New tyres needed

[andi]

It will be the first time I have to buy a pair of tyres for my 1998 FZS. It has BT010's at the moment. My favorite tyre place has recommended BT014's. Are these suitable and can I do better? Any advice welcomed
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Before: Suzuki GT 185. Honda Superdream 250. Yamaha RD350LC. Suziki RG250. Yamaha FZS600. Honda CBR600F3
Now: Honda Fireblade 929

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

014's will be fine. Conti Road Attacks are awesome too, as are Pirelli Diablo's.
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[phk6]

014's are mint, i find them gripier then the diablo's, but im trying corsa 3's next i think
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Current .. 2008 BMW R 1200 GS Adventure ..
Before .. 2003 Yamaha Fazer 1000 .. 2004 Kawazaki Z1000 .. 2003 Suzuki Sv1000s .. 1999 zx6r Track Bike .. 1999 CB 500 Cup ..
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[andi]

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[andi]

Boy that was confusing . Michelin Pilots come in several flavours. No one seemed to know, least of all me, what would be the best one for my needs. fortunatly the tyre fitter was also a biker and understood both my needs and the Michelin product range. Hence now the happy owner of a pair of Pilot Road 2's.
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Before: Suzuki GT 185. Honda Superdream 250. Yamaha RD350LC. Suziki RG250. Yamaha FZS600. Honda CBR600F3
Now: Honda Fireblade 929

[Stiffler]

I've got 014's on mine and they're quickly heading towards death (octagonal) just 3000 miles later. Having said that they are very grippy and great in the summer when warmed up!
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[G]

The 014 is the newer version of the 010. They 'square off quickly' because they are a fairly sticky tyre, so wears fairly quickly.
Pirelli tyres have always seemed to work well for me.

I haven't found any decent Michelin bike tyres myself - though I have mostly used their track ones on bikes; I have heard similar criticisms about their road tyres to what I have found on the track ones.
Similarly for Continentals and Avons, though I haven't used any of their newest ones, their older ones have all been pretty poor.

In the end, if you ride relatively calmly and don't try and push the bike / tyres, pretty much any tyre will be good and seem fine - thus some tyres that I've found to be terrible (usually when I've done something stupid and expected the tyre to sort it out as a better one would) other people think are great.
Also, it should be remembered that generally putting new tyres on to replace old tyres will generally make the bike feel better as they are a better profile - so it's easy to fall into the trap of thinking whatever new tyres you get make the bike feel a lot better than the old ones.