Sport Bike Tires...

[SouthernSVT]

My rear tire on my R6 is getting very low, and I need to get a new one soon. This is my first time to buy a new tire for a bike. Are there any brands that ya'll reccomend, or any brands to stay away from? Just want some advice before I run out and blow a bunch of money on something that I shouldn't of bought.

[AnotherRedHead]

Michelin pilots are the way to go. Call me I can get you a hook up!

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[[CS]ls1haha]

Michelin pilots are the way to go. Call me I can get you a hook up!

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That's what I'm rolling on, good shit.

[SouthernSVT]

Michelin pilots are the way to go. Call me I can get you a hook up!

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Cool, I appreciate it. I'll give you a call at lunch around noon.

[GREENMAN]

How many miles did the originals last Southern?

[SouthernSVT]

Do ya'll go with the pilot power, or pilot power 2ct?

[SouthernSVT]

How many miles did the originals last Southern?
Somewhere between 3500 - 4000 miles.

[cbrjames]

Either ones are awesome. :cool:

[Garceeya]

Do ya'll go with the pilot power, or pilot power 2ct?


I just put on a new set of the 2CT's and I love them. I bought online front and back for around $250 shipped. I recommend the same tires front and back as well. Don't buy just a rear tire and not change out the front unless you go with the same you had on there. Front will last typically twice as long as the rear tire.

[GREENMAN]

Somewhere between 3500 - 4000 miles.
:eek: I have 4K on mine and it looks like I am going to get another 4K out of them at least.
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[SouthernSVT]

:eek: I have 4K on mine and it looks like I am going to get another 4K out of them at least.
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I didn't buy it to look pretty :D .

[SouthernSVT]

I just put on a new set of the 2CT's and I love them. I bought online front and back for around $250 shipped. I recommend the same tires front and back as well. Don't buy just a rear tire and not change out the front unless you go with the same you had on there. Front will last typically twice as long as the rear tire.
Will having a different brand on the back mess with the handeling? I figured it wouldn't make a difference. Like when I had Nitto 555R's on the back of my cobra, with BF Goodrich KDW G-Force T/As on the front.

[GREENMAN]

yeah yeah, the good looks come natural to Kawasaki's, :D
I've heard a lot of good things about the Pilot Powers but if the front isn't as worn as the rear when it comes time, I'm going to go with another rear battlax.

[SouthernSVT]

yeah yeah, the good looks come natural to Kawasaki's, :D
I've heard a lot of good things about the Pilot Powers but if the front isn't as worn as the rear when it comes time, I'm going to go with another rear battlax.
I would argue with you, but my next bike is going to be a ZX-10R. Them things are sexay! Maybe an RC-51, but 10R's have always been my favorite.

[Garceeya]

Will having a different brand on the back mess with the handeling? I figured it wouldn't make a difference. Like when I had Nitto 555R's on the back of my cobra, with BF Goodrich KDW G-Force T/As on the front.


Yes it will. Cars don't use the side of their tires when cornering. Bikes do and will handle differently with mismatched tires.

[cbrjames]

I would argue with you, but my next bike is going to be a ZX-10R. Them things are sexay! Maybe an RC-51, but 10R's have always been my favorite.

Wtf? Are you stealing my ideas biotch? One of those are probably going to be my next bike too, and i've posted in here several times. :p

[GREENMAN]

Wtf? Are you stealing my ideas biotch? One of those are probably going to be my next bike too, and i've posted in here several times. :p

Let me guess, a black one? :rolleyes:

[lowthreeohz]

PP's are the way to go dont waste your money on the 2ct's unless youre gonna hit up some track days and do some serious cornerin

plus, they just had a recall for defects in the 2ct's IIRC

[SouthernSVT]

Wtf? Are you stealing my ideas biotch? One of those are probably going to be my next bike too, and i've posted in here several times. :p
You can go do a search under my name, I have been planning this for a while. Me n greenman have already had this argument too. There are about to be a whole buncha black 10Rs on DFWStangs :D .

[cbrjames]

Actually no, i don't want black. I never want a black bike. If its a new 07, i want the blue one. The 05 titanium is pretty sweet too.

[GREENMAN]

Actually no, i don't want black. I never want a black bike. If its a new 07, i want the blue one. The 05 titanium is pretty sweet too.

the blue is awsome too, but Southern and I are both planning on getting black, I guess it wouldn't be all that bad to all ride stealth :cool:
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[SouthernSVT]

Actually no, i don't want black. I never want a black bike. If its a new 07, i want the blue one. The 05 titanium is pretty sweet too.
Well then you're good to go, I'm getting black for my next bike no matter what. Same bikes, different colors, all gravy. :)

[SouthernSVT]

the blue is awsome too, but Southern and I are both planning on getting black, I guess it wouldn't be all that bad to all ride stealth :cool:
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We could make a biker mob. :cool:

[cbrjames]

Well, thats IF, i get a 10r. I've always wanted an RC, and i've got my eye on an 04 Mille R on craigslist at the moment.

[GREENMAN]

We could make a biker mob. :cool:
cbrjames just threw that one out the window.
That would suck..I can see it now all of us leaving a GTG or something hopping on the wrong bike playing "match-the-key-to-the-bike" :p

[SouthernSVT]

cbrjames just threw that one out the window.
That would suck..I can see it now all of us leaving a GTG or something hopping on the wrong bike playing "match-the-key-to-the-bike" :p
LMFAO.....I just got a mental picture of us three looking like retards every time we try to leave a gtg. :D

[SouthernSVT]

Well, thats IF, i get a 10r. I've always wanted an RC, and i've got my eye on an 04 Mille R on craigslist at the moment.
An RC-51 would be badass to have, don't see alot of em around either. Post a pic of the mille, I don't want to go hunting through craigslist. Don't worry I don't want to buy it.

[cbrjames]

cbrjames just threw that one out the window.
That would suck..I can see it now all of us leaving a GTG or something hopping on the wrong bike playing "match-the-key-to-the-bike" :p

Well, if we're talking biker boys type gang, then i'll have to break down and get a black one.

[SouthernSVT]

Well, if we're talking biker boys type gang, then i'll have to break down and get a black one.
Burn rubber, not your soul. :cool: :rolleyes:


....and it's spelled Biker Boyz, you gotta know that if you're in our bike gang.

[cbrjames]

An RC-51 would be badass to have, don't see alot of em around either. Post a pic of the mille, I don't want to go hunting through craigslist. Don't worry I don't want to buy it.

http://dallas.craigslist.org/mcy/362499780.html

[GREENMAN]

Well, if we're talking biker boys type gang, then i'll have to break down and get a black one.

What a coincidence, I just saw that movie last night.
If it ever comes to it, how bout just a patch or something..lol

[GREENMAN]

http://dallas.craigslist.org/mcy/362499780.html

Thats pretty damn nice. I have been wanting a TLR for a while now, I'm going to pick one up if I can find a nice one. Not comparing it to a Mille or anything, just like the v-twin.

[cbrjames]

What a coincidence, I just saw that movie last night.
If it ever comes to it, how bout just a patch or something..lol

Ninja riders? Lol, all black, ninja like, riding ninjas? Yeah, i need more to do. We can include Garceeya in too, but he has to put it back to stock length.

[cbrjames]

Thats pretty damn nice. I have been wanting a TLR for a while now, I'm going to pick one up if I can find a nice one. Not comparing it to a Mille or anything, just like the v-twin.

There is a blue and white one on CL for $5k too. Its a pretty recent ad today.

http://dallas.craigslist.org/mcy/363056092.html

[GREENMAN]

Burn rubber, not your soul. :cool: :rolleyes:


....and it's spelled Biker Boyz, you gotta know that if you're in our bike gang.

As long as we aren't fathering each others kids :eek: , all is good.

[GREENMAN]

There is a blue and white one on CL for $5k too. Its a pretty recent ad today.

http://dallas.craigslist.org/mcy/363056092.html

I want the yellow w/graphics on it, don't really want to go out of my way to find it. If I trip over one, I'll buy it otherwise it will be a 10r for me.

[SouthernSVT]

http://dallas.craigslist.org/mcy/362499780.html
Nice, but I would lose that exhaust set up soooo quick.

[cbrjames]

Nice, but I would lose that exhaust set up soooo quick.

Yeah, i'd probably dump it for like a high mount Arrow, or Leo Vince, or something like that.

[SouthernSVT]

There is a blue and white one on CL for $5k too. Its a pretty recent ad today.

http://dallas.craigslist.org/mcy/363056092.html
I saw some dude cruisin on one of those the other day. i couldn't figure out if it was a GSXR1000 with a weird tail conversion, or a Busa with a GSXR paintjob, guess it wasn't either.

[GREENMAN]

yeah, one of my all time favorites.

[SouthernSVT]

Wouldn't mind having one of these just to play around with.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Kawasaki-Ninja-2001-Kawasaki-Ninja-ZX7R_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ50019QQihZ014QQite mZ330140932949QQrdZ1

[GREENMAN]

Wouldn't mind having one of these just to play around with.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Kawasaki-Ninja-2001-Kawasaki-Ninja-ZX7R_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ50019QQihZ014QQite mZ330140932949QQrdZ1

brings to mind...
http://www.songlyricscollection.com/lyrics/v/vanilla-ice/cool-as-ice/cool-as-ice.jpg

[cbrjames]

brings to mind...
http://www.songlyricscollection.com/lyrics/v/vanilla-ice/cool-as-ice/cool-as-ice.jpg

Lmao!

Wow, this thread sure went a different direction off of tires.

[SouthernSVT]

brings to mind...
http://www.songlyricscollection.com/lyrics/v/vanilla-ice/cool-as-ice/cool-as-ice.jpg
haha....I used to watch that movie as a kid. His pants are fuckin killer.

[GREENMAN]

yeah it did, sorry Southern, lets get back on topic:D.

[SouthernSVT]

yeah it did, sorry Southern, lets get back on topic:D.
lol, I got my tire question answered in the first couple replies, just been killin time since then. :D

[GREENMAN]

Well in that case, I want to go for a ride this weekend, during a rain break, any of you two on the westside of the mteroplex?

[cbrjames]

lol, I got my tire question answered in the first couple replies, just been killin time since then. :D

Yeah, it's been kind of dead in this forum lately. It got to the point where i haven't even been in here in a week or two.

[cbrjames]

Well in that case, I want to go for a ride this weekend, during a rain break, any of you two on the westside of the mteroplex?

I was at one time, but i am now on the NE side. Oh, and bikeless. Guess i need to take the R1 out of my sig huh? :(

[SouthernSVT]

Well in that case, I want to go for a ride this weekend, during a rain break, any of you two on the westside of the mteroplex?
Garland, but I spend half my life in North Richland Hills.


Gotta stay fly.... :D

[GREENMAN]

Yeah, it's been kind of dead in this forum lately. It got to the point where i haven't even been in here in a week or two.
Yeah it's been a little lame as of late :(

[Garceeya]

PP's are the way to go dont waste your money on the 2ct's unless youre gonna hit up some track days and do some serious cornerin

plus, they just had a recall for defects in the 2ct's IIRC

Where is the info on the recall. I just bought mine a few months ago. I have had no problems, but would like to know that mine are ok. I don't do much track riding but it is nice knowing there is more grip in the corners from the tires. They are also not any more expensive than the regular pilot powers.

[Garceeya]

Love Google.

http://back-3-10.webmichelin.com/uk/front/act_affich.jsp?news_id=20122&lang=EN&codeRubrique=43

Includes Pilot Power 2CT and Pilot Power in the 120/70 size. Only tires made in France for a certain time frame. So not just the 2CT tires.

[lwk2]

Here's the link the the USA Michelin Pilot Power 2 CT front tire recall page with USA phone contact number

http://michelin.blizz.fr/pilotpower/langues/americain/usa_pilot-power.html


I got one but haven't replaced it yet.
Seems the shops I called don't have the 2CT replacement yet....only the regular Pilot Powers

[lwk2]

Here's the link the the USA Michelin Pilot Power 2CT tire recall page with USA phone contact number

http://michelin.blizz.fr/pilotpower/langues/americain/usa_pilot-power.html

[Garceeya]

Here's the link the the USA Michelin Pilot Power 2CT tire recall page with USA phone contact number

http://michelin.blizz.fr/pilotpower/langues/americain/usa_pilot-power.html

Same boat here. I have a recalled front tire as well. The places I call say at least three weeks. Both 2CT and the regular Pilot Power fronts were recalled.