Tyre choice

[Burchy]

Was chatting to a couple of Douane officers in France last week.  They were riding FJ1300s shod with PR3s .  They reckon they were the best tyre that they had tried and they had tried the lot.  No sign of any chicken strips.  The hero pegs had be ground down to stumps and the pannier rails  had been grounded as well.  Pretty good recommendation IMO

[aljaxon]

they deffo sound the biz

[Winston Smith]

Anything that can make an FJR handle needs recommending...My God, if they can make them handle then an already sweet machine would do a 58 second lap of the TT with a learner on it

[O.C.]

Anything that can make an FJR handle needs recommending...My God, if they can make them handle then an already sweet machine would do a 58 second lap of the TT with a learner on it

Yeah...right Winnie 

[mecki]

my bike has 6300 previous owner miles on it and what look like fairly new tyres

If you had bought your bike of LW I would say they are still the original tyres. 
Otherwise that sounds about right. My original rear O21 lasted 4500 miles but then I replaced it with a Pirelli Angel ST.
That one lasted 8000 and felt a lot better.
The front O21 lasted about 7500 but by then started to deform quite badly.
Sort of V-shape, so I replaced it with an Angel ST as well.
I am now on a 190-55 Angel ST and I reckon it actually handles better than the 190-50 on the twisties.
Since the angel still shows I reckon it will stay on until next year and I don't know what I will put on then.
I guess it will depend on price since by then the front will need replacing as well.
Since I don't commute and avoid riding in the wet I don't really need a specialist wet tyre like the PR3 so probably Angel GT will be first choice.

[aljaxon]

im thinking it has had new tyres fitted because as he rode it out of his trailer the tyre was rubbing against the hugger and making a right racket.
its either new hugger or new tyre. but a new hugger would have been fastened with enough clearance?
these tyres surely cannot have done 6300 miles as they look 50 miles old, (unless he is a dab hand with a soldering iron)

all this touring malarkey is new to me, I didn't even know there was a tyre company called angel.
my wife may have heard of them......

I hate wet riding (so does the wife, in fact she hates any kind of riding )) so a specialist wet tyre would be wasted with me.

[garfield1974]

Just installed Pilot Road 3. Saw on net that it get great reviews so let's try.
Before had Metzeler Z8 for 8000 km, and would probably lasted thousand more, however I am planing trip to Istanbul next week an I am not sure if they will last for another 3500 km +. I was more than satisfied with previous set.

[mecki]

all this touring malarkey is new to me, I didn't even know there was a tyre company called angel.
my wife may have heard of them......

Angels are made in heaven, you know. 

Sounds like you bought the wrong bike for all the wrong reasons, though. 
I guess you are better off joining the 'Adrenaline Club' and get a ZZR instead. 

[O.C.]

im thinking it has had new tyres fitted because as he rode it out of his trailer the tyre was rubbing against the hugger and making a right racket.
its either new hugger or new tyre. but a new hugger would have been fastened with enough clearance?
these tyres surely cannot have done 6300 miles as they look 50 miles old, (unless he is a dab hand with a soldering iron)

all this touring malarkey is new to me, I didn't even know there was a tyre company called angel.
my wife may have heard of them......

I hate wet riding (so does the wife, in fact she hates any kind of riding )) so a specialist wet tyre would be wasted with me.

Take no notice of Mecki, you are very welcome on this forum and you have bought a great bike and its your choice of bike which I hope will give you plenty grin factor
Angel is a brand of tyre..see here :-

http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/121116447477?var=lv&var=sbar&_lwgsi=y&cbt=y&device=c&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=66&ff19=0

However the hugger should not be rubbing against your tyre and you should put the bike on its mainstand, rotate the wheel and identify where its rubbing, it may just be a slightly bent mounting bracket, which is usually easily fixable

Please DO NOT be afraid to ask any question on here as its a learning curve and the vast majority of members will be more than happy to offer sensible advice and help


EDIT:  just thinking ...if the tyres look new just check the tyre size.....it should be 190/50ZR17

[Silverback]

all this touring malarkey is new to me, I didn't even know there was a tyre company called angel.
my wife may have heard of them......

The Angel GT's are made by Pirelli, excellent tyre in my opinion, never tried the PR3's but from posts on here, they are clearly excellent too

[aljaxon]

no worries, if I want adrenalin I get out my rd350A.

we adjusted the hugger before any damage could be done.
(I didn't know the bike had a centre stand )

[O.C.]

no worries, if I want adrenalin I get out my rd350A.

Nice one ..I have a couple of Kawasaki Triples here 

[aljaxon]

apologies for minor thread jack ....

good fun the old two strokes, if a little temperamental,
I go out all the time on my yam, it will do 100 sat upright and reach 112 and actually goes round bends at 95 plus!!!

my pals on their zx10's and r1's cant keep pace on twisty roads with traffic. a year ago if someone had said that I would have thought they were away with the fairies.
the market rasen wragby bardney Horncastle road is perfect for showing them up.

holed a piston on sunday while cruising  at 70, something I never usually do on it. mzb ignition with zeeltronics variable timing that may have had just a tad too much advance at 6k  I made some pipes myself that really worked, currently  making a mark 2 version but the crank is getting rebuilt so ill be off the road for a few weeks.

what triples you got old coney? I know 2 stroke forum users wolfie and scouse who have h2's and i'm sure their triple meets are over your side of the country?

apologies for going off topic.

[O.C.]

what triples you got old coney? I know 2 stroke forum users wolfie and scouse who have h2's and i'm sure their triple meets are over your side of the country?

apologies for going off topic.

I know Graham and Gary very very well, next time you see them at Squires tell them I was asking after them and ask them what Triples  I have had 

For pipes you need Higgspeeds BTW

[ZG]

PR3's here, love em!