What rear tyre for SV1000????

[arj127]

I need to replace the rear on my SV, the front Pilot sport is still in pretty good nick (and i'm too tight to want to chuck it).
Has anyone had any experience of running another type of tyre such as an m3 with the original pilot sport?
My pilot sports have only lasted 5500km, probably due to the previous owner running them at a low pressure and me stupidly not checking it when i bought the bike.
What should i do?

[homer]

ive said it once and ill say it again ....metzler roadtec z6.

[arj127]

ive said it once and ill say it again ....metzler roadtec z6.

Whats your reason for that, there not the prettiest looking tyre and they have no grooves near the centre of the tyre. Do they give good grip and mileage.

[homer]

well
my rear tyre has done just getting near 7000km now
will have another 7 easy i recken , thats not hard riding thou.
2 up at times as well .
dry grip is really good . wet road and smooth , well depends what you call good grip .
quite good in the wet i think .
and why do you need a centre line , i keep trying to find good tyres with out it .
You dont corner with the centre remember .
there also duel compound so the sides of the tyre are softer than the centre.

[Squiggles]

M3's are awesome, dont know whether the profile will match the front tho

[avgas]

Shinko, getting better every year. Spend the change on a front tyre while your at it.

[Fatjim]

I need to replace the rear on my SV, the front Pilot sport is still in pretty good nick (and i'm too tight to want to chuck it).
Has anyone had any experience of running another type of tyre such as an m3 with the original pilot sport?
My pilot sports have only lasted 5500km, probably due to the previous owner running them at a low pressure and me stupidly not checking it when i bought the bike.
What should i do?

Your prolly better off getting the cheapest Michilin thats got a similar profile, wear won't be an issue because your front's half worn and you'll want to put a set on next time. Ring around for a sport/road/road2 etc and see whos' got one cheap.

[Devil]

M3's are excellent. Chuck the rear on and when you get some spare cash do the the front too.

[mouldy]

M3's are excellent. Chuck the rear on and when you get some spare cash do the the front too.

Yes M3s' are good but not the same shape as a Pilot sport , Old Pilot Road on the back will run fine with Sport front but double check front tread depth 45 degrees away from the centre line on the right hand side

[arj127]

Have put a Pilot Road 2 on it.
Would like to go to M3's next time.

[Morcs]

Just got a pilot power front and a road 2 rear.

Can honestly say fantastic. good grip in dry and wet, will get good mileage outta the rear, and it tips in quicker than when I was running conti race attacks.

go figure.

[Pumba]

When the factory Pilot Road rear ran out of rubber on my SV I put a Conti Road Attack on.

Seemed to work well.

Then when the front is stuffed put a full set of Contis on, I loved them

[TimeOut]

Can honestly say fantastic. good grip in dry and wet, will get good mileage outta the rear, and it tips in quicker than when I was running conti race attacks.

go figure.

Found the same with (Pilot road front PR2 rear) especially the tipping in and staying planted in the corners. 8000km on them so far front hardly showing wear should be another 8k out of the rear.

[Dealer]

I put pilot road 2's on my Busa and they lasted 8000k, and that was with 2 track days which chewed out the right hand side of the rear.
Had Metzler M3's on the bike when i bought it and changed them immediately.
Damn lethal when cold on wet roads, had the back zip out a couple of times. Had no scary moments with the Road2's. Running on my 2nd set now.

[BBQ]

iv got conti sport attacks on mys sv1 very gripy in dry and wet