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Shimrod
Apr 15, 2007

race tires on road are a great idea, ask me!

Massive burnout.

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Shimrod
Apr 15, 2007

race tires on road are a great idea, ask me!

That would be about twice that amount in Australia, new.

e: I thought that was for 2 tyres for some reason, that seems about right where I am.

Shimrod fucked around with this message at 11:57 on Jan 8, 2014

Shimrod
Apr 15, 2007

race tires on road are a great idea, ask me!

BlackMK4 posted:

It is two tires - a 120/70 front and a 180/55 rear :)

In that case, yeah, that's really cheap where I'm from. That kind of price on tires is what I'd expect for some either 2nd hand or cheap car tires. The rear tire I got for my 600 was $180 and it was a take-off. And that was cheap.

Shimrod
Apr 15, 2007

race tires on road are a great idea, ask me!

BlackMK4 posted:

Meh, I rode a SV650 home 40-50mi in an Arizona monsoon with brand new PR3s on it. Did perfectly fine.

This. I rode home 100km with a brand new pair of PR4s and had no issues. Just gotta back off like you normally would if you feel it slipping :/

Shimrod
Apr 15, 2007

race tires on road are a great idea, ask me!

iwentdoodie posted:

Yeah, I don't feel that at all dude. I'd agree with being used to a squared off tire.

This. You'll get used to them.

Shimrod
Apr 15, 2007

race tires on road are a great idea, ask me!

There'll be graining around the edge I guess. You're talking about street riding right? Honestly, unless you're being a total idiot you'll never really cook them on the road.

These tyres were totally cooked, and still perfectly fine.

Shimrod
Apr 15, 2007

race tires on road are a great idea, ask me!

D212s as far as I know. They're sweet. I run them on my zX10r.

Shimrod
Apr 15, 2007

race tires on road are a great idea, ask me!

I suggest not getting a set of PR4s, the rear is fine, although it's still keen to break loose, but the front is just crap. Get a PP3 front with PR4 rear.

Shimrod
Apr 15, 2007

race tires on road are a great idea, ask me!

It's great for commuting and general duties, but if you want to hit up the mountains I just don't like how it feels, it gives up too easily for my liking. Slides too easily. It's a commuter tyre for if you do high mileage/ride in the wet a lot, I won't run the front again even though I do massive mileage though.

Shimrod
Apr 15, 2007

race tires on road are a great idea, ask me!

That reminds me, what are good tyres for a Sumo that sees mostly mountain (twisties) runs and around town stuff? I need them to be decent to good in the wet too. I've got a Metzler Racetec on the front and it's great in the dry now I'm used to it, but it's completely crap in the wet. Same for the ContiAttack SM on the rear, it's fine in the dry, but completely hopeless in the wet. (The bike came with those tyres, need to replace them soon as the rear is cooked + almost out of tread and the front is getting low on tread).

I was thinking Dunlop Q3s or Pilot Powers?

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Shimrod
Apr 15, 2007

race tires on road are a great idea, ask me!

Go with the 3s, pr4s are poo poo.

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