new shoes

been neglecting the zx7r for sometime mostly through money and time demands (kids, work, girlfriend, study, cycling etc..). So i bought her some new shoes.. BT012SS on the front and a Shinko R005 on the rear. After leaving Goodna I went home via Fernvale and Glorious. The BT012SS on the front is awesome from the word go. The Shinko has a square looking profile, initial impressions are that it is comfortable, turn in is much better than the Pilot Sports. The Shinko has huge grooves almost as deep a 'wet' race tyre, I din't think much of the R003 that the bike had when I first got it but from what I've heard the R005 is a massive leap forward...I'll keep you posted at $143 a 190 rear fitted its worth a crack

Good stuff Sean, I'll be real interested in your thoughts on the Shinko, I've heard good things about its bang for buck. As for the 012SS the more heat you give it the better it will get
Cheers Brett

What i can say Sean is that matching 012 SS work well . I guess you had a budget decision($$)? You'd be suprised with the wear rate you get out of them on the 7.
I did over 1000 k last wkd(mostly spirited riding) and they held up well but saying this it won't be long b4 i am back up @ Goodna.
I'd have to check my records to see how many k's i got on this set but my last set of 012 SS did about 6-6500 km's.
Keep us updated on how the rear goes.

P.S - Have to get out for a ride with ya sometime(been awhile).

as far as milage goes i got about 5000km out of the Pilot Sports (the last thousand of which were pretty uncomfortable the front went real hard but still had heaps of tread)) and i got 5500 (very hard riding down to PI) out of the D208RR's which started out hard and didn't inspire me until i'd put nearly a thousand km's on 'em and they were shagged front and rear at the end.

yeah... so when r we going 4 a ride mate?!
you got a pic of this rear? not the single little cuts that look like dashes is it (like the yokahama's?)?? does it have a cut similar to the bridgies?
eh, i'll see it one day!!
yeah, would be nice to know how they go (mick didn't have a 12ssFront in the correct profile to go with my rear) hence, atm my 12ss rear is shagged and my BT014 on the front still looks respectable... although, too many variables for me: too much commuting and not enough ride days lately! SUX

patience my young friend we will soon ride and you may learn the ways of the Shinko,.. to answer your question no its not like the old Yokies more like the tred pattern of a Pilot Sport or 012SS. If I were you I would go an 014 rear i'm pretty wrapped with the one on the rear of the zzr600. The verbose Wookie of Goodna has heaps of em

The verbose Wookie of Goodna has heaps of em

That's frikkin hilarious!

Well i was up @ Mick's(MTM Goodna) today and reckons i should give pilot power race a go.
So i bought a pair of Michelin Pilot Power Race for $439(incl 190 rear).
$250 rear & $189 front (both dual compound - med middle/soft outer edges).
I'll be interested how these compare with other tyres i have used(once scrubbed in) .



Also the Bridgestone BT 012 SS are now $360 pr (small price rise).
Has an order of Schinkos(soft fronts) coming that are going to sell for around $100.

so one else had recommended them to me and i've seen them up the mountain on a super motard. I believe that they are much harder and take a while to heat up but should last longer than Pilot Powers
Good luck with em Glenn

I got the impression that they would take longer to warm up as well but that was the old ones that where a singl compound the new ones might be ok once the weather warms up a bit.

For what i am doing at the moment a shinko would do fine, I have 3 week old chicken strips.

Bob these should heat up relatively quickly due to dual compound(med middle/soft outer) as stated by Mick.

Also apparently up there now he has a booking system in place but doesn't appear to be workly too well.

yeh i thought they would be a way better track tyre because of the tread missing from the sides so they would chew up less on the sides, If they are made of simaler stuff to the powers they should be ok because they work when they are cold but there was a lot of warnings about the old piliot race tyres needing a good warm up to get them to their sticky best.

Mick also mentioned the rears where constructed diferently and would be a fair bit stiffer than powers as well, Of course i bought a set of powers 3 days before darlington shut and thinking about the ride to melbourne but pilot race would have made a lot of sence now that all we have is willowbank to run around.

let me know how they go

So we going to see more of you now Sean?

yay

So we going to see more of you now Sean?

yay

nice to know you're missed, I'll have a bit more free time till late November starting from next week