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I used to get 14 000k's out of my rear tyre on my RT, I have to accept that this bike will chew tyres, the trick is to find what is going to give me a reasonable amount of mileage but still give performance. You know, like the guy's that are still looking for a woman.

A cyber friend out in Oregon who is known as a very aggresive rider on a Bandit 1200 has tried most of the tires and now uses only the Metz Z6 or the Pirelli Diablo Strada. Those two are almost identical now that Pirelli has bought Metzeler and the Stradas are made at the Metz plant in Germany.

BIG difference in how the Z6's feel, there is a definite tendancy to roll into the turns with these tyres. From the first k the front drops quicker and requires less push on the bars, the grip feels good and they feel "stiffer" than the Moe1.

I just swapped out my rear Pirelli Diablo (showing belt at just under 4500miles) for a Pilot Power.

The Diablo was on since november (when I bought the bike) so it was mostly restricted to winter commuting and not much fun; it was prettymuch beat right down the center. I'm hoping I can get significantly more side wear on this new one with the weather warming up... especially since it's a lot more conical and will wear the center out real fast. Texas in general can be real hard on the center of a tire.

When we get 38 deg C days here, a friend of mine said that the tar can get up to 85C+. That sounds like enough heat to melt the rubber of your tyres without actually moving.

sapaul wrote:When we get 38 deg C days here, a friend of mine said that the tar can get up to 85C+. That sounds like enough heat to melt the rubber of your tyres without actually moving.

yeah there's definiately that too... but I was more refferancing the fact that all the roads here are perfectly straight.