best pair of busa tires
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Good point reflectors are ugly but as you pointed out ,mine are gone .I've put 16K on my bike since 4/06 and no I'm not a virgin.But I am waiting for grandkids that I haven't gotten yet!!
No I don't have grandpa "parts"
I hate the question of which tire.. Every rider seems to have a different style (= need) and a different opinion on like style needs.
The stock tires, like any stock tire, is a compromise the manufacturer has to make to abide by safety, mileage, performance etc.. So the stock Ax is not even a consideration for me.
I went with the Metzeler M1's for two rears, and one front. He!! I thought they were the CATs azz, I was getting down to almost beading the edge of the tire, chasing around my buddies on their 600's. Then they started swapping to the PP, and walking away from me again. Now half of them are running P2ct's after I mentioned the tire to them. So, since I am powder coating my wheels, had to knock out bearings, valves stems and tires, I ordered a set of P2CT's for meself, hopefully I will be closing the gap on these little bastages again.
Mileage wise, the M1's didn't work to well. Averaged 4,000 on the dot per rear. I do ride aggressive, practice drag strip launching here n there, but no burn-outs. And I run a lot of wheelie practice time, no clutch-ups, just straight throttle. Some rolling burn-outs to "clean" the tire before some twisties also. I basically beat the crap out of my tires so I'm not worried when I see tread wear bars at 3,000miles.
The stock tires, like any stock tire, is a compromise the manufacturer has to make to abide by safety, mileage, performance etc.. So the stock Ax is not even a consideration for me.
I went with the Metzeler M1's for two rears, and one front. He!! I thought they were the CATs azz, I was getting down to almost beading the edge of the tire, chasing around my buddies on their 600's. Then they started swapping to the PP, and walking away from me again. Now half of them are running P2ct's after I mentioned the tire to them. So, since I am powder coating my wheels, had to knock out bearings, valves stems and tires, I ordered a set of P2CT's for meself, hopefully I will be closing the gap on these little bastages again.
Mileage wise, the M1's didn't work to well. Averaged 4,000 on the dot per rear. I do ride aggressive, practice drag strip launching here n there, but no burn-outs. And I run a lot of wheelie practice time, no clutch-ups, just straight throttle. Some rolling burn-outs to "clean" the tire before some twisties also. I basically beat the crap out of my tires so I'm not worried when I see tread wear bars at 3,000miles.
inthexring
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I like my metzler z6 tires, they grip well and last long, a good all around tire
SpeedGeek
Never Forgotten
+2(ONE MORE BUSA @ Jan. 13 2007,16)
+1
Very good tires for track day also
Pilot Powers for me!
I have about 2800 on them and the rear is still at least 50%. There is no comparison to the stockers considering I got 2500 out of the BT56's. Alot of people like the Qualifiers too but I heard they don't get quite as many miles out of them.
vman1300
Never Forgotten
Not at all. You have to remember where we live.....(reward69 @ Jan. 15 2007,21:05)Someone must be selling me junk tires, the last rear was a qualifer and it lasted just over 1200 miles. Thats with no burnouts. Im on three rears and two fronts with less than 6k on all.
With twisties around every turn in the road, tire life does drop.
Plus there are so many factors surrounding tire wear.
I have used many tires on my Busa since 1999. IMO, the Pilot Power offers the best balance of grip and millage.
Dude how much to attend a training seminar by you, for that kind of miles
guess I'm a minority running Pirelli Diablos most of the time. they wear out quick, but stick to everything on the road and track, at a veirety of temps. I've heard and seen Powers give up when pushed hard on the track so I have no confidence in them PERSONALLY. right now I'm about 50/50 street and track days on my busa
MIPLAYSTATION
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Shoot, I wanna know how you do it..???
I run a ZX-14 and just like all of the guys on Busa's I only got 4500 miles outta my rear tire...
Or maybe you're running in kilometers and not miles..
Just a thought...
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