How many ks are left in this tyre?

[boomer]

Hell man it's buggered, sending it up in smoke is all its good for. Worn out & cracked you would have to be on bad "P" to ride on that piece of crap

twas an attempt at being funny.. i was inferring you meant his bike.. not the tyre

As for what i ride you should have looked a bit closer @ least it isn't a gixxer 100

are you on drugs?? take some of your own advice and look closer

[jafar]

twas an attempt at being funny.. i was inferring you meant his bike.. not the tyre

A FAILED attempt it would seem

are you on drugs?? take some of your own advice and look closer

Done that ...... clearly states gixxer 100 on nos
that should keep the vespa's off ya tail

[boomer]

Done that ...... clearly states gixxer 100 on nos
that should keep the vespa's off ya tail

sarcasm and whitt is lost as soon as you have to explain it.. i knew that when i typed it.

and my "K8 GSXR100 Turbo mother**n NOS'd" will school you on anything you care to bring to the party ... shame we're only on K7's tho and i really own a fags bike..

[jafar]

and my "K8 GSXR100 Turbo mother**n NOS'd" will school you on anything you care to bring to the party :

Bring it on

[smoky]

The guy in town recommended a particular tyre (which i cant remember name of now) that he thinks will wear better commuting.

I needed a couple of tyres last month, my tyre looked like yours. I got a set of the new Michelin Pilot Road 2.
Long story short they said it offers better wet grip and longer tread life than any of its competitors. CERM (Centre d'Essais Routiers Mechanique) an independent test company 'proved' that it wears better and grips better in the wet than the Pirelli Diablo Strada, Bridgestone BT021 and BT020, Dunlop Sportmax D220, Continental Road Attack Z and the Metzeler Roadtec Z6. (sportbike magazine).

The magic of duel compounds.
They were a good price too - about $450 for the two, fitted.

I have no regrets - they're great tyres, wet and dry - nearly 3000 ks so far

[Squiggles]

found myself with tyres in that condition when i was in nelson, asked the cycletreads guys and they thought i'd make it to picton if i was reeeeaaaalll gentle....

decided to have them order one and wait, glad i did, when they took it off they let me feel it and it was so very very thin

get it replaced before you go anywhere

[cowboyz]

Tyre doesnt seem so bad now. Michellin pilot road 2 so we will see how it goes.

[smoky]

Tyre doesnt seem so bad now. Michellin pilot road 2 so we will see how it goes.

The tred pattern is very different to mine - they must be the new series tyre, can I ask what they cost

[cowboyz]

sure you can

[smoky]

sure you can

what they cost then?

[cowboyz]

$313 on the bike. I think it was $285 or $290 for the tyre itself. I like to drop bike off and pickup later so they charge a bit for fitting.

[Kwaka14]

Hey.. I only have to keep up with hondas. Its not like I have to ride that fast.

The guy in town recommended a particular tyre (which i cant remember name of now) that he thinks will wear better commuting.

have to see in about 4 months time

Get an Avon Storm, wear well and apparrently ride very well....

[smoky]

$313 on the bike. I think it was $285 or $290 for the tyre itself.

Good tyre - good price - lets us know what ya think once it's scrubbed in.

[cowboyz]

well at the end of the day.. if it keeps my fairings off the road I am happy with it.

[JayRacer37]

An independent test company 'proved' that it wears better and grips better in the wet than the Pirelli Diablo Strada, Bridgestone BT021 and BT020, Dunlop Sportmax D220, Continental Road Attack Z and the Metzeler Roadtec Z6. (sportbike magazine).

They say nothing about DRY grip though....thats why we avoid rain!!

The magic of duel compounds.

I have no regrets - they're great tyres, wet and dry - nearly 3000 ks so far

Pah, duel compound is old hat...Continenal's Force Max was duel comp in around 2000, 2001. Others had duel around then...I dunno how Michelin claimed/s to have 'the first' road duel comp tyre, 'cause thats rot.

New technology in the Continental Attack range (at this point in RaceAttack only, but I guess it may yet be transferred to the Road and Sport attack) is "100% variable compounding" - basically its the same rubber all over, and 'cooked in diffrent ways'. This means that the rubber is 'hard' in the middle, and progressively changes to 'soft' at the tread edge. This HUGE advantage is in the lack of an "unstable transition period" - duel comp is horrid when going from the 'soft' to the 'hard' parts of the tyre.

Duel Compounding is not a good thing anyways, not for tyre life....or safety really. Think of a Licorice allsort - you can peel it apart where the diffrent pieces meet. The same goes for the meet of compuonding in a tyre - Just ask James Toesland, this degradation was what forced his exit at Monza in superbikes last weekend.