TOMAHAWK TIRES ?

[WWJD]

I was actually given a set of Tomahawks last year for free from the manufacturer to try out at the track.  Both tires were recapped Pirelli Super Corsas with very similar tread patterns and the familiar SC1 and SC2 compound stamped on the side of the tire.  I did a full day of testing on them at Streets of Willow and here is what I thought: TOTAL JUNK! The tires held together, but I never could get a good feel for them.  I ended up running about 6 seconds a lap slower than I ran on Pirelli's but I felt like I was running 15 seconds a lap faster.  Total white knuckle the whole day.  1/2 way through the day I was looking for a tire vendor to take them off but none of the vendors brought tires.  Every single corner entrance was an opportunity to tuck the front and every exit you were guaranteed a slide coming out. Once I managed to contain myself on corner entry and just go in slow I was able to have some fun with the exits and slide it out.  It looks really cool on video at least.  The other disadvantage of these tires is that they are quite a bit heavier than a normal tire which really has a negative affect on the handling.  I would stay away from them no matter what the cost.

GREAT review!! Do you know were your freebies their STREET rubber or their RACE rubber?

 

[tlrbandit]

The tires I was given were the race compounds that were designed to compliment the race coupound SC1 and SC2 as provided by Pirelli. These tires apparently worked real good at the dragstrip and were in fact being used on an 8 second Hayabusa. That being said they didn't work for crap on my bike. The front tire is where I had all the problems. Entering a corner the front end would chatter real bad, especially if I was trail braking into the corner. On the street is wasn't anywhere near as bad. The front end had troube following ripple bumps and would chatter real bad across them but I never really had any traction problems. The flipside is that I was so scared riding with them on the street that I always rode real slow and cautiously.

 

[WWJD]

good info, thanks! I'm kinda addicted to Pirelli stick and so many things come up short compared to them - these obviously, would not cut the mustard [whatever that means] for me