rear tyres...

serious3 · 31-03-2013 12:04pm #1

the rear battlax bt20 on my trophy 900 is getting worn and squared off, i'm happy enough with it and there's not much chicken strip left

i've a nearly new as in less than 1000 miles, bt20f on the front. whats the current tyre of choice at the minute thats got good wear and grip? or do i stick with a bt20?

Please Kill Me · 31-03-2013 2:50pm

serious3 wrote: »

the rear battlax bt20 on my trophy 900 is getting worn and squared off, i'm happy enough with it and there's not much chicken strip left i've a nearly new as in less than 1000 miles, bt20f on the front. whats the current tyre of choice at the minute thats got good wear and grip? or do i stick with a bt20?

Depends on what you need it for mate. The BT020, is that the new tyre from Bridgestone? Heard they're really good. Good tyres also are the Pirelli Supercorsa (uber-sticky) Michelin Pilot Road 3 are great tyres, good mileage and good grip, especially in the wet. The Pilot Road 2's are pretty decent too.

RosieJoe · 31-03-2013 3:21pm

Please Kill Me wrote: »

Depends on what you need it for mate. The BT020, is that the new tyre from Bridgestone? Heard they're really good. Good tyres also are the Pirelli Supercorsa (uber-sticky) Michelin Pilot Road 3 are great tyres, good mileage and good grip, especially in the wet. The Pilot Road 2's are pretty decent too.

I've a BT023 on the rear of my Bandit and cannot fault it. Thankgully it has never stepped out on me. Last tyre on it was a BT021 so just replaced it with the newer model.

kaimera · 31-03-2013 3:43pm

road3 tbh

unless they have been superceeded.

serious3 · 31-03-2013 3:59pm

bt020 out for a good while, happy enough with wet and dry grip tbh, hearing good things about the pr3's tho..... she's a heavy old lump my bike so i'd like dual compounds to get some mileage out of the rears might just throw another bt020 on the back and put a pair of pr3's on later in the year as i prefer to fit tyres in pairs

corkgsxr · 31-03-2013 4:27pm

The bt23 is ment to be top class

Stainless_Steel · 31-03-2013 4:37pm

Think the new Bridgestone is called the S20.

corkgsxr · 31-03-2013 4:56pm

Stainless_Steel wrote: »

Think the new Bridgestone is called the S20.

That's to replace the bt16 I think

R10s racing10
S20 sports20

The bt 20 and 23 are sports touring

daenerysstormborn3 · 31-03-2013 6:37pm

Pilot 3. So much confidence in them, can really throw the bike around in the wet too which is great.

KamiKazi · 31-03-2013 7:28pm

For an all weather bike I'd go for BT023's / PR3's.

Wonda-Boy · 31-03-2013 9:53pm

+1 for the PR3's I currently have a set on my bike but you will get longer from the PR2's with much the same grip in the wet. The PR3's are a softer compound, blue orion had a set of PR2's and went to the PR3's and went back to the PR2's. As the mileage was not the same, I had a set of PR2s and the mileage I got from them was savage and I am not getting anywhere near the same with the current PR3's. Not much in the price either, AFAIK Crossans in Newry have a free fitting service running at the moment.

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