BT014s it is then.

I asked a mate (who works at a bike shop) to price up some tyres for the
Blackbird, and it seems I agreed the price. This I don't remember.

394 euros! Loose!

Ah well. Has anyone here tried BT014s on a big bike?

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Paul.
CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird
BOTAFOT #4
BOTAFOF #30
MRO #24

 

Got them on the gixxer. Seem OK in a black and round kind of way.

 

Bear says...

They most definitely are sports tyres. They'd last about 10 minutes on
a Blackbird in that heat.

I've got them on the Gixer and they are seriously good tyres, even when
squared off and knackered.

 

I don't ride it in the hot weather. Probably won't use it now until
September- except for a little jeans and t shirt blat now and again to
keep it running.

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Paul.
CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird
BOTAFOT #4
BOTAFOF #30
MRO #24

 

75 quid more than I paid for them ride-in/ride-out fitted.

Yes. They're good.

 

Christofire says...

I'm being quoted good prices for supply and fit to loose wheels,
haven't checked ri-ro prices yet. At the BMF I could have had a 190
rear fitted ri-ro for 115 quid.

My front still has a 1/2 inch chicken strip each side but the rear is
right off the edges. I can't figure it.

 

I lost interest in the "what's a good tyre" thing[1] a couple of years ago
when I started puncturing the fuckers with monotonous regularity. Is the 014
the replacement for the 010? I had 012s on the gixer and it went all weird
on me.

[1] although Continental ContiForce SMs are pretty cool on a supermoto

 

Why not? I know you're crap at geometry, but you should have seen
this before.

Perhaps you do need a Ducati.

 

Pip says...

I mean I've seen other gixers like mine running on 014s that have a
small chicken strip on the back, yet they have less of one on the front
than I have. How does that work then Mr Gingestein?

In addition to the bikes I have? Yes please if you're buying.

 

Different suspension setup - or even weight of rider, perhaps.

It is unusual IME for a road bike to have no strip on the front tyre,
yet frequent for there to be little or none to the rear. You know
that, ffs. That is the way that bike suspension geometry works - if
you're worried about it, drop both tyres to 5psi and nip round a
roundabout both ways, then blow them up again. That'll sort ya.

 

Not sure if it's a direct replacement. I know they're standard on a
lot of new Suzukis. There seem to be a lot of tyres available
nowadays that are "specific" to a certain bike, i.e. the BT011 on the
front of a GSXR1000K*.

 

My front sounds about the same the the rear has about 5mm left now[1].
Given your riding compared to mine, that sounds about right to me.


[1] Down from the 2 inches a couple of weeks ago.

 

Paul Carmichael va escriure:

These tyres are absolutey sport, I won't recomend you them for a blackbird
unless you want them for circuit racing. On my gsxr600 lasted less than
3000 miles.

 

When I softened the front of the Raptor up from it's way too stiff
setting I got wear closer to the edge than I was getting(weight wasn't
coming forward properly was the theory suggested - I dunno, all I know
is it rides heaps better with the sag right and the compression
lightened up)

JL
may or may not be relevant

 

It was £10 a wheel for ri-ro. TST Tyres wanted £15 for the same. I
told them I'd had good service before, and was willing to ride further
to use them if they could match the fitting price.

I was told, rather abuptly, that if I could get it done for £10 less
then I should. So I did. It's done nothing for making up for the
broken promises re: 010s last year.

 

Christofire says...

Sounds like a good enough reason to not even bother calling them next
time.

 

I've just noticed this part of the post. My 014s are the same, in that
the rear has much less strip than the front. The SV was like this too,
on 010s, then ISTR it evened out a bit on Avons (45/46). I've no idea,
but I'm happier that I'll run out of rear before I run out of front.

 

Christofire wrote

My Azaros are about the same both ends, which suggest to me that they
are well matched. Whether that means anything or not I have not a
fucking clue.

I am not too sure I would be happy to run out. That is a long way over
from where I am now and the implications for over enthusiastic exploring
of the possibilities have sort of grasped my imagination as I write and
I have decided that really must go out and find out tomorrow.

 

Tony has a bad aim at times... unless he's shooting at his own foot......
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**** all wrong with that. A price is a price. If someone works out what
they think is a reasonable price for doing something, why should they
change it? "Price promise" guarantees aren't compulsory you know.

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Paul.
CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird
BOTAFOT #4
BOTAFOF #30
MRO #24