Avon - The love affair is over!

[TOTO]

It would be interesting to get your bike some Michelin Pilot Road 3 and see how you like them. I'm loving them, but my bike is nowhere near as heavy as yours.

I just noticed this at the bottom of the thread.

Three known long distance riders.

+ the ones in invisible mode

I have no idea what you would use to measure the tyre temperature though ...

can use one of those to measure the temp of the tyre

http://www.cycletreads.co.nz/product...l_infrare.aspx

[Blackbird]

It would be interesting to get your bike some Michelin Pilot Road 3 and see how you like them. I'm loving them, but my bike is nowhere near as heavy as yours.

I'm loving the PR3's on the Street Triple, but then again, the Avon Storms, Avon Storm Ultras and Avon VP2's I had both on the Blackbird and Triple were great tyres too

[Hitcher]

I'd add Mr Metzeler's Z8 Interacts to that list as well.

[BigOne]

I'm loving the PR3's on the Street Triple, but then again, the Avon Storms, Avon Storm Ultras and Avon VP2's I had both on the Blackbird and Triple were great tyres too

I'm not sure what makes the ST1300 such a unique bike, except that the rear tyre size is narrow compared to modern big bore bikes.
Not sure either why they are reported to eat dual compound tyres quickly.

I've used dual compound Pilot Road 2CTs and 3CTs on my GSX1400 for 60,000kms, and get 12-14k out of each set, depending on a track day or two. Granted, it's a 190 tyre, but other things about the ST and the GSX like torque delivery and weight would by pretty even, I'd have thought.
I use the Michelins at 36psi front and rear, and they wear out evenly and without flats or cupping developing.