at the right price

no massive preference
but the tlr loves pirelli's

for the katana i get whatever fits
normally 30yr old lasertecs LOL

but otherwise whatever is on sale and soft as :)

went from pilot road to the power and now the pure which i think ill stick with suits me and feels good on my bike.

Running BT016s on the KTM. Been using Bridgestones on all my sports bikes for years and never had a problem with them.

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Originally Posted by el_hefty_part_two

whatever mono sells me at the right price

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Gold.....hey i though you wre going to the drags this weekend

Nahh crook bit better now might try to make the ride tomorrow but i have my doubts

I'm a Bridgestone man.

I've binned too many bikes on Dunlops they just don't seem to have enough stick for my insane wrenching of the throttle. Loved the 020 rears on the VTR with a Michelin Pilot on the front. Used to get around 10,000k's from the rear and 20 from the front.

I'm still on the original tyres the XJR came with having only done 2000k's since I bought it 5 months ago so it has Dunlops which I don't like and don't trust.

But now that I know MONO sells tyres, I'll be sending him a PM next time I need a new set of Rubber (the front is almost fooked :eek:).

The slingshot has pirelli's,diablo front and a strada rear.(nice combo for a light front end)
The CB1300 has a set off pilot road 3"s which are beautiful to ride on...wet or dry,it did have a set of pirelli angel's on it that felt great but went off really quick.
The Banbusa has a set of Bridgestone 040's...but iv only done 600 k on em, wanted pirelli's but none in the shop.

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Originally Posted by latheboy

bridgestone eager 225/55 R13 on my EH, make good smoke they do...

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When it's not being used as a storage capsule, it's ok, i have a bedford which does a great job stopping shit getting wet.

I am amazed at how many have voted for michelins I reckon that they have gone to shit these days

I put a set of Michelin Pilot pures on the zx9 tracky. I did a trackday with them green and had absolutely no issues, they scubbed in fast, and were as secure feeling as slicks. I've always leant towards Michelins, but a set of Pirelli's could be in my future, simply because my mate running a 1098 has a set on his weapon, and he loves em. The Hidden Valley track is fairly hard on tires [very grainy, hot! surface] and the Michelins felt secure all the way to the " hero marks" on the edges.

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Originally Posted by Shadowzone

Used to get around 10,000k's from the rear and 20 from the front.

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Fark me I was luck to see 3500k out of a rear on my VTR with Diablo's and Pilot powers wearing the same but the Powers had better turn in. With the suspension set up it never torn them apart just wore them down.

The 7 is not looking any better the current Bridgestone is a 003 will be lucky to see 2500k on the rear but it sticks to fucking everything I would say after a good run to heat it up I could climb walls. I have never seen over 4000 on any rear yet and maybe 8k on a front. I gotta be doing something wrong Pav was saying he gets about 10000000000k out of his aswell.

I loved the old Pilot race and powers but have heard mixed reviews on the new range

I'm with you yella I have never had big numbers like that either

last set of powers was 17ks front still legal and 10ks on back is easy for me ,have new pilot pures on now stick like shit on a blanket turn in better than power but i dont think i will see as many ks but feel good on the 7 as i ride it everyday decent ks is good for my pocket not that i have anything against nice soft sticky goodness it would simply cost me shitloads for tyres

i ran pilot powers on my old cbr600f4y,they were great,probly bc it was a little lite bike ,on my old 900 blade it was bridgestones,,but with the gsxr it ate a front pilot power in 2000ks ,,,pirelli all the way,, im with Rod

I used to run Pirelli on my bikes, the Super corsa are great in the dry, but less than inspiring in the wet. I was given a pair of the Metzeler RaceTecs to try, and I now run them on all of my bikes. Fantastic grip and feedback in both the dry and more importantly in the wet. I get race scrubs from a couple of sources one for the 180/120 pairs and someone else for the 190/120 pairs. I sell them to most of the guys I maintain bikes for now. I won't run anything else now. I hadn't used Metzeler for years since I had the old ME99/ME33 Perfect combos on my GPZ600/900s, and I must say I was really very impressed with them, I'm now running both the RaceTec and the newer Interacts, I generally use the medium compound over the year although during the summer the soft compound are feckin' amazing, and stick like the preverbial shit to a blanket.

was getting 12'thou out of my pirelli's on the cb13 but it was all highway riding....mind you the bastards where flat across the middle at that and would slide around when ya tripped into corner's....my pilots (road 3's) seem to be friggin great

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Originally Posted by Yella

Fark me I was luck to see 3500k out of a rear on my VTR with Diablo's and Pilot powers wearing the same but the Powers had better turn in. With the suspension set up it never torn them apart just wore them down.

The 7 is not looking any better the current Bridgestone is a 003 will be lucky to see 2500k on the rear but it sticks to fucking everything I would say after a good run to heat it up I could climb walls. I have never seen over 4000 on any rear yet and maybe 8k on a front. I gotta be doing something wrong Pav was saying he gets about 10000000000k out of his aswell.

I loved the old Pilot race and powers but have heard mixed reviews on the new range

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Originally Posted by BANDITROD

I'm with you yella I have never had big numbers like that either

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I deliberately chose the 020 because it has the hard compound in the centre and the soft on the edges so it was a good tyre for scrapping through the hills on weekends and commuting to work through urban traffic during the week.

I have no idea what they've changed the name or number of them to now but it's what I'll be replacing the current Dunlop shitmax with once they're dead. Can't really complain about the ones on there now but I don't do long rides really it's all pretty much just commuting now, so they're barely warmed up by the time I get to school from home and vice versa.