Triumphrat

DaveM · 1 Week Ago

By popular demand of you members this thread is currently undergoing a clean up.

This thread will be reduced to informative only type posts, all chit chat will be deleted.

Please keep all posts to useful information type posts only.

This thread is for reference, social chatting is for the forum proper ok

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Please do not get annoyed if your post gets deleted there will be many deletions over the next day / night or two. Yes I am also deleting all my own useless posts!

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DaveM

DaveM · 1 Week Ago

This thread is now about 40 pages shorter.

Please keep posts to useful information and have your chats in the main forum.

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BTR01 · 4 Days Ago

Dave,

Just wanted to let you know that I ended up with the Battlax BT-021 tires. Seem pretty decent, and a lot more predictable than the old 020's. But I'm not sure if that's due to the fact that these are actually more round than the more squared off ones that I just dropped off.

What I wanted to pass on is that I picked them up mostly due to the fact that the tire manufacturer had problems with the first lot wearing out crazy fast. So, my understanding is that, a worldwide recall was initiated earlier this year (if you've got some that wore out fast and were less than sticky, you might want to see about getting the free replacement from your tire dealer). The ones that I now have are the second editions, which are supposed to have fixed all of those original issues with the first batch, in regards to the front tire. Hope that this helps...

dogarajo · 3 Days Ago

I stopped in at my local shop to compare new skins and the guys brought up the new Battlax BT 016. I was wondering if anyone has tried these yet. I was leaning toward the Metzler Z6 or M3, but now I'm reconsidering.

They're getting good reviews from other forums, but I was wondering on mileage. I've put a little over 5k miles on the Conti Force this summer and it pretty flat in the middle. I was running about 34-36 psi most of the time.

Anyone have anything good to say about the old (new) Battlax?

Granty · 3 Days Ago

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Originally Posted by CrazyIvan

I was always happy with the 020 as it seemed to behave pretty well (apart from very wet weather) but the 021 is nothing like it. The wear rates on the 021 seems to be a lot worse, remarkably, than the 020 with some people reporting a 50p effect on their tyres after a fairly short period of time (I hope you know what I mean by that..) and I can confirm that problem with my 021 rear that was replaced last week. The next replacement of tyres will be with a completely different manufacturer as I am unhappy with the way these tyres feel and perform compared to the 020.

I'm not sure if it's always the case but my local mechanic reckons there are often differences in compounds for tyres with the same names but supplied to different parts of the world. It would make sense if you think that our 'high' temperatures are around 25 degrees but parts of the U.S and Oz often have much more extreme air and therefore road temperatures. Personally I can't get on with the 020s as they seem to slip around too easily. Any recommendations from UK riders would be much appreciated.