I will need new tyres within a couple of months. I am leaning towards a set of Conti's. I was thinking of doing it sooner, but I don't dislike the Bridgestones $500.00 worth to waste them. Has anybody tried a set of skinnier tyres, eg a 170 on the back?
I must confess to being a novice when it comes to these new wide tyres, next biggest before this is a 120 on the back of the Duke, a Roadrunner at that. A mate of mine who rides a ZX12R and a ZX7R has tried smaller tyres on the back of both and reports a marked lightening in the steering. Davem mentioned this somewhere also, but without a definite result to report.
I do about 25k a day commuting across Rocky, so I need to get some milage, but like to lean hard whenever possible. I am a bit sus on dual compound tyres, but I havn't used 1 for many years. That was a Bridgestone Battlax I think. Not so fond memories of sliding the Duke off the camber when going through roundabouts, and 1 very long scary powerslide at the turnoff to Phillip Island fully loaded. All on a bike with not much more than half the power of the Sprint. Got 17000K before I gave up waiting for it to wear out and cut my losses before I got cut.
Any and all thoughts please. Has anyone used 1 of the new dual compound tyres wih any success?
cyas
