Tyre time. Again.

[ThatDippyTwat]

Wear bars are coming up on the rear of the VFR current Dunlop D222. Centre is fairly squared, there's a limit to how far you can get down on a 4 mile commute over winter.

I usually run a Roadsmart 2/D222, but I'm up for trying something else. I don't cane her everywhere and she'll likely still do a lot of the aforementioned commuting, she will be ridden in all weathers. Budget, preferably not £200/pair.
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[P.]

[droog]

I was always a fan of the Bridgestone Battlax BT-023 for the combination of longevity and wet/dry performance.

[WULFSTAN]

Mitas touring force £150 a pair great in dry and wet.
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[martin734]

I have found through experience that you get can tyres that are either cheap or good, I have never found such a thing as a good cheap tyre. I have just fitted a pair of Bridgestone BT023's to my ST1100 and I have found them to be excellent in the wet and dry and they cost £210 fully fitted.
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[chickenstrip]

[ThatDippyTwat]

[Kris]

[P.]

[chickenstrip]

I was riding in Wales for fun a lot when I was using PR2s
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[TravisBickle]

It's Bridgestone RS or go home! I paid £240 for the pair on mine (190/50/17 and 120/70/17).
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[jeffyjeff]

Here are the mileages I got on a 1998 VFR 800Fi. 75 - 130 mile daily commute, ridden year 'round 2010 to 2015.

12205 miles on Pirelli Angel tires.
21437 miles on Michelin Pilot Road 2 tires
22895 miles on Michelin Pilot Road 3 tires
13681 miles on Michelin Pilot Road 4 front tire.

In my experience, the PR 4 is not as good as the PR3. On my bike, the front tire wore out the softer portion of the dual compound tire. Looking from the top, it had a pronounced "V" profile, with the harder compound in the center, and a sharp angle out to the chicken strip. The bike lost its smooth transition into the curves. Did not like the feeling of that and replaced the tire. Strange that the front tire wore out before the rear.
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[chickenstrip]

Maybe an extra 40 or so ponies at the rear wheel makes a big difference. Or maybe in my case, the rider is throttle-happy
I've had no funny wear on either PR2s or 4s, but then I don't do a lot of motorway miles, and don't have to regularly negotiate rush hour traffic.
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[WULFSTAN]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/ultimatemotorcycling.com/2020/08/31/mitas-touring-force-tire-review-sport-touring-rubber/amp/ there's a review I've not done many miles on them yet mainly cold wet miles to me they are as good if not better than pr4s which I've had in the past. They are definitely better in the dry. Bike is a ninja 650 for reference the germans with bmws seem to love them
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[Kris]

[ThatDippyTwat]

[Kris]

[ThatDippyTwat]

[ThatDippyTwat]

Having given them a fairly decent test today... it's been dry, if not warm, today in N.Wales.

They tip in very quickly compared to the Dunlops I'm used to. It's a little unnerving at first. Despite the initial "fuck!" feeling getting used to the speed it tips in, I've not had any moments. Mixed some motorway, Sweeping A roads, and nadgery back lanes. Nice, linear grip. I suspect it'll do very well on a nice warm day and giving it more beans, see if we can get those strips gone.
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[Easy-X]

This thread prompted me to have a gander at my XSR tyres. Given the current situation of low mileage (probably until well into the summer) I don't thing I'll ever wear these out before they need changing due to old age

I'll budget to change them in the autumn when both mileage and rainfall are likely to go up. The Phantoms are... well, just too weird looking so they're not on the list so I'm thinking Michelin Pilot Road 4, Continental Road Attack 3 or Dunlop Roadsmart 2
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[Irezumi]

[Easy-X]

From what I've seen so far it's >£150 for a pair of decent, main brand tyres anyway. I'll add them to the list for evaluation

Just after all round performance, reasonable in the wet tyres.
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[bacon]

Agree with a few of the above posts, Pilot roads in whatever version you can get for your budget.

Back 5-10 years ago I had two sets of Pilot Road 2's on a zx7r which were quite frankly excellent. Didn't finish the second set, but they really were good. With the first set I completed two novice trackdays and used it for my day to day commuting, ride outs etc (was my only vehicle) and from memory over 7k miles on the rear. Which I thoujght was rather impressive, after getting barely 2.5k from a old school set of Pirelli Diablo.

I did put some PR5 on the Street Triple and the MT09 and they were excellent on those bikes too, though never got close to wearing them out (didn't do enough miles in my ownership on them).

When these continentals (I think) die on the VFR800fi, I will be going back to some PR's

[Polo]

In my modest experience, new tyres feeling like they tip in really quick is just a response to previously having to work harder to tip in the squared off tyres you have just replaced.

[Easy-X]