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I brought a new set of tyres for my motorbike today. Always brought Pirellis as they had a good reputation but this time i went for Goodyears. Bloody hell! What a difference. Wayyyyy more grip.... especially in the wet.
Also ended up brying some cheap Vittoria tyres (£8 each on Planet X) for my hardtail. Again, i was bloody amazed.
I've been brying the same brands of tyres for years.
Glad i decided to swop brands and bry something else. Have ended up with better performance and have saved a stack of money just by trying something else.
Anyone else brought something else that saved them money but ended up being a better product?
I've seen 'brought' in place of 'bought' before, it's quite a common mistake.
But 'bry' is a new one on me 😁
I bringed it
Welcome to the world!
as a car driver/cylist i've always thought goodyears were overpriced and lacking in grip. but apparently you can get 20K + out of them hmmm...
Also, I've never had what I would call a good perlli tire, they are floppy and wheespin to easy.
I think you will find they are "tires" these days.
Thanks, corrected, was typing in a rage.
Pirelli are basically rubbish, I'd go conti.
Yeah I moved from Pirelli M+S to General Grabber on the Landcruiser. Different gravy. GG so much better.
I brought a gun to a knife fight once. That bought me a whole lot of trouble as I ended up getting shot any way. Does that count?
Edit - Sorry, it was Sean Connery in a film and not me. How does this keep happening to me?
Put Pirelli's on my old civic type-r once, briefly, couple of months later went back to the spec Bridgestone Potenza's, the difference was vast and worrying. I think it had to do with the shape of the tyre, there was more of a 'shoulder' on the bridgeys that worked on a corner, the Pirelli's ran down to a smooth edge and as such slid in corners at anything other than a stupidly low speed.
Pirellis and Potenzas. Unless the apostrophes were added to get into the spirit of the thread?
They sound like awesome tyres. Maybe I could lend them off you for a bit. Or you could borrow them to me?
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@OP - specifically, what tyres did you buy?
I need new tyres for my motorbike and was going to replace like for like - which are Bridgestone Battlax BT-023.
BT023 is a great tyre.
When I first got my Ducati1098 I thought the handling was awful, it had a Pirelli on the front. Switched to a Bridgestone and it was like a totally different bike.
I had some OEM Dunlops on my (motor) bike from new and they were brilliant, when I changed the rear due to wear, to the equivalent aftermarket Dunlop (not exactly the same but could no longer get the originals) it was pretty scary. It felt like a completely different bike and I was starting to question my riding.
Fortunately, I got a tyre ending puncture about 500 miles later so got a pair of Michelin Pilot power 2CT which were epic. It's still shod in those now. Not all black round things are built equally.
I might stick to the BT023s then. No complaints with these but also never really trusted them 100% in the wet.
I've heard some good things about the Michelin Pilot Road 4 and also the Metzler RoadTec.
I had Michelin Road 5 on my GS. They were fanstastic