Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > General Motorcycles only > Tyres? Pirelli Diablos - Pah!

[MARTIN H]

I love em! I have always had them on the Multi since changing the original scorpion syncs. I get about 1600 miles from a rear and almost double from the front. I am pretty heavy though and the Multi gets some hammer. Also have them on the 996r (corsa front) but not paid any attention to the wear rate/mileage on that. No problems at all gripwise in the dry as bits of the multi touch down before you run out of grip. I find them excellent in wet/damp conditions as I ride the Multi all year round. I ride the same roads as you probably do (Hawes/Middleton/Alston etc).

I only started using them as a few years back a got a pair at a good price as I had always been a Bridgestone lover 010 56ss 56 etc. Have used em ever since. I dont doubt tyre technologies moved on and past me by but I really cant fault the Diablos. Maybe a little more mileage out of them would be nice.

[chris.p]

Soft suspension compared to hard suspension will **** tyres very quickly when the throttle is used enthusiasticly (never any good at spelling )

Chris.

[weeksy2]

that would be TERRIBLE on a set of Diablo Corsas, on a set of Stn Diablos it's beyond ridiculous.

When you consider how many races the lads are getting out of a set with 3-4 trackdays thrown in there too... you have to think that either YOU or your bike are doing something wrong Nige.

I'm at this stage expecting to get double your mileage including 3-4 trackdays on top out of my Diablo Corsas.

[Ray]

Get a lot more than that out of Diablos on a 998 but don't tend to can the backside off it on the road.

The only thing I don't like about diablos is the strange feeling of instability you seem to get for the first few hundred miles till scrubbed in, not experienced it wityh other tyres. Feels like the bike is moving around a bit even a fairly slow pace.

One thing to consider might be the sort of road surfaces you are riding on. A good few years ago I started using a particular back road in the car, twisty and fairly abrasive sufrace with chippings, hey presto I suddenly seemed to be going through tyres at an alarming rate, this is on a peugeot 306 1.4 and a vectra estate not a fire breathing turbo nutter special! Changed me route and hey presto no so many trips to the tyre shop.

Ray.

[phil_h]

I think its the roads too Nige. You tend to get a good fresh granite chip used up on the moors, and not very many big trucks to polish them
Works havoc with tyre wear, and leathers too if you have an off
We mostly get the 'nice' modern heavily-rolled-to-make-them-quiet roads down here now. They have feck-all grip compared to old-fashioned road surfaces, so much so that they are now putting up signs that say 'danger - slippery surface' after laying fresh tarmac