New Rear tyres... some ideas?

[ManDownUnder]

No 160/60-18 rears then

Not in Pirelli... but a quick look in Bridgestone 020s...
160/60-18 $109

That's about NZ$160 + freight... not bad!

[Lou Girardin]

cheers guys - all good info!

I'm amased at the rate the RF gets through tires though - my last bike was a 550 and they lasted a site longer... aaaa the price of horsepower (not to mention the FUN of horsepower)

I'll have a ring around and see what kind of prices I can get on the rubber too....

I'm using Avon AV45/46 on my RF and they're just fine, 10,000 to 11,000 from a rear. More grip than I can use. If you want a sportier tyre try Diablos, there's some good deals going at present. Try Leading Edge and Cycletreads.
Lou

P S. Don't forget to add fitting and balancing. It tends to knock the cost up a bit.

[ManDownUnder]

I'm using Avon AV45/46 on my RF and they're just fine, 10,000 to 11,000 from a rear. More grip than I can use. If you want a sportier tyre try Diablos, there's some good deals going at present. Try Leading Edge and Cycletreads.
Lou

P S. Don't forget to add fitting and balancing. It tends to knock the cost up a bit.

Good man - cheers
MDU

[jrandom]

... and Cycletreads.

er... as a nice open spot to park the bike up and admire the new tyres after having them fitted at Leading Edge?

Think you might be forgetting something there Lou

[SPman]

.. If you want to kill yourself, by all means go tooling round on homemade, hard, bald tyres of differing compounds front and rear...

Well, KK's still hare!

[jrandom]

KK's still hare!

Shouldn't that be 'hair', as in March?

[jrandom]

If you want to kill yourself, by all means go tooling round on homemade, hard, bald tyres of differing compounds front and rear...

Here here.

[ManDownUnder]

Here here.

... there goes the neighbourhood...

[jrandom]

... there goes the neighbourhood...

Things getting a bit too heary for you?

[wkid_one]

I'd never replace tyres singularly if you paid me too - unless replacing with same tyre.

Can't go past the M1's for price and grip.

Diablos okay.

Would go Rennsports everytime a donut!

[Lou Girardin]

er... as a nice open spot to park the bike up and admire the new tyres after having them fitted at Leading Edge?

Think you might be forgetting something there Lou

Aren't they operating out of temp premises? Still, ther's always Hamilton.
Lou

[jrandom]

Aren't they operating out of temp premises?

Thought about that after posting...

Not sure where, though.

[ManDownUnder]

I'd never replace tyres singularly if you paid me too - unless replacing with same tyre.

Can't go past the M1's for price and grip.

Diablos okay.

Would go Rennsports everytime a donut!

Dude - from that avatar it looks like you have a thing for pairs...

[Jackrat]

That bit about the rear haveing no tread in the center being Ok is a bit of a worry.I noticed yonks ago that the rear tyre does not always follow in the same track as the front other than in a dead straight line,even a small amount of weave will put them in different places.Sounds like a bit of Oz'y logic that one.But then their conditions are a lot different to ours as well.
As to the best tyre,well I used to have an issue with both Dunlop and Avon but they both seem to have got heaps better in resent times.
I think as long as you go with any of the better known brands they are all pretty good.My own personal fave's are Michelin and Pirelli,Just don't buy any of them shing ding types.Of course some bikes like a certain type of tyre so it pays to talk with folks that ride your bike and find out what they like.
Cheers.

[ManDownUnder]

I think as long as you go with any of the better known brands they are all pretty good.My own personal fave's are Michelin and Pirelli,Just don't buy any of them shing ding types.Of course some bikes like a certain type of tyre so it pays to talk with folks that ride your bike and find out what they like.
Cheers.

Cheers Jack.

I used to run a Continental Contitour on my last bike (admittedly a 550, not a 900) and it didn't wear out. I can't find anything by Continental any more and after searching high and low am settling for a Metzler MEZ4 or MEZ6 (the new one - supposedly amasing... but then they would say that) or the Avon AV46

My warrant comes up 19 March and it'll be touch and go to getting through (according to a guy from a WOF station I checked with yesterday) but if I make it through this one I'll be shopping in the US when I go up next time for what I want. Tires are so much cheaper up there! (NZ$339 vs NZ$549 for a pair of Avons - same tires compared!)

MDU