Tyre advice please

[bones135]

Thanks so much to all, hell of a lot more than i was expecting & all good too.
Might stay with the front for now & give the Pilot Power a go on the rear. Local tyre guy said he could do one for around $280 i think he said.
Cheers again, most helpfull.

[jrandom]

42 Rear and 36 Front fro me....
Some run less but those psi's work for me.

Yeah, I use the same pressures on the road. Any less in the rear just feels all woogly, particularly with Jody on the back.

34R/30F on the track.

[pritch]

I think it is best to aim for a tyre that is better than your riding so you have a buffer....

I'm actually doing that myself at the moment, Pirelli Diablo Rosso.

Realistically though I'm wasting money. Sticky is nice but more sticky equals less miles. Having scratched that itch (and the Rossos are a really nice tyre) I'll probably be running sport touring tyres in future.

[jrandom]

Might stay with the front for now & give the Pilot Power a go on the rear.

Just a thought - while it's often tempting to save money that way since rears chew out faster, bear in mind that your front tyre has gone through hundreds of heat cycles, and even if it has a decent amount of tread left, the rubber will be pretty... tyred (ho ho ho).

And you're putting a sticky new rear on behind it, which will tend to push the front a bit more... not to mention that your front was a 'touring' tyre to start with.

It won't be good.

I think you'd do better to suck the cost up, if you can, and get a matching set of new tyres. Your safety is priceless.

[pritch]

get a matching set of new tyres. Your safety is priceless.

Gotta share the love...

The replies to the original posters query have been sensible.

I believe that the manufacturers know their business, and that tyres are designed to work in pairs. You can get into an argument saying things like that on KB though...

One other thing, I believe that some (all?) manufacturers put most of their wet weather technology into sport touring tyres. Putting a sport tyre on the front with a sport touring tyre on the back might have the opposite effect to what you are trying to achieve if it is raining at the time.

[bones135]

Hadnt thought about the old front & new rear thing till it was mentioned. Might see what kinda deal our local guy can do fo the pair.

[CRF119]

Ive had my 250 for 6 months it came with Pilot Active tires, What do they compare to? I have found them Pretty good. Have to get a new rear in the next month or so.