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[SlowLearner]

2CTs get my vote.

No matter what the conditions they allways look after you.

Cahanged from SuperCorsa Pros which were great in the dry but downright dangerous in the cold and wet.

Suspect Road 2s are plenty good enough for the road, but havnt tried them.

[Chef]

Nelly - stange that - I never liked the diablo 111's as well - sold them on after 500 miles or so......weird front tyre feel.....always liked 010's on the road

SL - 2CT's again!!! - everybody loves them - I've got SC's on my trackbike & they are mint - tried Dunlop 209gp race & they are great on the track - tried the 120/70 190/55 combo - very good & they do a slick version for track only - guy martin reviewed them & rated them.........

[nelly]

Originally Posted by Chef

Nelly - stange that - I never liked the diablo 111's as well - sold them on after 500 miles or so......weird front tyre feel.....always liked 010's on the road

I used to ride 010's religiously, then Diablo came out and i loved em. Corsa more so. Diablo III's felt good to start with, but the SC pro were lousy as a road tyre, so the Diablo had to be better.
016's have great feedback, specially the front and i ride the front hard so need that from a tyre. Not tried 2CT's but for me at least i have all i want from the 16's now.

[Chef]

twpd - have to agree on that one - but they do work & look good & are good for trackdays...& you don't need warmers for the road compond btw

.........but let's be honest who hasn't put racy tyres on their bike - when I first got my sps I put Rennsport streets on it - I got the horn everytime I looked at them!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right - looks like 2ct/road 2's or 016's......

Decisions decisions

thanks for all the advice......:-)

[twpd]

Originally Posted by SlowLearner

2CTs get my vote.

No matter what the conditions they allways look after you.

Cahanged from SuperCorsa Pros which were great in the dry but downright dangerous in the cold and wet.

Suspect Road 2s are plenty good enough for the road, but havnt tried them.

Quite why people put stuff like SuperCorsa Pros on for road use is beyond me tbh. They are road-legal race tyres designed for use with warmers.

[its me]

Originally Posted by twpd

Quite why people put stuff like SuperCorsa Pros on for road use is beyond me tbh. They are road-legal race tyres designed for use with warmers.

Pilot road 2 get my vote.

[jerryz]

i have pirelli diablo corsa111 on the S4 now ...excellent before used metzler Z6 also excellent and 9000miles life from the rear, michelin pilot sports are terrible,

On my 750ss ihave Dunlop D208s which are good and on the M750 metzler Z6.

[Manga]

Got Dunlops on mine cant fault em

[Bert3]

No one has mentioned suspension changes when they change tyres ... they just write the tyres off as rubbish ..... there really aren't many bad tyres out there for sportsbikes.

Most Michelins are 'softwalled' and work best with a hard suspension setup that makes the tyre move around/heat up, but Dunlops tend to be the other way round, with a harder carcass which need a softer suspension setup to get the same tyre movement/heat ...... check out the weight differences of the two!

It's all a matter of balancing the tyre and the suspension to let the tyre do it's job ... but you'll never get a touring tyre designed for longevity to work properly on track, or a fast road tyre to work on a wet, cold, B-road commute ......

[Chef]

Agree - I back off my suspension a bit for the Dunlop SportSmarts after the Pirelli diabl Supercorsa's.....