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Gnaghi
Jan 25, 2008

Is this a good first bike?

Spiffness posted:

Also anyone looking at semi offroad mainly street tires for 17", considering Avon Distanzias (SP?) should go for it. I slapped a pair on my DRZ, sticky enough to drag hard parts on pavement, quite fun in hard pack. Slick as hell in mud but what do you expect. I would run these all the time on a DRZ and am probably going to throw a set on over the winter on the KTM to deal with the rain and mucky roads.

I am picking up some Distanzas ummmmm tomorrow! Cycle gear is currently having a pretty universal tire sale, for anyone interested.

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Gnaghi
Jan 25, 2008

Is this a good first bike?

sw0cb posted:

What kind of tires should I be looking at for a 2006 Zx-6r that arent going to just slide out from under me in a rainy/wet situation?


Edit: I guess I'm looking at sport touring tires, I should have been more clear. I'm not planning any track days with it right now, are the pilot road 2s worth the money or should I be looking at other brands?

I put diablo stradas on mine cause I've had good experiences with them. From what I've been hearing, the pilot road 2s might be slightly better though.

Gnaghi
Jan 25, 2008

Is this a good first bike?
I just got charged $90 to mount two old distanzas on skinny WRX rims. Never again. I'm going to pick up this bead breaker next month, any recommendations for a tire spoon kit?

I also really suck at reading tires and can't decide if these are good for another sumo event or not. They look pretty bald to me, especially the front. They just moved the event up to the 9th and I'm broke till next month.



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