New rear rubber need advice

ninja bob · Post by **ninja bob** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 2:59 pm

Ha ha yea would b a tuff 1 to explain, my dad hit a cow in a torana years bk completly wrote it off . The cops Turnt up.and asked what had happened when he told.them they asked were the cow was n when he told.them.it.just got up and walked away they just laughted at him and assumed he was drunk

marksesh · Post by **marksesh** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:32 pm

Flywheels recommend pirelli Angel. For my Poof style of riding. $285 fitted with a chain adjust. See how we go with this as there is so much choice. The guys out there are doing all my work and a lot of little stuff for free. Hopefully he gives me the right advice.
Thank you to all for the feed back.

dilligaf · Post by **dilligaf** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:21 pm

had pirelli angels on the er6. thought they were good. tipped in quicker than the bt023s I had on before. feel was good but more subtle than the 023s

Strika · Post by **Strika** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:50 pm

Mate I'm sure they will be great. We used to do 1'50"s on a streetbike around the Island on Michelin A and M 49's! Some older riders will remember them.

z900/zx9 · Post by **z900/zx9** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:38 pm

Strika wrote:Mate I'm sure they will be great. We used to do 1'50"s on a streetbike around the Island on Michelin A and M 49's! Some older riders will remember them.

I remember useing M48s not at the island though

does thata make me old

Strika · Post by **Strika** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:28 pm

Ummmm being olde...........sorry....significantly older than me.....then I would say yes. You're just lucky to be married to a girl so much younger than you is all.........

Glen · Post by **Glen** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:08 pm

Michelin Hi Sports are the biz.............

oldman · Post by **oldman** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:40 am

Make sure you look at the manufactor date. It is in a little rectangle and will be a number like 1011. That means it was manufactored the 10th week of 2011. Some of these discount places buy old tires and sell them for discounts because there way old. I'm no expert but from what I've read 3 years is too old. The rubber and the chemicals that make the tire sticky deteriorate. Jim Beam lasts forever.

Jonnymac · Post by **Jonnymac** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:00 am

oldman wrote:Make sure you look at the manufactor date. It is in a little rectangle and will be a number like 1011. That means it was manufactored the 11th week of 2011. Some of these discount places buy old tires and sell them for discounts because there way old. I'm no expert but from what I've read 3 years is too old. The rubber and the chemicals that make the tire sticky deteriorate. Jim Beam lasts forever.

I'm no expert but doesn't that mean 10th week 2011?

I just ran a second hand slick last week that was made in "03" it had 10 laps on it and was a true ntec so I was easy on it for the first 5 laps then straight into it with no problems. Was super sticky

Strika · Post by **Strika** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:36 am

Glen wrote:Michelin Hi Sports are the biz.............

I used to run them on my FZR600 when I lived in Adelaide. Martin at GC Motorcycles loved me as I was in every 1500klms to get new tyres. They gripped like shit to a blanket, but didn't last very long!

Better than that Avon I put on the 9 in Sydney once to get me back to Melbourne. It was illegal by the time I got back, so probably 1000klms or less on it. Fuck it disappeared fast.

But I still think UCC had it nailed with Macadams. Best tyre ever made weren't they? Or was it the Pirelli Phantoms which were the best tyre ever made? Toss a coin hey!

tim · Post by **tim** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:05 am

They're still around

Glen · Post by **Glen** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:08 am

Phantom Silver Dots were the ducks guts

or Avon Roadrunners.

I used to have macadams on my Katana back in the day, and Metzeter ME 33's

...and Dunlop Touring Elite's....you only needed one tyre for the life of a bike

yzr750 · Post by **yzr750** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:27 am

Strika wrote:Mate I'm sure they will be great. We used to do 1'50"s on a streetbike around the Island on Michelin A and M 49's! Some older riders will remember them.

They still used m38's and tt100's in 80cc and 125cc gp's up to the early 80's

born green · Post by **born green** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:25 pm

Strika wrote:Mate I'm sure they will be great. We used to do 1'50"s on a streetbike around the Island on Michelin A and M 49's! Some older riders will remember them.

A49's best front tyre made during the 80's... told u that story the other day marty...
And stop bringing up them old names.... makes a bloke feel old

Another one ya all didnt mention.... dunlop mag mopas.... think we all remember them

oldman · Post by **oldman** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:45 pm

Sorry, a Jim Beam typo. 1011 means 10th week 2011. Thanks.

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