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FZ6If you’re looking for one bike to perform a multitude of missions, look no further.
Take it from Cycle World* Magazine - “For a more advanced rider looking for a bike to do it all, there is no other choice.”
I figure that most people on this forum have figured out what they like for tires, but this was such a great deal that I thought I'd post it anyway.
This is no endorsement of these tires, as I've never used them. I personally don't like Dunlops (prefer Michelin or Pirelli), but the price on these caught my eye.
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Great price. My stock tires were Battlax. How many miles are ppl getting from these tires with a mix of sport/tour riding?
I had a D208 rear on my bike at one time. It had great traction but, withh 2-up riding, I only got 4000 miles out of that tire. That was my last 208...
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Well, seeing as the tires on my '04 are the same ones that they came with 3.5 years ago and I've put 3300 miles on them in the past year or so, I jumped on this deal. I figure I can put another few hundred miles on the ones I have on there and then do a massive burnout and video it.
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1979 BMW R65---GONE 2004 Yamaha FZ6---SOLD
2005 Yamaha FZ1: Holeshot high mount slip-on, Jet kit, and timing advancer, Pazzo shorty brake and clutch levers (blue anodized), Galfer stainless brake lines, Uncaged sliders.
2004 HD Road King Classic: Sold after 2 months, good bike though.
That's cool. I know that a lot of people don't like the Dunlop's (myself included), but I figured that there must be someone out there looking for some cheap tires.
They're so cheap that I'd consider them if I needed tires, even though they're not my faves.
Thats a good deal for the set. Those were stock on my GSXR, I ran a couple of the rears (lasted 3-4k miles of fairly hard riding). I eventually ended up switching to pilot powers.
i would get these but ive already made my mind up to try the metzerler M3's...
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ok, here is what you do you ready for this ok lets get down to business you gotta get a bunch of stuff for this you go to the grocery store get a jar of pickles some mayonnaise cheeze wizz crackers some milk and a thing of ketchup you bring all of that to your friends girlfriends house then u bend her over and fuck her in the ass as hard and fast as you can.
I got 10k out of my stock front battleax and 8k out of the rear, big ol nail got me around 2k with the first one. and 8.5k out of my pilot roads. I also have almost no chicken strips
There's a thing about old tires though, the whole outgassing that if it's been sitting in a backroom somewhere it deteriorates all by itself without use, so it won't be as sticky when you put it to the road. Part of why they need to move them before they get unusable
I figure I saved about 70 bucks over the set of tires I was planning on getting, pirelli diablo. I decided to get new tires for the whole sitting in the garage losing their stickiness thing. These tires were sitting for two years with the previous owner who only put 74 miles on it before I got the bike. I've put a few thousand on them, but I'm ready for something a little stickier, and these were a steal.
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1979 BMW R65---GONE 2004 Yamaha FZ6---SOLD
2005 Yamaha FZ1: Holeshot high mount slip-on, Jet kit, and timing advancer, Pazzo shorty brake and clutch levers (blue anodized), Galfer stainless brake lines, Uncaged sliders.
2004 HD Road King Classic: Sold after 2 months, good bike though.
Just got off the phone with my local dealer to set up an appt. to get these tires I bought put on. When I told him I bought the tires online, he said something about online retailers getting lower grade tires than the dealerships. He said dunlop grades the tires "A" through "E" and the online retailers get only "D" and "E" grade tires, which means that they might not be able to balance them properly or the tread might separate. Anyone else heard anything like this or had a bad experience with internet sourced tires?
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1979 BMW R65---GONE 2004 Yamaha FZ6---SOLD
2005 Yamaha FZ1: Holeshot high mount slip-on, Jet kit, and timing advancer, Pazzo shorty brake and clutch levers (blue anodized), Galfer stainless brake lines, Uncaged sliders.
2004 HD Road King Classic: Sold after 2 months, good bike though.
Like Dunlop, or any tire manufacturer, is going to sell tires on which "the tread may separate." Sure, they'll blow up if you don't pay too much to your local dealer. I hate dealers.
*EDIT* I'd find another dealer to mount the tires. Anyone that would feed you that line has no scruples, and I'd refuse to deal with them.
Last edited by tilejerky : 05-09-2007 at 05:56 PM.
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