The tyre review thread

[Rusty]

Steven ..... sounds just brilliant ! I am going down there myself in 3 weeks for about 7/8 days ... still have the original Bridgestones on the GTR ( nearly 4000 miles on them now ) so i hope to scrub them down a bit !
Photos of your adventure ??

[fatharry]

The only problem was I lost the back end on a 90 deg right hand bend which had been recently surface dressed and the was still a lot of loose gravel on the surface - I ended up in the verge but still in an upright position  :) but no tyre could have dealt with that.

The chap behind you wasn't so lucky......he ended 6ft up a pile of rocks, trying to hold the bike upright  ???

[routemaster]

The chap behind you wasn't so lucky......he ended 6ft up a pile of rocks, trying to hold the bike upright  ???

Yeap poor old Mick wasn't so lucky or looking at it another way he was extremely lucky that he still ended up upright on top of a pile of rocks although pointing skywards but at least he did stop before hitting the tree and/or the tree branch ;)

Steve

[fred24]

Yesterdays run finally finished off the original BT21's it still surprises me how quickly a modern tyre can go from "plenty of miles left" to "60quid fixed penalty" 250mls in yesterdays example.

Appears to be a choice between the Angels and PR3's and went with the PR3 solely coz its newer and therefore latest technology must be better!!!!

Only done 10mls or so on them just to make sure I put the wheels back on OK and all the gizmo's still worked.

May be my imagination but the ride seems more smoothy.

Should be able to have a proper run on them over the weekend if not tomorrow to see if they are as good as everybody is saying.

[routemaster]

I have been impressed with how good the PR3's are in both the dry and the wet  :) :)
I was particularly impressed with how little if at all they have squared off after our trip to France - despite some hard riding and long trips on motorways and basically riding in a straight line on some French roads.

I noticed the Z8's on FH bike, which are newer than mine, had started to square off by the end of the French trip

Steve

[Rusty]

Interesting stuff .... like Fred I too have looked at the Pirelli Angel St's but I am sure to go with the PR 3's at the end of the summer months in preparation, dare I say, for the winter ( !!!! ). I havn't heard anyone say a bad word against them. i will try the Angels at some stage as they too get an excellent write up and I had some Pirelli rubber on my old Jag many years ago and they were outstanding.

[Winston Smith]

On my second set of ST's (3rd rear) and I can't knock them

[Kwikasfuki]

PR3s for me all the way. Best tyre on the bike by far. STs were good, but the PR3 is in a different league

I'll be interested to hear farharry's thoughts on the Z8s as I originally intended to have them on my bike

[Rusty]

Winston ... are the Angels duel compound ?... most of my mileage is commuting but still a varied route so I need longevity together with a bit of "stick" around the edges.

[Winston Smith]

They are indeed - I did put the mileages out of them on a thread on here.

I commute and play on mine as well as tour and they are excellent.

I would recommend them, good in wet or dry

[fred24]

Had the day off work today so put 300mls on the new PR3's and couldn't fault them at all - stable under heavy breaking and no problem getting rid of the chicken strips in the twisties.

Only unknown is how long they will last but Michelins do tend to last longer than the equiv. Pirrelli

Couldn't beleive how many bikes where out today (mid Nth wales area) never seen so many probably over 100 many in large groups the vast majority where BMW's dont know if there is some club meeting going on

[mecki]

Has anyone tried Dunlop Roadsmarts on the Big K?
I used them on a 1250 Bandit and at least on that bike I thought they were very good.
Guess I'll stick with the originals for starters since money doesn't grow on trees.

[Black Flash]

Have had PR3'S on now for about 2 months, it has transformed the bike, from the original's.

A word to the wise, who ever changes the tyres, remind them that you have valve sensors on the inside of the rims.

You will find that, if they don't know, you will end up with a hand full of bits and a bill of £100.00 per wheel.

Cheers B/F.

[Lonewolf]

Yeah, even though I took mine to a Kawasaki dealer I still made a point of reminding them!

[Boomer]

PR3s all the way for me.
First day in pouring rain since the first week after I fitted the PR3s.
When new they were awesome in the wet, but after 7,000 miles of abuse, they are still awesome.
Very confidence inspiring, very surefooted, best tyres I have ever ridden on.
I reckon the rear will make 10k miles and the front 12k to 14k.