darsy

On Jul 9, 12:29 pm, wessie <putmynameh...@tesco.net> wrote:

> Just a heads up re. the tyres. Metzeler have not improved the supply issues
> that were around when you had the R-GS. As ever for this time of year,

OK - well, I think they've got a good few thousand miles left in them,
anyway.

> seem to have no problem with supply. Personally, I've switched to Avons and
> find them excellent for grip, wear and availability.

which Avons - Distanzas?

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wessie

darsy <darsyx@sticky.co.uk> wrote in
news:1183984244.415115.38880@q75g2000hsh.googlegro ups.com:

> On Jul 9, 12:29 pm, wessie <putmynameh...@tesco.net> wrote:
>
>> Just a heads up re. the tyres. Metzeler have not improved the supply
>> issues that were around when you had the R-GS. As ever for this time
>> of year,
>
> OK - well, I think they've got a good few thousand miles left in them,
> anyway.
>
>> seem to have no problem with supply. Personally, I've switched to
>> Avons and find them excellent for grip, wear and availability.
>
> which Avons - Distanzas?
>

Yes. I've been using them since 2005 - used them for the trip to Croatia so
they have seen all sorts of terrain and weather.

A couple of months ago Bike did a tyre test for this type of bike: Avons
came out near the top. IIRC, only tyres with no off road pretensions came
higher.


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darsy

On Jul 9, 3:23 pm, wessie <putmynameh...@tesco.net> wrote:
> darsy <dar...@sticky.co.uk> wrote innews:1183984244.415115.38880@q75g2000hsh.googleg roups.com:
>
> > On Jul 9, 12:29 pm, wessie <putmynameh...@tesco.net> wrote:

> >> seem to have no problem with supply. Personally, I've switched to
> >> Avons and find them excellent for grip, wear and availability.
>
> > which Avons - Distanzas?
>
> Yes. I've been using them since 2005 - used them for the trip to Croatia so
> they have seen all sorts of terrain and weather.

OK - noted.

> A couple of months ago Bike did a tyre test for this type of bike: Avons
> came out near the top. IIRC, only tyres with no off road pretensions came
> higher.

Irritatingly, I did have that issue of Bike, but it got accidentally
chucked before I read that article. Can you remember which "no off
road pretensions" tyres were tested? I have seen a Tiger fan site
where the guy has put BT020s on, which seems an odd choice, though he
reports them as very good. He also rated Pirelli Scorpion ST90s - any
experience of those?

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SteveH

darsy <darsyx@sticky.co.uk> wrote:

> > A couple of months ago Bike did a tyre test for this type of bike: Avons
> > came out near the top. IIRC, only tyres with no off road pretensions came
> > higher.
>
> Irritatingly, I did have that issue of Bike, but it got accidentally
> chucked before I read that article. Can you remember which "no off
> road pretensions" tyres were tested? I have seen a Tiger fan site
> where the guy has put BT020s on, which seems an odd choice, though he
> reports them as very good. He also rated Pirelli Scorpion ST90s - any
> experience of those?

ISTR Conti Road Attacks were in the review.
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wessie

steve@italiancar.co.uk (SteveH) wrote in
news:1i0zpxs.1q09jzr1e2rl9zN%steve@italiancar.co.u k:

> darsy <darsyx@sticky.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> > A couple of months ago Bike did a tyre test for this type of bike:
>> > Avons came out near the top. IIRC, only tyres with no off road
>> > pretensions came higher.
>>
>> Irritatingly, I did have that issue of Bike, but it got accidentally
>> chucked before I read that article. Can you remember which "no off
>> road pretensions" tyres were tested? I have seen a Tiger fan site
>> where the guy has put BT020s on, which seems an odd choice, though he
>> reports them as very good. He also rated Pirelli Scorpion ST90s - any
>> experience of those?
>

BT020 have been available in the correct sizes for some time now. Always
been prohibitively expensive IMV. I'd only consider them if I was going to
do lots of motorway miles as they wear less than Tourance[1] in that
situation.

PipL rates the Scorpions on his Guzzi. IIRC Verdi liked them on the
deceased Tiger. Not tried them myself.

> ISTR Conti Road Attacks were in the review.

that's the ones - my independent service bod has a set which he is about
to fit to his 1150GSA so I will see what he thinks of them in due
course. IIRC he has always been a Tourance fan in the past. They'll need to
be very good and cheap to make me change from the Avons.

[1] I always found Tourance to be very good except they are more prone to
squaring off than the Avons or Metzeler Enduro4s. Also, if you are going to
go touring in the south of Europe in summer the Tourance will go fairly
soft and wear quite quickly IME. I found this out on my trip to Italy in
2003.

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SteveH

wessie <putmynamehere@tesco.net> wrote:

> > ISTR Conti Road Attacks were in the review.
>
> that's the ones - my independent service bod has a set which he is about
> to fit to his 1150GSA so I will see what he thinks of them in due
> course. IIRC he has always been a Tourance fan in the past. They'll need to
> be very good and cheap to make me change from the Avons.

They're certainly cheap, and I reckon they're pretty good, but I ride
like a girl, so what would I know.....
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Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL
BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #

wessie

darsy <darsyx@sticky.co.uk> wrote in
news:1183991397.772265.261270@57g2000hsv.googlegro ups.com:

> On Jul 9, 3:23 pm, wessie <putmynameh...@tesco.net> wrote:
>> darsy <dar...@sticky.co.uk> wrote
>> innews:1183984244.415115.38880@q75g2000hsh.googleg roups.com:
>>
>> > On Jul 9, 12:29 pm, wessie <putmynameh...@tesco.net> wrote:
>
>> >> seem to have no problem with supply. Personally, I've switched to
>> >> Avons and find them excellent for grip, wear and availability.
>>
>> > which Avons - Distanzas?
>>
>> Yes. I've been using them since 2005 - used them for the trip to
>> Croatia so they have seen all sorts of terrain and weather.
>
> OK - noted.
>
>> A couple of months ago Bike did a tyre test for this type of bike:
>> Avons came out near the top. IIRC, only tyres with no off road
>> pretensions came higher.
>
> Irritatingly, I did have that issue of Bike, but it got accidentally
> chucked before I read that article. Can you remember which "no off
> road pretensions" tyres were tested? I have seen a Tiger fan site
> where the guy has put BT020s on, which seems an odd choice, though he
> reports them as very good. He also rated Pirelli Scorpion ST90s - any
> experience of those?
>

There's a new Tourance out apparently Tourance EXP
http://www.mynetmoto.com/motorradrei...rance_exp.html
This is one of the .de suppliers I referred to above.

I tried to find a scan of the Bike mag article on UKGSer. No luck.
The top three tyres were Dunlop D607, Conti Road Attack and Avon Distanzia
The first two are road only tyres. The Avons have a similar pattern
to Tourance and are fine on a bit of mud or gravel.


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BMW R1150GS

Krusty

SteveH wrote:

> darsy <darsyx@sticky.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > > A couple of months ago Bike did a tyre test for this type of
> > > bike: Avons came out near the top. IIRC, only tyres with no off
> > > road pretensions came higher.
> >
> > Irritatingly, I did have that issue of Bike, but it got accidentally
> > chucked before I read that article. Can you remember which "no off
> > road pretensions" tyres were tested? I have seen a Tiger fan site
> > where the guy has put BT020s on, which seems an odd choice, though
> > he reports them as very good. He also rated Pirelli Scorpion ST90s
> > - any experience of those?
>
> ISTR Conti Road Attacks were in the review.

They were, & they won. Mich Pilot Roads were also in there.

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darsy

On Jul 9, 3:38 pm, wessie <putmynameh...@tesco.net> wrote:

> There's a new Tourance out apparently Tourance EXPhttp://www.mynetmoto.com/motorradreifen_news_details.cfm/moto_news/34...
> This is one of the .de suppliers I referred to above.
>
> I tried to find a scan of the Bike mag article on UKGSer. No luck.
> The top three tyres were Dunlop D607, Conti Road Attack and Avon Distanzia
> The first two are road only tyres. The Avons have a similar pattern
> to Tourance and are fine on a bit of mud or gravel.

cheers.

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