What tires are you replacing you oem's with?

I was eyeballin the bt-023's. But then i was wondering if i should do teh GT spec (for heaver bikes) or normal spec.

What are you guy runnin and how do you like them? What kinda milage you getting out of em?

I've been using Metzlers on my bikes and I'm happy with them. I'll probably do the same when it's time for the VFR.

Michelin Pilot Road 2CT. Love the feel - not enough miles yet on them to give an opinion.

Not sure what tires they come with, howver the vtec came with bto-20's There was a special 20 just for the VFR it was code BB. The 20's came in many varities.

I ran ST tires for the first 20k miles. I tried pilot powers and got twice the traction and believe it or not the exact same mileage and no cupping.

Not much help but my 2 cemts.

[image: View Post]UltraMagnus, on 12 October 2010 - 05:41 PM, said:

I was eyeballin the bt-023's. But then i was wondering if i should do teh GT spec (for heaver bikes) or normal spec.

What are you guy runnin and how do you like them? What kinda milage you getting out of em?



I've run the GT spec bt23 rear, and a road 2 rear still will beat it on life by 20% , what ever you normally get on milege.

The Gt spec bt23 rear offers about 30% more life over the BT21 rear, the 21 is a better performance tire by a long shot

Ive only ran the rear, and wanted to be off the tire before any serious rain came about, it was slick in slow corners , high speed sweepers its fine, atleast in the dry. But as a commuting tire its probably okay.

But I tell you this, if Im 100 mph and dropping into a rainy wet elevatinal sweeper, BT23 is not my first choice, I trust a road 2 more.

I only was able to test the GT23 in rain very briefly, hitting one of my known slickest corners, and it failed miserably. At the same time if you do alot of 2 up riding, I think it would be a great tire, cause the older it gets the better it gets performance wise. Most tires it works the other way

THe tire was so stout, you cant even compress it to get into the center of the rim

[image: View Post]spud786, on 12 October 2010 - 08:47 PM, said:

[image: View Post]UltraMagnus, on 12 October 2010 - 05:41 PM, said:

I was eyeballin the bt-023's. But then i was wondering if i should do teh GT spec (for heaver bikes) or normal spec.

What are you guy runnin and how do you like them? What kinda milage you getting out of em?



I've run the GT spec bt23 rear, and a road 2 rear still will beat it on life by 20% , what ever you normally get on milege.

The Gt spec bt23 rear offers about 30% more life over the BT21 rear, the 21 is a better performance tire by a long shot

Ive only ran the rear, and wanted to be off the tire before any serious rain came about, it was slick in slow corners , high speed sweepers its fine, atleast in the dry. But as a commuting tire its probably okay.

But I tell you this, if Im 100 mph and dropping into a rainy wet elevatinal sweeper, BT23 is not my first choice, I trust a road 2 more.

I only was able to test the GT23 in rain very briefly, hitting one of my known slickest corners, and it failed miserably. At the same time if you do alot of 2 up riding, I think it would be a great tire, cause the older it gets the better it gets performance wise. Most tires it works the other way

THe tire was so stout, you cant even compress it to get into the center of the rim


Im at 9,200 miles and my front is completely bald. The rear look to have bout 2k left (both bt-21). Im actually very happy with the bt21 rear, but the front wore down very fast (i prolly shoulda replaced it at 6500).

Tempted to try bt23 front and run a bt21 rear again.

[image: View Post]UltraMagnus, on 12 October 2010 - 09:07 PM, said:

Im at 9,200 miles and my front is completely bald. The rear look to have bout 2k left (both bt-21). Im actually very happy with the bt21 rear, but the front wore down very fast (i prolly shoulda replaced it at 6500).

Tempted to try bt23 front and run a bt21 rear again.

Like the california song that says "two girls for every guy", with motorcycle tires its "two fronts for every rear"

i just put the BT016s on front and rear, then went over to the mountains to flog em and see when they let go, etc. They held up and met the challenge of hammering the throttle while leaned way over in the corners--never slipped, although the softer rubber edges have that race-track shredded look due to all the abuse. Now the question is how long will the harder center section last for the daily commute on the slab...