My new Yamaha YBR125 and michelin sporty tyres

[oisky]

some photos. OK so it's not an R1 but it's good enough for me (for the moment) !!

[cokker]

When you getting your knee down with them?
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[Paddy Blake]

Looks very nice.
Lock it to something or it will be lifted into a van.

[ncrn]

very clean but yeh as paddy blake said you should lock it too something, have you thought about a ground anchor?
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[Essex_Mike]

I like it

What size tyres are you using there on the YBR? and how much did they cost?

Cheers, Mike
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Current Bike - Suzuki GS500F

[oisky]

you can't see in the picture but it is attatched to a ground anchor. I don't know what size they are but I got them from

https://stores.ebay.co.uk/RoundAndBlack/Round-And-Black-Shop-Front-Page.html

The guy was brilliant and sent them the same day. It was (inc P and P) roughly £90 for both tyres. I've only had my bike for 2 days, and only have my old scooter to compare them with, but they really seem to stick to the road!

[Spoon261]

The following is what Michelin have to say about it.

The Michelin Pilot Sporty
A direct evolution of the Pilot Sport tyre used on big sportbikes, the Sporty has the same semi-slick tread design and grip that won't quit!

Sizes
60/90 S 17
70/90 S 17
100/80 S 17
130/70 S 17
2.75 P 18
90/90 P 18

[Spoon261]

The Yamaha YBR125 uses the same sized tyres as the Honda CG125. 2.75-18 front, 90/90-18 rear.

I put these tyres on the Honda CG125 after the original Pirelli City Demons.

The Michelin Pilot Sporty is a tubeless and tube type tyre, the front has just over 3.5mm tread and the rear just over 4.5mm tread from new.

The Pirelli City Demons had the same amount of tread from new.

The Michelin is light years ahead of the Pirelli, in grip, cornering, control, feeling and comfort. The Pirelli was a good tyre for old technology and commuting, the Michelin is modern technology and wants to go round bends. Only problem with the Michelin is it really makes you wish you had 4 times the horse power, no way twice the horsepower would do, the Yamaha and Honda are between 10 and 11 horse power.

I have been riding bikes for 13 years, nearly all that on bikes over 125cc.

The review below is of the Pilot Sport, the tyre the Pilot Sporty is based on, I would say the Pilot Sporty is very like the review in every way including the Silicium tread compound, except it’s not a radial tyre.

https://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mcbeware/pilotsport.html

[Essex_Mike]

Ah right. cool. I may get two of these when I need to change my Suzuki EN125 tyres.
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Previous Bike - Suzuki EN125
Current Bike - Suzuki GS500F

[Percy]

Has anyone tried tubeless tyres on a yamaha ybr125.
Please advise.
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