Tyres

**Keystone19** · 5th January 2006, 09:57

Alright you fullas. It's time for some new tyres on the trusty SV. I'd appreciate peoples suggestions on this one bearing in mind that I enjoy track days, have a 70km daily commute and am planning 10 days touring the South Island at the end of this month. Is there a tyre that exists that would be suitable for all these conditions or am I dreaming?

**cowpoos** · 5th January 2006, 10:08

Originally Posted by Keystone19

Alright you fullas. It's time for some new tyres on the trusty SV. I'd appreciate peoples suggestions on this one bearing in mind that I enjoy track days, have a 70km daily commute and am planning 10 days touring the South Island at the end of this month. Is there a tyre that exists that would be suitable for all these conditions or am I dreaming?

hey pretty girl....glue 1000 used condoms together....in a circle....and mount them on a rim.... enough said

**Cibby** · 5th January 2006, 10:09

Originally Posted by Keystone19

Alright you fullas. It's time for some new tyres on the trusty SV. I'd appreciate peoples suggestions on this one bearing in mind that I enjoy track days, have a 70km daily commute and am planning 10 days touring the South Island at the end of this month. Is there a tyre that exists that would be suitable for all these conditions or am I dreaming?

yeah considering your "commute" involves half of the good out west roads...

oh and you should probably mention that you ride like a hoon...

Jill - Yoshi talked to the boys at cycle treads, told them what i rode bikes like that they sorted me out with some awesome tyres, and not very expensive either.. i think yoshi had words with them.

**bugjuice** · 5th January 2006, 10:10

I'd forget about a sticky tyre for the track, and look at tyres that are a harder compound so you don't have to replace them next week! A lot of touring tyres give a good amount of grip, and the compound still gives them plenty of k's.. May be something like a 'sports-tourer' type of tyre could be ideal. I've got no experience with any tho, so can't recommend any brands. Get the names of a few good ones, then call around for the best price I guess

**Postie** · 5th January 2006, 10:20

you can get dual compound tyres with a harder compound in the middle and softer on the sides. it means that when commuting, you will not wear it out too much and when you are carving twisties, you got grip...

**emaN** · 5th January 2006, 10:42

Michelin Pilot Roads gave me lots of kms, fun on dry roads, safe in the wet (best i've had in the wet, me-thinks)

Pirelli Dragons also gave good kms, held on dry roads, didn't quite give me same 'safe feeling' in the wet.

Pirelli Diablo (rear) seems to be wearing ok; don't know if i need the extra sticky-ness.. I think i'll try the Diablo Strada next.

For 90% of us road users, sports-tourers do the job and then some...think i'll put Stradas on both ends; they'll be fine even on the KB trackday in March

Good luck, i'd be interested to know what you get/how much you hand over...

**cowpoos** · 5th January 2006, 10:48

Originally Posted by Postie

you can get dual compound tyres with a harder compound in the middle and softer on the sides. it means that when commuting, you will not wear it out too much and when you are carving twisties, you got grip...

true...we can glue ribbed condoms along the sides for xtra grip

**Colapop** · 5th January 2006, 10:53

Originally Posted by cowpoos

hey pretty girl....glue 1000 used condoms together....in a circle....and mount them on a rim.... enough said

Umm Yeah. Something seriously wrong with that picture!

**Postie** · 5th January 2006, 10:58

Originally Posted by cowpoos

ribbed condoms

work best when turned insideout, give yourself the pleasure....

**Zed** · 5th January 2006, 12:04

Originally Posted by Keystone19

Alright you fullas. It's time for some new tyres on the trusty SV. I'd appreciate peoples suggestions on this one bearing in mind that I enjoy track days, have a 70km daily commute and am planning 10 days touring the South Island at the end of this month. Is there a tyre that exists that would be suitable for all these conditions or am I dreaming?

I ran two sets of Pirelli Diablo Strada's on my Blackbird and couldn't fault them. They are a sport/touring compound tyre and I was commuting daily, riding most weekends, and did 1 track day on them, brilliant!

Cycletreads, Takapuna. Mention you're a KBer Jill and they should do you a sharp price.

**Sparky Bills** · 5th January 2006, 14:22

Pirelli's
Diablo "Strada": Great for commuting! Specially for the SV. I had one of these on the back of my R1, and didnt have a 2nd thought about grip.

Diablo: Good Sport/Touring tyre (leaning more toward sport) Absolutley fantastic in the rain!

Diablo "Corsa": Great trackday tyre. Wont last too long, but will have more than enough grip while you do have tread. I run these on the CBR, Not one bad thing to say about these. Only good good good!

**chickenfunkstar** · 5th January 2006, 15:16

How did your Z6 rear hold up at the track? I had a set of Z6's which I was really happy with but the back roasted itself at the track. I'd say that I've got a fair few Kg's on you though so maybe that was part of the reason. If you're pushing very hard on the road they will start to slip but they give you heaps of feedback. They're also easy to warm up and are pretty good in the wet. I'm a pretty big fan of them for road use.

I'm currently using a set of Metzeler M1's which have been to the track a few times. They don't start to fall to bits after a few laps of the track but for road use they do wear out a bit quicker. I'd imagine you'd really have to man-handle them to get them to slide out. At Pukekohe I was at full throttle in third at max lean and they felt safe as houses.

I think M1's are a bit cheaper to buy than Z6's. I'll probably go back to a Z6 after I finished off my M1's.

These are the only two tyres i've tried, haven't really felt the need to get something else.

**Zapf** · 5th January 2006, 15:21

For the record I think she is riding on a Z6 rear and M1 front

I heard that Pilot power / sport is really sticky... dono how long it'll last thou.

How many k's have you got on the bike now Jill? I think it was at 8'xxx k's that I put that set on.

**Keystone19** · 5th January 2006, 15:26

Originally Posted by Zapf

For the record I think she is riding on a Z6 rear and M1 front

I heard that Pilot power / sport is really sticky... dono how long it'll last thou.

How many k's have you got on the bike now Jill? I think it was at 8'xxx k's that I put that set on.

yep, I'm on 19500km now so that means I've got 11500km out of them - shit that's good. That includes two track days, daily commuting and the rest...actually if the weather's good tomorrow I'll finish them off on the track at Pukekohe so that will be three track days.

Guess it helps being a light weight...

**Quasievil** · 5th January 2006, 17:30

Two words Jill, Pirelli Diablo (not a corsa) that is what you need, the strada will not be adequate for the track days.
I did 12000kms on diablos including two track days on my 03 636, ( im not that slow either), they performed well.
trust me on this one mate, you wont be disappointed

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