Help needed with tyres please

[Richard Green]

I was just woundering if there are any tyres out there for sports bikes with a harder compound in the centre of the tyre and a softer compound on the outside edges that anyone could recommend .
I have currently got a setof BT014,s fitted and they stick to the road like glue and i fing them great during the dry weather , but and it is a big but , now with the road conditions becoming a little more hazardous and riding to the conditions , ie not leaning the bike , after 200 miles they are squaring off , noticed this when i was two up and the bike just didnt want to go over , that and the fact now ive noticed the square tyres the bike will have to stay under cover to hide the embbarrasing square tyres till the weather drys up

[keyser soze]

Michelin Pilot Power 2CT Tyres are the ones your looking for.

i've just got them fitted to my buell and they feel great. so far

[Phoenix]

Ring Bridgestone and ask them to make you some 010s, they did everything you want.

Pilot Powers are my next choice because the price has come down now and I felt very confident with them when I tried them out in the wet.

D207s are my 2nd favourite to 010s, they don't seem to wear much in the wet but still grip brilliantly, cheap too.

[trevoriv]

ive got a bt014 front and a bt020 rear, still look new after over a 1000 miles

[Phoenix]

1000 miles is nothing, if you're not hard on, hard off the throttle all the time you should be getting 6-8k from a set.

[ram_doom]

Conti road attacks are pretty great, just got some on my ninja

M+P are selling them at the moment for £120 a pair, expecting 5000 miles out of em
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[Davo]

I'm using a set of Pirelli Diablo's on my R6 at the moment, had no problems in this weather with them, have had quite some distance (getting towards 8,000 miles now) out of them as well and still got about 2mm left on them.

[Richard Green]

wow 8000 miles im not getting anywhere near that , im at around 1500 miles and down to around 4mm , i need to invest in some tractor tyres

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[bazza]

The dual compound tyres I'm aware of:

Avon Azaro
Bridgestone BT020
Conti Road Attack

I've used the BT020/014 combo that trevoriv suggests and they're pretty good (8000 plus miles). I plan on trying the Contis next time just for comparison.
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[mark83]

I've learnt that for my riding style, I just need to follow one simple rule:

Pirelli every time.
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[Mr.Everready]

I've got Pirelli Diablo Stradas, they're the sports touring option. They're on a 2003 ZX6 and I've had no problems what so ever.
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[MarJay]

I've got a set of Pirelli Diablos, and they stick better than all the sets of 010's I've ever had. Plus they are harder wearing for motorway miles and in the wet. They also grip well in the wet.

I've tried Diablo Corsas and Supercorsas, and unless you are doing trackdays, the plain Diablos are the best for the road.

If you just do trackdays then Supercorsas are what you want, so I don't really see a lot of point in the corsas...
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[JonB]

I never realised Bridgestone BT020's were dual compound. I have both front and rear on my Bandit.
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[MarJay]

https://www.bike-pix.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6455

[MarJay]

He also says that its only ever rear tyres which are dual compound, and the BT014 isn't dual compound too.
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[bazza]

[Pete.]

I don't think the Azaro is dual-compound either. The Azaro ST had a 7mm deep tread on my bike which gave a significant increase in mileage. I wouldn't put one on the front of my bike though preferring to use an SP on the front and an ST on the rear.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[short1uk]

BT 020, harder in middle for touring, softer on edge for funnnn


I got one on my rear end looks sweet too!!

Place near here £116 fitted and they tightened my chain too

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[sickpup]

[Glen]

[Richard Green]

Thanks for all the advice and recommendations , i think i may give the 020's a run and see what they last like , hopefully better than the 014's .

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