Bridgestone S20 tyre review

[ckai]

rocking the 2011 r1 with the factory dunlops at the moment.. when they are worn out i was thnking pilot power pures or some pirreli's, but are these bridgestones worth a try...

Yip

I've had michies all the time on my bikes with the last set being the pures. For me, the s20's are better. Mixed bag of results regarding tyre life for people but I think that's coming down to pressure. The feel and grip do it for me.

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[mattathm]

I run em and a lot of my mates run em...

30psi all round for good grip on the road.
Im not worried about the tyres lasting. Id rather the grip than 10000kms of life.

Yip

I've had michies all the time on my bikes with the last set being the pures. For me, the s20's are better. Mixed bag of results regarding tyre life for people but I think that's coming down to pressure. The feel and grip do it for me.

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[onearmedbandit]

30psi? On the road? Interesting.

[Xsannz]

30psi? On the road? Interesting.

hmmm yeah sounds a little too squishy to me.. i would run 32psi .. it woudl keep the shape better i think..

30 < and lower = stunters pressure sorta..

know a stunter mate who runs at between 26 - 30 psi so he can get a bigger and flatter contact patch.

[Drew]

36psi Ish front and rear. Depending on the day, and they are at their best.

Oh yeah. On m stunt bike, I ran 18psi front, 14rear. Not S20s though.

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Running 36/38 in my S20s on my GSXR. Done around 3000k on them so far, looks like I'll get about 5-6000 out of the rear, maybe a bit more from the front. Will most likely get S20s again.

[BigAl]

My rear S20 is toast after 4400 ks and 4 months of summer riding on the R1.

Running 38/36 psi in em.

Good grip but I'll be going back to pilot powers, after getting nearly 9k out of my last rear.

Maybe the new 3 or might even try race/road attacks as heard good things about them.

[Geeen]

My rear S20 is toast after 4400 ks and 4 months of summer riding on the R1.

Running 38/36 psi in em.

Good grip but I'll be going back to pilot powers, after getting nearly 9k out of my last rear.

Maybe the new 3 or might even try race/road attacks as heard good things about them.

I have the new conti Sport attack 2 on the Speedy, awesome tyre. Not the cheapest option out there by a LONG way!!

[Drew]

My rear S20 is toast after 4400 ks and 4 months of summer riding on the R1.

Running 38/36 psi in em.

Good grip but I'll be going back to pilot powers, after getting nearly 9k out of my last rear.

Maybe the new 3 or might even try race/road attacks as heard good things about them.

I'd be looking long and hard at the bike set up, personally. I've gotten more than 4,400k's on the back of my bike, and it ONLY gets used to be thrashed within an inch of it's life over the Rimutaka hill. With the one exception of going to Wanganui and back.

[BigAl]

I'd be looking long and hard at the bike set up, personally. I've gotten more than 4,400k's on the back of my bike, and it ONLY gets used to be thrashed within an inch of it's life over the Rimutaka hill. With the one exception of going to Wanganui and back.

Ohlins on rear that RT had a look at when I was down there and set up not changed since michelins,
Maybe ridden slightly harder, that's all.

[Drew]

Ohlins on rear that RT had a look at when I was down there and set up not changed since michelins,
Maybe ridden slightly harder, that's all.

Interesting.

I think Fraser got around 5,000 on the Gixxer, so I guess we can glean from those results that on a superbike, the S20's perform but don't last.

[Xsannz]

i think r1's eat rears..

the factory dunlop is only 780km into it's life.. (new bike) non tcs version ex demo 2011 model....

and i notice massive stippling on my rear tyre and wear.. and suspension is set for me...

i think the r1 just pushes tyres hard... i remeber Rossie struggling at the end of races on the M1 the r1 is based off because his back ed was all over the place late in the race dure to tyres being chewed out..

guess when the bike is designed to make the most of the available torque something has to give...

[Drew]

i think r1's eat rears..

the factory dunlop is only 780km into it's life.. (new bike) non tcs version ex demo 2011 model....

and i notice massive stippling on my rear tyre and wear.. and suspension is set for me...

i think the r1 just pushes tyres hard... i remeber Rossie struggling at the end of races on the M1 the r1 is based off because his back ed was all over the place late in the race dure to tyres being chewed out..

guess when the bike is designed to make the most of the available torque something has to give...

Original equipment are nothing to go by. They are often different to what we get off the shelf.

R1 is no harder on tyres than any other superbike, meant to be easier on tyres even due to the long gap between power pulses.

[JayRacer37]

Original equipment are nothing to go by. They are often different to what we get off the shelf.

R1 is no harder on tyres than any other superbike, meant to be easier on tyres even due to the long gap between power pulses.

I was using two rears on my R1 to Adrian's one on his GSXR on track...and I was often 1 compound level harder on the rear than him too. My lap times were quicker but not by more than a second so pretty close. The crossplane R1 linkage seems to be pretty abrupt and hard on tyres...maybe the weight bias contributed to that but I had it high in the front and not much higher than stock in the rear.

[Drew]

Just another nail in the coffin, of the most horrible superbike I've ever ridden I guess.