Yeah, it's a funny thing. I was speaking to Darryl at Close Motorcycles on the
weekend and he was saying how he had a girl in a little while ago with a ZX9
running 208's. She wasn't unhappy with these, but Darryl knew (having a kwaka
1200 himself) that for her particular bike the Pirelli evo's would suit it
better (and they're in theory a model behind the Diablos - therefore
theoretically well outclassed by the 208's).
anyway he told her to go ride on them and that if she wasn't happy after a week,
he would fit and replace them with whatever she wanted FOC. He didn't hear from
her so rang and followed it up, and she was ecstatic with the handling
improvement.
So here's the thing, apart from personal choice and the tyre model type - there
is also how that model performs on your particular bike (and its suspension
set-up). checked the Diablo front - the Pirellis are 'supposed' to be a squarer
cross-section profile, but it was more triangulated than my 'triangular' 208.
Other reports from the States I've seen put the AV50 well ahead of the 208's -
on their bikes, and others behind.
Just gets kinda messy.
Maybe someone could set up a reference section somewhere for BA members of what
different members thought of different tyres on their bikes over time. I would
get more from that over than a lot of the mag tests I have seen.
Just an idea to give someone more work ;-)
Lachlan
----- Original Message -----
From: philsch1 <phil@...>
To: bikers_anon@...
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 10:28 AM
Subject: [bikers_anon] Re: avon tyres


Interesting: In May 2003 "BIKE" magazine the Avon's came out last.
Michelin Pilot Sports won the test before Dunlop 208 and Pirelli
Dragon. I'll bring it along on Thursday if anyone's interested.

Phil



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