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Postby kempy » Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:28 am

Hi all,

Have been out of the scene for awhile and currently hunting down a new bike.

What are the leading performance tyres out there at the moment? I used to ride around on Bridgestone BT012ss (if I remember rightly that's what they were called!). Looking for tyres of similar character.

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Re: Performance Tyres

Postby Wattie » Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:52 am

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Re: Performance Tyres

Postby Nelso » Sun Oct 30, 2011 1:08 pm

Performance as in track tyre that can be used on the road or road oriented tyre?
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Re: Performance Tyres

Postby JPaddo » Sun Oct 30, 2011 1:32 pm

I like Power Pures as a good road / track. I'm a track noob but I found them confidence inspiring. Only problem is they only seem to last 2 track days but I spose that's more the ZX12's tyre shredding torque. They also get up to temp very quick.

Of course very happy with the road performance also and road wear is very good / long lasting considering.

They bandy about the LTT (Light Tyre Technology) term with these tyres, and I can say yep it's true... noticeable loss of rotating mass.
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Re: Performance Tyres

Postby Strika » Sun Oct 30, 2011 4:06 pm

Times change. Today a Michelin Pilot Road 2 or 3, will give you more grip, better steering and handling as well as lasting 4 times as long as a BT012ss.
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Re: Performance Tyres

Postby kempy » Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:40 pm

Thanks guys, much appreciated.

Nelso wrote:Performance as in track tyre that can be used on the road or road oriented tyre?


Not exactly sure, I'm looking for the current day versions of the BT012ss I used to ride on, so whatever that is.
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Re: Performance Tyres

Postby dilligaf » Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:50 pm

think bt016 is the bridgestone sport tyre.
but the dual compound tyres (bt023, roadsmart, sportsmart are the ones I know) are still sticky on the sides but harder in the centre so you get better tyre life.
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Re: Performance Tyres

Postby simidau » Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:26 am

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Re: Performance Tyres

Postby sillywilly » Tue Nov 01, 2011 5:06 pm

pilot power .pure or road 2 will all do the trick get them from jakewilson cheap
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Re: Performance Tyres

Postby Jonno » Tue Nov 01, 2011 6:53 pm

kempy wrote:Hi all,

Have been out of the scene for awhile and currently hunting down a new bike.

What are the leading performance tyres out there at the moment? I used to ride around on Bridgestone BT012ss (if I remember rightly that's what they were called!). Looking for tyres of similar character.

Cheers.


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Re: Performance Tyres

Postby z900/zx9 » Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:56 pm

sillywilly wrote:pilot power .pure or road 2 will all do the trick get them from jakewilson cheap

Pretty sure that rockymountain no longer send michellin tyres to australia,Definetly not metzlers either.Got a choice of dunlops or bridgestones
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