I will take a Bridgestone front and rear Nick !
Someone was asking about tyre sets we carry in stock, and having just put together a list, I'd thought I might as well share it here:
Metzler front and Bridgestone rear $500
Bridgestone front and rear $525
Dunlop front and Bridgestone rear $550
Pirelli Superbike slicks front and rear $600
Dunlop front and rear (Moto2 tyres) $625
Note, we use and recommend a Bridgestone V02 rear for just about everybody. Awesome grip and very long lasting. We use either a dunlop or bridgestone front on our racebikes, but any of the fronts are good.
All prices include fitting and balancing to loose rims (ie just bring the wheels around, not the whole bike). All of the above is in stock here already. By appointment only
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I will take a Bridgestone front and rear Nick !
Sorry for the stupid questions but what are the Dunlops? Are the Slicks D212s only these days?
Still KR106 and 108s, Ed. Same as before, except they are made in Frenchland now, not Pommyland. Still very good. They have a new compound 'system' of 1 to 4 hardnesses (hardnii?), although we only get 3 and 4 (technically Soft-Med, and Med, but in reality it's Soft-Med and Hard). But underneath all that, they are still compound-stamped like always, so the fronts are the 343 and 302 compounds, and rears are things like 886 and 997 and stuff. Then there's the Phillip Island rear, which is stamped with yellow Dunlop stickers and Moto2 on the sidewalls (looks coooool), which is a very hard 'asymmetric' tyre - it's not really asymmetric, as the compound is the same all over; it's just thinner on one side than the other. And perhaps counter-intuitively, the thinner side is the 'working' side (ie left at PI). It's thinner to run cooler, whereas the thicker side flexes around more to generate and retain heat.
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You hear anything about these new KR133 rear?
The old Bridgie fronts were rubbish, but the V02s are actually good. Owen is a convert. I need to run some tests first, but the plan is to convert too.
Bridgestones. The V02 is really really good there. And chubb and Manny Austin have done some V02 front tyre testing, which I'm utilising to make the switch.
Nope. What are they??
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When would you use a soft and medium compound with the v02 on the rear Nick?
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That wear looks perfect! Marshy put me onto the V02 rear and I love it. What pressure hot are you running for it to look that good? I've got a 2 day old rear I'll be running there march 15th and 16th. Are you doing either of those days Chubb?
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V02 front are goooooooooooooooooood. We use v01 rear tho on the 600s.
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There seems to be not that many bad tyres these days. The SC1, VO2 and KR108 rears are all awesome. I have stuck with the KR106 fronts, just because I have had no reason to change and they last for so long, but I have heard nothing but good reports about the VO2 fronts and even the SC2 Pirelli. It's good to have a bit of choice.
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Yes they do, same as your bike. But that's ok, the 200s fit just fine. It's only half an inch difference in wheel width (ie a touch over a centimetre), which is nothing. The biggest 'issue' is potential height difference in the middle of the tyre, which can cause clearance issues with the middle of the swingarm (below the rear shock) if your wheelbase is very short. TBH, I reckon they make a better shape - more rounded for extra turn - by being pulled in by the narrower rim.
Besides, widths aren't what they seem. I posted about it here before somewhere, but can't find it. Some '200' tyres are around 190. Some 180 tyres are almost 190. Some '190' tyres are nearer to 200, or to 180. It's not always as it says on the wrapper.
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Sounds good. 😃
I may try a 200 on the rear at some point, but my bike handles so good... I just need to ride it faster and faster and push and push
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I liked the old Dunlop 200/55... heaps of grip. But it made the bike feel lazy when changing directions which was not too bad at EC but the 180/55 always felt better at WP to me. Mind you, all on stock suspension with almost to no adjustment despite changing tire sizes which we all know is not really the way to go.
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