Bridgestone S20 tyre review

[Corse1]

I'm hoping those pressures are stone cold. Otherwise I would encourage a touch more.

Horses for courses though, it's not like I have experience with the tyres on a decent chassis...(Neither do either of you though, come to think of it...hehehehehehehehe).

haha yeah could agree with you there. Revamped suspension could help a bit but yes stone cold pressures as advised to me by Whites Bridgestone specialist Jay Lawrence at a tyre seminar for the track. I would use 36 rear and 34 front for the road. I do not push it on our nations finest though.

[JayRacer37]

I'm hoping those pressures are stone cold. Otherwise I would encourage a touch more.

Horses for courses though, it's not like I have experience with the tyres on a decent chassis...(Neither do either of you though, come to think of it...hehehehehehehehe).

That's harsh Drew, enough to get your arse up in a 2:10...!

haha yeah could agree with you there. Revamped suspension could help a bit but yes stone cold pressures as advised to me by Whites Bridgestone specialist Jay Lawrence at a tyre seminar for the track. I would use 36 rear and 34 front for the road. I do not push it on our nations finest though.

Yep, that would be the pressures I would advise at the extreme end of the track spectrum, if you do something with longer sessions I would recommend 1-2 psi higher. Which seminar of mine were you at, from interest? Re: your road pressures, personally I would go vise-versa - 36 front, 34 rear.

[Drew]

That's harsh Drew, enough to get your arse up in a 2:10...!

Wasn't a fun 2m10s of my life though.

[Corse1]

Yep, that would be the pressures I would advise at the extreme end of the track spectrum, if you do something with longer sessions I would recommend 1-2 psi higher. Which seminar of mine were you at, from interest? Re: your road pressures, personally I would go vise-versa - 36 front, 34 rear.

At Bayride a while ago when they had an expo evening or something like that....The pressures worked well at the track and the tyre wear looks good. They are private track days where we hire the track ourselves so basically go out when you want for how long you want. Easy to rack up 300kms a day just on the track.

Will go with those pressures for the road if it gets out there again Its been sitting for the last 8 weeks in the garage still with track plastics on. The 4s is getting plenty of use though.

[actungbaby]

Dude and didint come see me ;-)
Whats it like not walking stooped over . agh used to live in pet one went to school there.

Oh i know i blame my spelling on those years hehe

seriously i been thinking can smell the burning not good . cbr 900 rr front

cheap tire or the s 20,s . thing puts me of read reviews overseas reakon the wear fast.

Not so bad on the front but rears are 300.00 plus aghhh

Am thinking from cbr is alot quicker than vfr and alot more i rekon i be flicking around

Alot more as vfr is like lazy boy chair u sort of let it takes it time

The shinko on vfr worn down already shit seems only done few thousand k,s on it crap.



Over Piecock hill was a different test than the Rimutaka hill. Piecock (obviously this isn't how it's meant to be spelled, but I don't care), is a mixture of near perfect seal, transitioning to a goat track, then back to nice. The hoops coped very well with that, and continued to do what I wanted of them.

I've twice now had the front feel border line tucking, but it's not consistent enough for me to think it's a tyre issue. Both times was easily sorted out by merely dropping shoulder a tad, so not sure why I brought it up.

Smooth and comfy on the open road, will report again when I next ride.[/QUOTE]

[roogazza]

Still running 36 F 38 R with the S20s. Feel great to me , tho reading thread it seems thoughts on pressures seem to be less than before esspecially at rear ????
Have kept note of Kms so will report wear on change over.

[JayRacer37]

Wasn't a fun 2m10s of my life though.

Yeah fair enough!

[JayRacer37]

Still running 36 F 38 R with the S20s. Feel great to me , tho reading thread it seems thoughts on pressures seem to be less than before esspecially at rear ????
Have kept note of Kms so will report wear on change over.

Yeah, I am hearing reports from people that have tried more extreme pressure and have liked it. I wouldn't recommend below 30, and to be honest its better to start with manufacturers recommendations, but I have heard from a number of people that low worked well. The consensus seems to be 34 cold rear.

[slofox]

Currently at 7500km give or take a couple. Back tyre is doubtful at best and would probably fail a warrant. Best I be changing it before the dreaded steel belt appears in the middle...

[AllanB]

Currently at 7500km give or take a couple. Back tyre is doubtful at best and would probably fail a warrant. Best I be changing it before the dreaded steel belt appears in the middle...

So how's it handling at the extreme end of it's life? I find I chuck tyres nearing the end as the handling usually changes for the worse and pisses me off so I probably throw them out at 90% dead.

How's the 7500 compare with other sports tyres on your bike?

[roogazza]

Currently at 7500km give or take a couple. Back tyre is doubtful at best and would probably fail a warrant. Best I be changing it before the dreaded steel belt appears in the middle...

Ok, so the front isn't wearing at the same rate ? Mine usually do, guess I'm like Melandri huh ???? hahahahaha.
But seriously I seem to get more out of the rear than most.
The older PPowers gave 9000 with higher pressures, but again were stuffed together, front and rear.

ps thanks for that other post, JayRacer37, re pressures.

[slofox]

So how's it handling at the extreme end of it's life? I find I chuck tyres nearing the end as the handling usually changes for the worse and pisses me off so I probably throw them out at 90% dead.

How's the 7500 compare with other sports tyres on your bike?

They haven't let me down at all but they don't feel the same as they did. Not too keen on the "end of life" stage either.

Km? Well, original BT016's gave me 9000 on two sets. The 016 Pro's went 7000km. But then I ride a little differently now than I did when the bike was new. I'm not as careful as I was - the bike is now "old" and so am I. What do I have to lose? Better I kill myself than someone else does it for me...

Ok, so the front isn't wearing at the same rate ? Mine usually do, guess I'm like Melandri huh ???? hahahahaha.
But seriously I seem to get more out of the rear than most.
The older PPowers gave 9000 with higher pressures, but again were stuffed together, front and rear.

ps thanks for that other post, JayRacer37, re pressures.

No the front has a little life yet. But not too much - maybe 1500 at most? It has, however, shown much less scalloping than the 016 series did. The shape is still quite good. So I'd rate the front quite well.

Overall, I'd have to say I have loved riding on these tyres. But due to current financial restraints, I may have to settle for something that costs me a little less. That's the reality of being on old fart...

[JayRacer37]

Ok, so the front isn't wearing at the same rate ? Mine usually do, guess I'm like Melandri huh ???? hahahahaha.
But seriously I seem to get more out of the rear than most.
The older PPowers gave 9000 with higher pressures, but again were stuffed together, front and rear.

ps thanks for that other post, JayRacer37, re pressures.

Not a problem!

Overall, I'd have to say I have loved riding on these tyres. But due to current financial restraints, I may have to settle for something that costs me a little less. That's the reality of being on old fart...

Boyd's have some pretty great prices on S20 and T30 currently...

[slofox]

Boyd's have some pretty great prices on S20 and T30 currently...

Thanks for the info JayRacer37 - I'll be calling on them tomorrow for a warrant.

[ckai]

Currently at 7500km give or take a couple. Back tyre is doubtful at best and would probably fail a warrant. Best I be changing it before the dreaded steel belt appears in the middle...

I should have a look to see how many k's I've done. It'll be f'all and might even scare me at how little the bike's been ridden since throwing the s20's on. What pressures are/were you running?

I might have a look at dropping mine a little from what you lot have said and see how they feel. I reckon these tyres give wicked confidence. Every time I jump on the bike I seem to care less and less what speed I'm going into corners. And I also make brooommmm noises a lot more Personally, I reckon that should be their selling point.