Tyre advice - KTM Supermoto

[Devil]

'treads just quoted me $450 for the Pirelli's fitted.

[Badcat]

'treads just quoted me $450 for the Pirelli's fitted.

i would estimate that the pirellis would last roughly HALF as long as the avons though...

K

[Devil]

Hrm. Catch 22. I do require the stickiness on the road so I may just have to put up with the mileage...

[Badcat]

Hrm. Catch 22. I do require the stickiness on the road so I may just have to put up with the mileage...

yeah - go on.
i have never had tyres that made me happier than those pirellis.
you won't regret it.
k

[Quasievil]

lol, I dont recall the Avons being slippy, but if you got lots of money go for the pirellis.

[Devil]

Getting me a quote for the Avon Distanzia Supermoto's now.

[Dazza]

Getting me a quote for the Avon Distanzia Supermoto's now.

Mate just put the Pirelli supermotard tyre on his 950 (180) & was $450 for the rear unfitted, ouch, so is looks like it's Z6's for him front & rear, my Super Duke handles the gravel nice on Z6's aslong as it hasn't been graded recently .I Just used to runroad tyres on my Duke II as 98% was on the tar !!! I thought they'd last longer than on my then Mille, NOT !!!!

[SeppoDave]

There are quite a few road tyres made in 160/60-17 size. I would lean more toward sitcky than long-lasting. I went with Metzeler M1s. I used to have them on my old SV650. Not bad for track days, and they should last a little longer on the motard because it weighs 50-60kgs less.





Dave

[Devil]

I've already got sticky tarmac tyres. I'm after stuff that'll do dirt/gravel roads...

[SeppoDave]

Ah.

Nothing does both very well. How about a set of dirt wheels to swap out? One of the reasons I bought the KTM was because they were offering an extra set of wheels. It's like two bikes!!

Dave

[NordieBoy]

Ah.

Nothing does both very well.

Pirelli MT60 Corsa?

[Gremlin]

I'm gonna bump an old thread, coz devil needs a slap upside the head.

You dolt... I ran a raceattack rear tyre on my zx10, all completely road set up, and did several kilometres of gravel (about 10-20km). It handled it fine. It just depends what you want to do... grip for me was really only necessary into corners (urrr... when people know the whole story they generally look a little wide eyed, call me nuts, and walk off )

ok, the tyre only lasted 1500km, and the Mt Eden boys looked at me a little odd when I had to replace it... I think they displayed it for a while

[Motardman]

Pilot Power on the rear and Pilot Power 2CT on the front, awesome combination in the wet or dry, really predictable slides in the wet too.....I love it me