Dunlop 207RR question

How many miles do the knowledgeable reckon I'd get from a set on my
Thunderace, given the way I ride? One of my contacts has managed to
score me a set dirt cheap.

This bike is mainly used to make swift progress on swoopy A roads, not
motorway bashing.

 

So at least a month then.

 

Just a guess but 4.5K front and 3K rear.

 

Andy Bonwick says...

That'll do me nicely. I was expecting tales of maybe 1500 a rear and
3,000 a front. I just wasn't sure.

 

Molly says...

There's lovely for you. I can handle that.

 

I dunno if things have changed recently (being a trail bike owner and
all that), but my gixer would waste a front tyre in 1700 miles while
the rear lasted 2500 miles. Maybe it was an anomaly or to do with the
bikes geometry/weight distribution or the particular type of tyre
(Michelin TX15front/TX25rear). But hey, just thought I'd throw
that in.

<conspiracy theory mode>
I suspect the manufacturers are maybe modifying the tread
levels/compounds of modern tyres in order to make them last
an equal length of time.
<ctm>

YMMV, clearly.

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"Lozzo" wrote in message

I use 208's which from memory are slightly softer and I get 4k on the rear
and 6k on the front (they're on my R1)

Vass

 

Vass says...

These are the 207RRs I'm on about, they are the sticky soft compound. I
suspect the standard 208 is a little harder in compound than a 207RR.

 

Andy Bonwick says...

Thanks squire, that's the kind of response I was looking for. I'll be
having a pair fitted cos they're cheap, summer's here and I fancy trying
a pair of super-sticky tyres on dry twisty roads for once. I can go back
to something like Avon Azaro 3 AV45/46STs once the Dunlops are trashed.

 

never used em, but i'll take a finger in the air with a following wind
stab at 5k front and 4k rear.

Utter made up bollocks of course.

thank you.

 

Not a fucking hope.

I got a maximum of 3000 from the rear and the front is on it's way out
at a little over 3000 miles.

 

My money'd be Loz meets or beats that fron'ts life but 2 maybe two & a half
from the back.


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Nidge says...

I ain't that hard on tyres, but at the price I'm getting them for I
might try to be

 

I'm fairly gentle on tyres, and for the way these tyres felt I'm quite
happy with that level of milage.

Now I've spent a bit more time with the bike I think I'd get rather
less from them. I've got a non RR 207 on the back now, and I'm happy
with that. I may go with another RR on the front, I shall decide when
I get round to changing the tyre.

 

snip

Um.. Prefer RRs both ends. I feel safer when I over do things. Found the
plain 207 s a bit slithery in rain too, not that the RRs really seem to like
the wet a lot, but mmmmm in the dry ...........


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ZX6R J2 Stunning in zit yellow. KX 125 MX 'I'm snot green -fly ME'. A few
bits of CB500S in Norwegian Parrot blue. BOTAFOT#63

'Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand'.
Homer (Simpson).

 

I've not ridden it in the rain, on either, so I can't comment. But I
*do* like this bike. It fucking rocks.