What did you do to your bike today?

[RideWithStyles]

1 hour ago, Simon Davey said:

@RideWithStyles

Which tyres do Suzuki fit it with as a new bike? Are they work considering? 

This is a 20year old bike now, original fitment in typical Japanese fashion back then was Bridgestone bt…dinosaur age, which is a tyre stopped making many years ago.

brief summary:

This bike came on some Bridgestones when I bought it years ago and they were…(thinking of diplomatic to not offend the BS die hard slags)...not to my liking one bit so I will not be considering that brand what so ever. Had them on cars too but just don’t like them.

 

so brands to think about was;

Metzelers as I’ve had a lot of them like rensport, m3,m5,m7, z8. (Z6r, 955,gsf)

z8 have been great again though I was hoping for a bit more mileage from it…so was looking at the possibility of a more modern fitment. The Roadtecs are a massive jump in price with low chance of improvement in mileage to the outlay required.

 

pirelli, had a good few of these Diablo, Rosso 1and 2, st etc. (Zx6r,thunder,955, benelli)

GT, was on the wifes 125, lasted very well but the grape vine and pasting shows these will be dropped some time soon, so don’t want to fall into that problem of sourcing.

not wanting to pay for the overpriced gt2 if avoidable.

ST I had on the Benelli was okish (compared to the Flintstones) but the only tyre apart from BS that set off the tc ever wet or dry, easy to break its limits of braking and acceleration dry or wet even on a 200kg 46hp bike so not wanting to jump on that with more weight, power and less adjustability.

Michelins: road2 and 2ct, (zx6r, benelli) good times and last well but also disconcerting. Price has gone up a lot with these as mentioned before. Brilliant tyres but My only gripe is that they don’t talk much due to the soft carcass which makes a lovely ride and finds grip but where that point of limit is and trust of when (wet or dry) I never can seem to relax about.

 

was maybe looking into the Dunlops, I did ride on a laverda many moons ago that were on d214 which one point surprised the shite out of me on a round about but these were very re known for sketchy behaviour but more modern ones are better than the death traps. A 748 had a different model on, abit harsh (the duc was set up firmly too i believe) but never quite managed to make me need dry cleaning or hospital food unlike the 214’s.

this would be mega premium to make me uncomfortable buying the mutants (things may change with my employment so all year riding maybe on the cards). Roadsmarts 3 was a possibility.

Avons I’ve had some good times on (thunder cat,zx6r,benelli) and one blotch (thunder cat) but never got to working out the solid reason for it. Now they are harder to get hold of, cost more, fewer available and made in the EU. So not them.

continentals, was on the cbf125 which I didn’t mind while the wife wasn’t as keen. 

General Difficultly sourcing and availability seems to be a a turn off. Had them on many cars and been ok to good with them.

 

I was even looking left field (desperate) of maxxis, cst and anlas….but the risks were higher with less potential rewards.

 

so as brief goes, I’ve been considering quite abit recently. 

 

 

 

Edited Thursday at 09:37 by RideWithStyles
Autocorrect

[Simon Davey]

Blimey, that's an exhausting amount to consider 

 

Edited Thursday at 14:45 by Simon Davey

[S-Westerly]

I like Metzlers, had them on the Ducati but I found they error prone to suddenly wearing at the end of their life. They'd look decent but 700 miles later They'd be squared off and the tread would seemingly evaporate. Currently got Continentals but haven't made up mind about them yet.

[Mawsley]

Dear 10yr old motorbike bolts...

[V650]

Got out early for a small run of about 50 KM

Of course it lashed rain so the bike was manky when I got home

a quick wash and a bit of lubrication  and then a lick of Autosol on the pipes

 

[Simon Davey]

Not sure if those pipes should be so shiny, you're just showing everyone else up

[V650]

4 minutes ago, Simon Davey said:

Not sure if those pipes should be so shiny, you're just showing everyone else up

Gotta have some bling  

And as it is a bank hol here in Ireland tomorrow I might get out again just to muck it up

[bonio]

I admit being a tad envious of shiny headers.