| Author | Message | ||
     Xb9lover |
Tell us about your story on tire preference! - Name the tire, how many miles u got out of em, and how the performance of the tire was. - would you buy another set or recommend them to a friend? The reason for this thread is because I'm lookin for new tires for my XB9S and would like to get some info on other tires. | ||
| Slaughter |
There will be no answer. The ONLY answer is "It Depends" The others will fill in the blanks. There is at most a one month gap between tire recommendation threads. Probably not doing yourself a favor to ask such an open ended question. Depends on type of riding you plan. Depends on what your budget is Depends on if long tire life is important. You will get 10 responses before the day is out with 10 different recommendations. | ||
| Xb9lover |
And that's ok. I just want to get some ideas. Tire life is important without sacrificing a ton of performance as Im a medium hard rider. Something that doesn't break the bank cause I'm a college kid lol | ||
| Vospertw |
xblover - Slaughter is pretty much right. Tire and oil threads rarely end in consensus. Honestly, there are so many variables for each person (as Slaughter already pointed out) that it's tough to make a recommendation for someone else. However, tires are so good now that for normal street riding, you'd be hard pressed to make a bad choice with the major manufacturers. One recommendation I would make is to stay away from any of the track day capable tires (like Q2's, etc.) only because I don't think you'll like the mileage - not that they aren't good tires. The other recommendation would be to watch the big online vendors for their general sales and buy tires then - like if they have all Pirelli's 20% off or something. It's also a good way to try tires from different manufacturers without breaking the bank. I would steer clear of the "really good deals" when they are selling one particular tire at a steep discount. Usually they are trying to clear out old stock. I remember a post not too long ago where someone ended up with a 7 year old tire during one of those sales. | ||
| Mackja |
I have had great results with the Michelin Power One, both the commercial and DOT race tires, great grip, predictable, fantastic tire, can't tell you how many mile I get, track use only, but I have got about 5-6 track days on them. Just mounted a set of Power Pure on my 1125r and what a diff, much better than the Dunrock Q2. | ||
| Jumbo_petite |
I like the stock Corsa IIIs that came on my 2010 firebolt. I got about 4200 miles on the rear and just about 6000 miles on the front. I just replaced the Power Pilots (non 2CTs) on my 998 with Power Pures and what a difference that tire is over the Power Pilots. | ||
| Andymnelson |
Good gravy, he didn't ask for consensus, he asked for your opinion and what you have used! Me: Uly: Conti Road Attacks 4500 miles. Decent tire, but no where near the sport touring mileage they should have received Pilot Roads. Love this tire, not enough miles on them on my Uly to compare to the Road Attacks, but it appears as tho I will get close to 12,000 miles on the rear, more on the front. XB9S: several sport bike tires like the Sporttec M3s...they are all the same, great grip, poor mileage (2500-3500). Put some PRs on it and got 10,500. X1: Crappy Dunflops that sucked so bad that I replaced them before they were worn out! Put a set of PRs on it, lasted about 7,000 miles before I let my little bro ride the bike. I think he's put about another 4,000 on it and the tires still have a TON of life left in them. The PRs grip every bit as good as I have ever asked them to, and perform great in the wet as a bonus. | ||
| Boliver |
I use sport touring style only. 1st set was factory installed dunSLOPs. Uneven wear, but I did get almost 10k on them. 2nd set was bridgestone battlax. Front tire scalloped badly. These wore out after about 8k,still a good life span. 3rd set is Pirelli diablo strada. By far my favorite. These I would recommend, the first two mentioned I would NOT. | ||
| Albert666 |
currently got dunlop qually 2's on the xb and sportsmarts on the 1125, prefer them way better to the diablos i had before | ||
| D_adams |
Bridgestone BT-016 for spirited riding and 021's for commuting. I've gotten 7000 on the rear with the 016's but it's definitely got the flattened center now. Very good grip, seems stable and well sorted to me, with a higher confidence level to push it a little harder than I ever did with the corsa 3's. | ||
| Skinstains |
I don't care who says what or who knows what or even who thinks what ! Hands down the best tires for all your motorbiking needs has to be the round black ones. They're the only ones I would ever put on a bike. Seriously, I am going to be giving all of my tire money to the Dunlop man as most of his are made right here in the good ol' US of A at their Buffalo N.Y. plant. | ||
| Ourdee |
Stradas that came on the 08 Uly were replaced with Stradas at 10500 miles and this set looks to be on the same path. Work for me. | ||
| Brother_in_buells |
i used maxxis supermax tires ,they are a soft compound and good adhesive to the road(still on the front wheel and already did 14000 kilometers) the rear was bolt after 4500 kilometers Now i have a Metzeler z6 roadtech on the rear has now almost 10000 km and still enough! | ||
| Dfishman |
I don't know,BUT when somebody finds a rear tire that lasts more than 6000miles & sticks good let me know.I just buy whatever sport touring tires are on sale anymore because I only get 4500-5000 out of them anyway.I did get 2800 out of the original Dunlop & 1500 out of a sport tire(Continental-forgot which model)Everybody has different riding habits on different surfaces,so.................It is hard to find the "best"tire. | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
I have tried a lot of different tires over the last eight years, and my current favorites are: 1. Michelin Pilot Road 2 Since Michelin dropped out of MotoGP a couple of years ago they have pointed their resources towards improving their range of road tires with very good results. I put the Pilot Road 2's on my XB12, and not only did I get great handling, but after 2000 miles the tires looked brand new. Previously used Dunlop Qualifiers were completely clapped out at that mileage. Many other Buelligans reported the same, some even used them on the track. 2. Michelin Pilot Pure Michelin claims that these tires weight about four pounds less than competitive tires. I weighed them in comparison with a pair of new Dunlop Qualifier 2's and found, to my surprise, that a pair actually does weight 3 1/2 pounds less. This is the kind of weight difference that you get by buying a $5000 pair of carbon fiber wheels, and the difference in handling was immediately apparent on my Ducati 999s: turn in was much faster and easier. These tires were very favorably reviewed in the press. Bottom Line: If mileage is important, you won't give up much in the way of handling with the Pilot Road 2's. If ultimate in handling is the goal, it's the Pure's. | ||
| Rpm4x4 |
Im in 100% agreement with gentleman jon. One thing Ill add is the michelins have a quick warm up. Helps with the confidence level. |
