Tyres for motorway commute?

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It's been a long time since I've bought road tyres, and the last time was sticky sports tyres. I'm after a tyre that lasts well and can cope with miles after mile of motorway.

Any suggestions?

[b422063]

Pilot Road 4.

[Thorn]

Pilot Road 1's

Cheap, hard compound all the way through. Should last twice as long as the softer tyres. I did 8k on them with the fazer and only lost ~2mm of tread, still had another 10k in them
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Skyjet SJ125-26 (Dead) || Yamaha FZS600 (Dead) || Kawasaki ZX-9R C2

"Everything you touch turns to disappointment."

[Seb]

As above, if it's purely motorway miles and not leisure, get whatever respectable sports touring tyre is going cheap. Don't waste money on the latest and greatest as you're only going to ruin them.
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[Supermoto_Fan]

For pure motorways I couldn't think of anything worse than spending £240 on the latest sport touring tyre..

Go with old hard compounds, pilot road 1, conti motions etc,
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[stonesie]

Agreed with the rest, PR1. Is a good choice, a friend tried a pair for a trip round Europe and got over 7k out of them on a falco, replaced with the same again.

M&P usually have them on offer.

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I'm thinking the PR1 seem cheap enough. The trouble is my local tyre place charges far too much to put tyres onto wheels, even to loose wheels.

A quick look on eBay and I can get all the necessary stuff to DIY tyre change for less than £100. I know I could do it for a lot less but I like making jobs as easy as possible.

[johnsmith222]

are you near Glasgow? If so I can fit them for you on a sunday.

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