Tyres ordering today.

[Gee-]

Had Michelin Road 6 on my old GTR1400, slipped and slid even on my back yard grass when putting bike away into shed, wouldn't advise using them on any green lanes, but on the open wet roads, brilliant, could not fault them.
Bmw r1200Gs Adventure has continental attacks since I got bike last year, good road tests on them proved excellent and steady on the twistiest of roads at speed, even in wet climate too, and even better on gravel dirt tracks inspiring my ride.

 

[Howard J]

TA3 for me

 

[Paul Young]

I’ll ride pretty much any tyre that’s black, round and in the correct sizes. I’ve used part-worn tyres, ex-TT racer freebies and tyres that have been over 10yrs old (new old stock). They have all given sterling service whilst being capable of much more than I can inflict on them…

I fitted a pair of Dunlop D212GP’s in July, ready for the trip to Sid’s and more of France. The dates said one was from 2012 and the other from 2014 and I happily paid £100 for the pair. They were fantastic in the twisty mountain roads of the SE French alps and I got 2800 miles from the rear. The front is still fitted and is now paired with a Roadsport2 from 2012 which has been used from edge to edge without complaint. I would never go back to paying £300+ a pair.

‘Old’ 2012 tyre after France…


‘New’ 2014 tyre, 40mins after fitting and heading for the bumpiest lanes around Lancaster…

 

[Larry Langford]

Had Michelin Road 6 on my old GTR1400, slipped and slid even on my back yard grass when putting bike away into shed, wouldn't advise using them on any green lanes, but on the open wet roads, brilliant, could not fault them.
Bmw r1200Gs Adventure has continental attacks since I got bike last year, good road tests on them proved excellent and steady on the twistiest of roads at speed, even in wet climate too, and even better on gravel dirt tracks inspiring my ride.

Well, I wasn't really trying to claim brand loyalty here. I have had other brands and a good tire is a good tire. But I do have michelin road 6 GT's on my 22" RS. I have had those tires out in the sand, on one ride, and they weren't too bad really, for a 100% street tire. And I do see them a lot on GS's around here in Colorado. They do have big rain cuts in them and they are imo as good in the dirt as the anakee adventures which are similar to class C tires anyway.
As far as brands, I like dunlop touring tires on my old /5 and have ran those for many years. I do like a strong tire. No squirming under hard braking for me.

 

[pieter.oneill]

I like your style paul bang it in an go, like someone else said getting to the limit of a modern tyre is pretty difficult its usually shit on road or rider imput errors that cause them to let go. Gone to the TA3 £280 all in ive a few bikes so although there full price they will be on the bike for a good long while. My old track riding days when i was younger and had little money i rode what ever was on them was a big fan of the metzler racetecs i had on a cbr rr rode that till.it was almost a slick

 

[Larry Langford]

I like your style paul bang it in an go, like someone else said getting to the limit of a modern tyre is pretty difficult its usually shit on road or rider imput errors that cause them to let go. Gone to the TA3 £280 all in ive a few bikes so although there full price they will be on the bike for a good long while. My old track riding days when i was younger and had little money i rode what ever was on them was a big fan of the metzler racetecs i had on a cbr rr rode that till.it was almost a slick

Back in the day, I used to go to the junkyard, and pull off tires from crashed and junk motorcycles. Yep denver has a motorcycle junkyard called Rick Steeles .... I have ran some crappy tires lol ... just to be able to ride.
Now I gladly shell out for the safest tire I can get .... when your old it takes forever to heal up from injuries ... don't need any of those anymore ....

 

[Wrigsby1]

I'm with Paul... I've used allsorts, rarely the same brand and from my old courier days, a better front than back... Front you need the grip, back you need the mileage... I have once recently out of necessity, paid big cash for a Michelin set and won't again. My recent rear tyre was a CST/Maxxis and it gripped fine in all year riding and lasted for probably well past 10k miles. I replaced it with the same...
Tyre talk is often just that... And plenty of marketing...

 

[Paul Young]

I'm with Paul... I've used allsorts, rarely the same brand and from my old courier days, a better front than back... Front you need the grip, back you need the mileage... I have once recently out of necessity, paid big cash for a Michelin set and won't again. My recent rear tyre was a CST/Maxxis and it gripped fine in all year riding and lasted for probably well past 10k miles. I replaced it with the same...
Tyre talk is often just that... And plenty of marketing...

Front you need the grip…
A question came up on one of the FB groups I’m on - ‘What’s your biggest motorcycling related fear?’ - and there were all sorts of responses.
- My Wife finding out what I’ve really paid…
- My bike being stolen…
- Car drivers out to kill me…
Mine was ‘losing the front’.

When I commuted, I always knew when I needed tyres because the bike tied itself in knots with the front (worn on the shoulders) trying to tip into turns and the rear (squared off) trying not to. There is little better than the feeling of new tyres rolling from side to side in the bends.

 

[Wrigsby1]

"Mine was losing the front"... Too true... Its not as though Oilhead "GS's have the power or delivery for the scary highside...

 

[pieter.oneill]

Riding track years ago taught me so much about levels of grip tyres have and id say one of the key things i took back to road riding was keeping all inputs on controls smooth, squeeze dont grab the brakes, load the front end before increasing braking pressure and then rolliing the throttle on and off smoothly "slow is smooth, smooth is fast" i think thats from shooter but works well. Biggest tuck of the front end on roads in my opinion is whats on the surface gravel, sand, diesel especially on islands near fuel station and industrial areas and then theres nothing better then years in the saddle coming across many situations and even with all that you can still fall of on your driveway

 

[Paul Young]

"Mine was losing the front"... Too true... Its not as though Oilhead "GS's have the power or delivery for the scary highside...

Trail riding means I have a lot less fear of the back tyre twitching or slipping a bit. I pissed off some zx6r riders on IOM once by passing them around the outside on TKC80’s, knowing that the back tyre was gently stepping sideways on the tread blocks. They caught us up at Ramsey where they spotted my bike and one shouted to the other that ‘This is that bike that passed us before Handleys..!! And the fu*****s on knobblies..!!’ The next year my friend, who’d been on his GSXR1000, turned up at the hotel on an 1150GS.

 

[pieter.oneill]

nothing worse then something passing you on the outside that doesnt look like it it should especially when you got all the gear on your nice sportsbike. I remember when younger i went to donnington and in paddock lane waiting to pull onto track i look over an theres a guy next to me on a s1000rr grey hair and bushy eyebrows id say 70s i thought bloody hell hes old for doing this got onto track i couldnt get near him left me like i was in neutral, like they say its often the rider whos fast not the bike.

 

[Paul Young]

nothing worse then something passing you on the outside that doesnt look like it it should especially when you got all the gear on your nice sportsbike. I remember when younger i went to donnington and in paddock lane waiting to pull onto track i look over an theres a guy next to me on a s1000rr grey hair and bushy eyebrows id say 70s i thought bloody hell hes old for doing this got onto track i couldnt get near him left me like i was in neutral, like they say its often the rider whos fast not the bike.

There’s very little that’s faster than a fast rider on a fast bike, though… Like pilots, there are old riders and there are bold riders, but not many old, bold riders. Credit to him.

 

[pieter.oneill]

Lads first ride out this morning on these conti trail attack 3 up to raven cafe in whitchurch, wet, raining and greasy these tyres have blown me away with the ability to handle it all straight out the box, continental claim no wearing in period and there absolutly right i been chucking these into wet bends by the time the engine oil was up to temp. So cheers all for giving me the nod towards them and anyone thinking of buying you wont be disappointed.