Hello all! I have started looking into tyres, and bearing in mind, the most the bike will see if town riding and a few A roads here and there until Spring (commuter) as of when I pick it up. I was thinking of going for the above tyres. As I hear that in dry, they are brilliant and even in the wet they are good. Life is apparently long so it sounds like they are a winner. Any thoughts? I expect to be averaging 50-100 miles a week. Now, my journey to work can be between 5 and 8 miles each way. This is a distance I wouldn't think of doing on the 748 or the 1098S. The distance is short, the engine is still cold by the time I would arrive and generally I know, it's not good practice to do lots of short trips. How does the MTS 1200S fair up to this? Is it really a 'city' commuter? P.s. I have not bought the bike to commute, it's an added pleasure I would like to take advantage of from time to time. As I walk and train it to work.
It'll probably be even less warm than your previous 2, as the engine is more exposed. Given your concerns about doing that distance with a 1098, the MTS is going to be little different in that respect although the engine is intended to be a little more tractable for daily duties. For 2 years I ran mine to Oxford city centre quite happily, but there was always a 15 mile blast down the A34 to go with it.
Hmmm, good input. I will have a short blast down the A329 which will break away from the pottering about. I guess I will see how it goes and just bring it out once or twice a week. Save it for the weekends long trips
PR2s last much longer and are nearly as good in the wet. Can't report on longevity of Z8s yet, but I prefer them over PR2s and PR3s.
Very happy with mine, I commute about 25 miles each way into London everyday. I have half the journey in crappy traffic and the rest on more open roads. Wear and grip is excellent. However I will soon stop and hit the train for about 3-4 months, the salt on the roads, plus the dark and wet is the real killer.
ACF50 is your friend. I am going to coat the bike in it for winter, worry about it looking clean next year. It's not overly expensive to get someone to properly spray the bike in it.
pR2 superior in many ways,especially dry grip when 'making progress',and when properly heated up and cranking it to the tyre edge .PR3 sadly lacking on the limits,and once you have overused them they go off,and the grip levels never return to near the original feel.Back on the PR2 as you can probably guess,also tyre pressure important,and I run 32 front 36 rear.
I've got the Pilot Power 3's on my Multi Sport they are excellent. Got 4K out of the back tyre (at this point it was well buggered though), which included a 2k Alps trip. They warm up pretty quick too, never had a problem in the wet or dry.
