Kawasaki Sportsbike Riders Club - Australia - Online Forum

by **7clubs** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:14 am

graemec wrote:Cheers all i knew asking about tyres would be opening a can of worms lol. However I cant seem to find a bloody set of M3's in Brissy so going to try the Bridgies. i i figure either of those or even the pilot power 2 will shit on the dunlops on the bike right now.
Had a bit of a moment up Mt Nebo when the rear let go with bugger all warning. Almost highsided myself off the rd into a tree
Needless to say my pace was somewhat slowed as its hard to ride with a big poo in your britches.

Anyway thanks for all the help i appreciate it

Oh one last question... recon staying away from changing profiles is a good idea?

Graeme,

Ditching the standard tyres has to be a good plan. I've been running M3s for a while now and highly recommend them, though they do overheat when trying hard on the track. Having inadvertently run a 60 profile front tyre for a (short) while, long story, I wouldn't recommend it, the tyre totally changed the geometry of the bike, in a detrimental way.

by **Neka79** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:38 pm

i kno this comes up every week... so maybe..we should do a poll (or is that pole??) ...lol

be nice to have a graph of ppls aopinions...

by **hoffy** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:46 pm

M3's, Pilot powers, etc are all good.

what about the pressures :lol:

by **Gosling1** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:55 pm

hoffy wrote:.....what about the pressures ......

- DONT you fuckin start with pressures....... :twisted:

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Here is a Simple Rule for all motorcycle tyres. Observe this rule when taking your bike for a ride.

RULE - IS THE TYRE BLACK AND ROUND ? DOES IT HAVE AIR IN IT ? GOOD - -LETS FUCKIN RIDE !!!

:lol:

by **6maniac** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:59 pm

Geez Gos, I'd luv to see u ride track with trials bike tyre pressures!

by **Ratmick** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:17 pm

Gosling1 wrote:RULE - IS THE TYRE BLACK AND ROUND ? DOES IT HAVE AIR IN IT ? GOOD - -LETS FUCKIN RIDE !!!

Does it have to be black? Not that I need them, but someone told me this rubber is pretty good for any bike:

....especially when you don't know where the bike has been, and they like the going rough :shock:

.

It does look to have a pretty aggressive nobbly pattern, should be good in the wet.

Mick

by **Gosling1** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:22 pm

- that looks like a rubber hair-net for Marge Simpson !!

by **Neka79** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:42 pm

Ratmick wrote:
Gosling1 wrote:RULE - IS THE TYRE BLACK AND ROUND ? DOES IT HAVE AIR IN IT ? GOOD - -LETS FUCKIN RIDE !!!

Does it have to be black? Not that I need them, but someone told me this rubber is pretty good for any bike:

....especially when you don't know where the bike has been, and they like the going rough .

It does look to have a pretty aggressive nobbly pattern, should be good in the wet.

Mick

im suprised u even kno what they are mick??

by **Ratmick** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:50 pm

by **jewjew** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:52 am

I just got a set of Pilot Road 2's,
They are a dual compound blended tyre and stick like shit to a blanket. They reckon i will get 10,000 out of them and yet the side walls are as soft as track rubber. I would reccomend them to anyone for the road.

by **Strika** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:08 pm

jewjew wrote:I just got a set of Pilot Road 2's,
They are a dual compound blended tyre and stick like shit to a blanket. They reckon i will get 10,000 out of them and yet the side walls are as soft as track rubber. I would reccomend them to anyone for the road.

Err, not quite mate! Yeah they are softer on the sides than in the centre, but they aren't racetrack compound by any stretch of the imagination! The pilot road 2 has a compound similiar to the Pilot power, with a harder centre. The 2CT is the one with the supposed pilot race sides, with a pilot middle!

As tothe grip, yeah they are actually ok....up to a point! :lol: