cheap tyres

M&P direct are flogging Dunlop Qualifiers for £140 a pair this weekend
only. Seems like a good price so anyone frightened off by the Michelin
recall might be interested.

 

All sizes?

The reason I ask is that the 190/55 rear the '06 uses is usually £122.

 

All sizes?

The reason I ask is that the 190/55 rear the '06 uses is usually £122.

See gmail..

 

180/55 or 190/50

The 180/55 will make your bike turn a bit quicker so could make all
the difference to your riding.

 

Saw the e-mail, but 180/55 and 190/55 aren't 190/55...

 

I think I'll just wait until the rear is worn, and see what the sensible
option is at the time. There's likely to be a bit more choice for
190/55 rubber next year now it's on the 1098 as well as the 10R, and
this one should see me through the rest of monsoon season..

 

Are you sure?

 

He might want to ask the audience..

 

A Dunlop 180/55 is a 190. There's not much room between chain and tyre
on my old gixxer with a Michelin, and none at all with a Dunlop, so I
know about these things.

 

I know what I meant. LTSTPRU.

 

I wonder what the dunlop 190/55's already on the bike are then.

 

Heretic!!

BURN HIM

 

Be pefectly honest, Ginge. Do you really think you'll notice the
difference? So many litre bikes use a 190/50 with no ill effects -
what makes you think a 190/55 will make your bike handle any better
for the use you put it to.

It's my opinion that you won't even notice the difference in profiles,
I can hardly ever tell whether I'm on a 180 or 190, whatever the
profile. Buy some Pilot Road2, they've done me fine on the Daytona and
are hardly worn after 3500 miles, they feel much better than the 010s
that were on it as OE. If you really must have supersports tyres then
how about Pilot Powers, the non 2CT type? Graham at GLF has had them
on his Fazer Thou for a year or two and rates them highly as fast road
tyres, and even on trackdays where he's no slouch. Qualifiers may well
be excellent tyres if you're a riding god, but they'll be well squared
off and feel fucking awful in 1000 miles with normal use.

To be pefectly blunt, I think there's an awful lot of bollocks talked
about the 'need' for sticky tyres, the majority of people would be
hard pushed to use the full potential of a good sports/touring tyre,
let alone something stickier. Most people wouldn't even get enough
heat into something like a Qualifier to make it work properly, which
says to me a quality sports/touring tyre or a normal supersports tyre
would actually be a safer and more cost effective option.

 

wrote:

No idea. I'm more concerned about it handiling differently and me not
liking the way it feels, so losing confidence in it. Right now I like
the feel of the bike, and trust it.

Nothing makes me think it'll handle better by changing to the same
profile, it's more a case of will it handle worse changing to a
different one.

Oddly enough my rear qualifier is already over 2000 miles old and fairly
evenly worn all over.

Tyres are cheaper than panels, so a few quid more isn't a bad investment
really.

 

<applause>

 

I'm not surprised you agree with him. The only way you'd get any heat
in a sports tyre is with a blow torch.

 

Yes I agree and I often breeze past "riders" on sportsbikes, especially
if the road is anything other than dead straight for as far as the eye
can see.