Recommend me some tyres

[bigdom86]

Hi guys

Was riding back today in the rain and realized how crap my tyres are, back end slid out on me but managed to control it, got the stock sports tourers on my cbr f4i, think bt021? Anyway, want to put on some new tyres, from research thinking PR4s but open to suggestions, price isn't an issue. 90% of riding is london commuting year round, once in a while will get out onto a-roads etc, grip is most important to me

Cheers

[Islander]

PR3 or 4, BT023, Metzeler Roadtec Z8, all are very good. Or if you're on a budget then Conti Motion are excellent too.

[Courier265]

Not surprised you slid in the rain because the roads are probably very greasy..

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[Islander]

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[kramdra]

PR4's are excellent in extreme wet or cold (doing 120 when -6c is not uncommon) and oil resistance. Ride through oil or disel makes no difference, plenty of grip.

Road5's should be the better,more expensive option, but I have not tried yet. It seems they are resistant to punctures as there are no part worns avilable.

Roadtec 01 are as good as pr4 in warm weather but I swapped one off when it got cold last year as the rear was moving about and had no confidence in it.

However since its a cbr6, suggest put a racetec on the front. Wet performance is also excellent and the profile make the bike much less boring. Track scrubs are usually 30 quid delivered and last 4k+ on the road. No good when it gets cold, below 5c. Im commuting 13k per year and get through two of these in the warm months, then back to pr4 for winter.

[Islander]

[stinkwheel]

PR4s are great in the wet. I was going to go for a road 5 this time but they haven't released the right size one for my bike yet so I've gone for another PR4GT.

A mates just back from touring the alps for a fortnight on his Tiger sport, doing as many passes as he could fit in. He put road 5s on and rates them highly.
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I got 6.5k out of a pair of m7rrs - could've maybe just about almost nearly run them to 7.5k and they'd still have been passable RE the letter of the law. But my bike feels bloody awful if I wear that much rubber away. Ride quality suffers hugely.
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[rhys99]

The Metzeler m7rr's are great, however i only got 3.5-4k out of my rear. I would happily use them all year round.
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[johnsmith222]

I know the BT021s don't have the best reputation, and the only time I've tried them was an 021 on the rear, with an 020 up the front, I'd probably just leave them on for now and ride accordingly until you've got a fair chunk of use out of them.

Last time I got tyres, I went with pilot road 2s as they were cheaper than the newer models.

This was well over a year ago though, and I'm not certain they still make the 2s. If not, I'd just suggest going with the previous model, or the current model if you're wanting to spend a bit more.

If pilot road 2s are still available, then I'd be checking the date codes and considering what milage you're doing to decide if you'll wear through them at fast enough rate.

[Shinigami]

found my bridgestone t30s were pretty good in the wet
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[stinkwheel]

The M7Rs are excellent tyres too but they square off quicker than the PR4s. The PR4 seem to retain reasonable handling right down to the point they need replacing.

I also had an experience with the M7R where they went from legal (admittedly only just above the wear bar) to showing canvas in under 200 miles. I was kicking its arse in but still.

Did a similar run at similar intensity on the PR4 last weekend and it's STILL marginally off the wear bar.

I also find the front PR4, possibly due to having those little slits around it, feathers much less markedly than any other tyre I've used.
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[stonesie]

I've been really impressed with the Avons fitted to my superduke gt, even in the wet they have only slipped when i get a bit trigger happy on the throttle, thats on the 3D Ultra Sport, a friend runs the storm 3d XM on his hyabusa and loves them.

For the price they're excellent. Michelin road 5's are brilliant but expensive in comparison.

[J4mes]

had BT023 on my Thundercat and Zx6r, always pleased with the perforamnce. Cheap, too

[bigdom86]

thanks for all the feedback guys, can confirm that indeed the roads were "foaming" so I did take it easy but the back did still manage to slide out on me a bit on a straight taking it easy, went back home to research tyres and plugged in the BT021s and noticed the many crap reviews, good to see many are recommending the PR4s as a local place has them and can fit them quickly, think I will switch over.

@kramdra - what is this racetec you are speaking about putting on the front and track scrubs? sorry relatively new to big bikes as have rode 125s for years

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[DrSnoosnoo]

I will praise Avon ultra storm II or some other combination of those words. Had them for about 25 thousand miles on the old ZZR6. They seem to last ages and always performed brilliantly in all weather commuting. Whether these are still about or been updated I don't know, my bike is now gone. Need a new one.
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