tire advice

[Truth]

ok after taking the bike out today and having to hit some corners with them wet i figured out i need new tires. so im looking for a tire that sticky when in the corners on the street but also good in rain any advice? thanks

[Degsy]

Pirelli Diablo Corsa III.

How many sets would you like?

[xsiliconkid]

Pirelli Diablo Corsa III.

How many sets would you like?

review
http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/ge...a_3/index.html

[Kitt]

pirelli

[OreoGaborio]

Pirelli Diablo Corsa III.

Ding

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[nt650hawk]

I just picked up the April 09 Sport Rider mag that tests Street/Track day tires. There is also a section on Throttle-Cornering Effects.


Tires tested:
Avon Viper Xtreme
Avon VP2 Sport
Bridgestone BT-016
Continental ContiSport Atack
Dunlop Qualifier
Metzler Sportec M3
Michelin Pilot Power
Pirelli Dialo Corsa III

[Degsy]

I just picked up the April 09 Sport Rider mag that tests Street/Track day tires. There is also a section on Throttle-Cornering Effects.


Tires tested:
Avon Viper Xtreme
Avon VP2 Sport
Bridgestone BT-016
Continental ContiSport Atack
Dunlop Qualifier
Metzler Sportec M3
Michelin Pilot Power
Pirelli Dialo Corsa III

I need to grab a copy of that today.

[akira700]

I just picked up the April 09 Sport Rider mag that tests Street/Track day tires. There is also a section on Throttle-Cornering Effects.


Tires tested:
Avon Viper Xtreme
Avon VP2 Sport
Bridgestone BT-016
Continental ContiSport Atack
Dunlop Qualifier
Metzler Sportec M3
Michelin Pilot Power
Pirelli Dialo Corsa III

Yeah good to see these large head to head tests.
Power 2CTs seem to rate very highly.

[Pigman]

Pilot Powers................Killer all around street tire

[Kitt]

degs - you can have my copy if you want

[LiononaLeash]

I have been using Conti Sport Attack recently. They are a bit cheaper than the Michelin Pilot Power I was using. The carcass isn't as stiff but they felt good running a couple PSI higher than what I was running in the Pilot Powers.

Nice feedback when they start to slide which is very confidence inspiring. I've set my personal best lap on the Conti's. But I'm not fast anyway. I'm fat, slow, ugly... and whatever else they said about TLR's in the other thread.

[Slyder]

I need new tires to. I've not ridden on Pirelli since the days of the dragons, but they rocked.

Since then I was a pilot power guy...till I tried them there Bridgestone BT-002's.
They don't last all that long, but they stuck a gixxer 1000 to the ground better than the pilot powers ever did on a gixxer 750 (2001 model, 30-40 less hp than the 1k dynoed on a crappy day)

The 002's are 96% slick, everyone told me not to ride in the rain with them. Well we got caught in the rain, so I decided to mess around some. I left it in A mode and whacked it open numerous times while riding in heavy rain. Only once did it break lose...the other times, it accelerated hard, lifted the front, etc.

I'd not try to ford a river with them, but even with heavy water running across the road it never hydroplaned.

The powers on my older 750...oh boy. I hydroplaned that bike twice, both times however were areas with large amounts of water running across the road.

Really though, there's a pile of excellent tires on the market. Try a set out this season and a different set later, or stick with what you like.

Curious though, what would a set of Corsa III's cost? 120-70fr and 190-55 rear?

[Truth]

thanks for the info guys i was looking at the III's but wanted other peoples thaughts
Degsy ill prob come to you for em it would have been this week but the power steering decided that it wanted to stop working in my truck but anyway how much for a set 120-70fr and 180-55 rear

[Hauptman]

bt016's...crazy deal on bikebandit.com