Rear tire suggestions...

[Phaseman]

Here's what I'm thinking!

Here's what I'm thinking!

Pirelli
Sport Demon Sport Touring.

Rear Tire Size - 130/90V-17


Front Tire Size - 100/90V-19

Anyone tried em'?

 

[Nessism]

Pirelli
Sport Demon Sport Touring.

Rear Tire Size - 130/90V-17


Front Tire Size - 100/90V-19

Anyone tried em'?

Sport Demond is a sticky but short lived performance tire. They are also expensive. I thought you were on a budget?

Bridgestone S11 is popular with members here and is a good value. $123 shipped. Unless you are scraping the footpegs on a regular basis it would be perfectly functional. http://www.motorcycle-superstore.co...itfire-Sport-Touring-Blackwall-Rear-Tire.aspx

HiMax 100 front and 130 rear for $100 shipped ... http://www.americanmototire.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=33_96_97

 

[Phaseman]

Pricing

Pricing

I knoooooow ness (that's excitement, not sarcasm), that's why I considering em'! Motorcycle Superstore is having a sale! I can get the Pirelli set I mentioned for $200.68 and I live about 1 mile from them so no shipping and their local store will mount and balance em' for free!

Budget in tact!!

 

[Phaseman]

Oops!

Oops!

I read too fast. I thought you said 100.00ish EACH shipped..

Got too excited.

 

[Guest]

tyres

tyres

Pirelli
Sport Demon Sport Touring.

Rear Tire Size - 130/90V-17


Front Tire Size - 100/90V-19

Anyone tried em'?

Had a set of Sport Demons same size fitted to me Gs1000s they were nice for 1500/2000mls,then they went like the old Phantoms used to (older riders will know what I mean)so gone back to good old metz lazertecs.
over 32yrs of riding in all weathers I havent a better tyre for any of my suzukis.

 

[woodman]

The cheapest tire made today is probably better then what the bike came with new

 

[Guest]

Tyres

Tyres

Anything has got to be better than the Jap Dunlops they fitted new.

 

[hampshirehog]

Anything has got to be better than the Jap Dunlops they fitted new.

Never a truer word....we used to get loads of customers asking for their brand new bikes to be fitted with TT100s or Roadrunners before they left the showroom. Personally I never took to either - I always felt that they turned in in stages rather than progressively. Michelin M?? (?? = a number I've forgotten) was always my favourite.
I've got Sport Demons on the 1100 (for the first time) but haven't hit the 1500 mile mark yet - I hope they don't turn in to Phantoms. Agreed on the Metzlers but I must admit I'm really impressed by the value for money of the Hi-Maxx (though they seem to be shooting up in price recently).

 

[Phaseman]

Phantoms?

Phantoms?

OK, after a 22 year gap between bikes... I have to ask... What was up with the Phantoms? Did the compound change after a couple of thousand miles or something? And who made them?

 

[Flyboy]

Since I got my current GS and thje others I have had, I have run them all on Avon Road Runner on the rear and Metzler ME33 Lazer on the front.
I originally used my bike as a daily workhorse, so milage was more important than peg scratching ability, the combination gave me this, as the rear Road Runner had a harder compound, which gave good milage and the softer Metzler kept the front end stuck to the road.
This said, although the Avon was not a scratching tyre, and let go before the super duper expensive tyres, it let go progresively, not suddenly, like the super stickys do, so it is dead easy to control, with a touch of opposite lock, when I felt like pushing it through the twistys.
I don't mind the back end stepping out when pushed hard, as long as the front end stays stuck.
In fact my mate and I used to tackle each other around the local race track from time to time when it was not beung used, and to watch two GS 1000 shafties cranking in formation around the corners both in a two wheel slide must have been a site to behold .......oh, happy days

 

[Guest]

OK, after a 22 year gap between bikes... I have to ask... What was up with the Phantoms? Did the compound change after a couple of thousand miles or something? And who made them?

Soo you new never road a z1000j or a Gs1000 with Pirelli Phantoms fitted lovely for 2000miles then they started to weave then 100+mph wobbles started and in the wet
you **** scared to open it up.
They were the days back in the good old 1980s.

 

[Phaseman]

Soo you new never road a z1000j or a Gs1000 with Pirelli Phantoms fitted lovely for 2000miles then they started to weave then 100+mph wobbles started and in the wet
you **** scared to open it up.
They were the days back in the good old 1980s.

Nope, sounds like a good experience to have missed out on!

 

[Guest]

Helloo

Helloo

Must be show in my age.
By the way they used wear flat and square then when you go over the edge it was aaaaaah slide odear.

 

[Phaseman]

Decision made!

Decision made!

Looks like for now it's gonna be the Spitfire S11's...
Gonna order em' on Monday.

Thanks All!

 

[steve murdoch]

Pirelli Phantom +1 that has seen better days.
They made excellent drag strip tires after losing their usefulness on the street. I think on the hardness scale this skin is just after diamonds.

 

[Guest]

You'd still have to spray stickem on that tire for the dragstrip. Traction is everyting.

 

[Zook]

Pirelli Phantoms and Phantom IIs were fitted to many Guzzis from the factory.
They were known for leaving rubber on smooth concrete when rolled across it.
I got 4k miles from the rear on my Cal III-and it was completely bald, and about 7k out of the front one.

 

[Guest]

Oooooooooh my god

Oooooooooh my god

Theyre the ones ,I did notice a new Ducati fitted with a set at the WSb round at Brands hatch so are they still made new I ask.