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Re: [ST] Tires



Mike,

I forgot to mention, I do NO wet weather riding, So. Cal. you know. :-) So my
interest is only for dry weather, fast twisties.

Robert
'00 Blue ST
'98 XR440R
'00 XR200R

>IAW-  Hi all,

> >IAW-
> >IAW-  Sorry to beat a dead horse but I think I am now ready for some new
> >IAW-  skins. My stock BT57's are not at the wear bars but I think they are
> >IAW-  causing my handling woes. My bike feels, to put it best, scary. Slow
> >IAW-  wobbles at 90+ mph sweepers on smooth road. On tight stuff the front end
> >IAW-  feels unstable, even has slipped twice while not really pushing hard at
> >IAW-  all.
> >IAW-
> >IAW-  My question, does anyone have Avon Azaro II's av35, av36? How do you
> >IAW-  like them? I am considering them based off of MCN report.
>
> Just had them fitted today.
>
> I think it is always difficult to compare a worn set of any tires to a new
> set of another brand ..but... in spite of the pressures being lower than
> they should have been after fitting (32/40) [a fact I only discovered when
> I got home - next time I will take my gauge with me] I went looking for
> every bit of overbanding, groove, white line I could find and they did not
> wiggle or deviate a bit.  As they haven't been scrubbed in yet I haven't
> tried to get rid of the the 'whiskers' but they seem OK to me.  However,
> living in the UK it is wet weather performance I will be most interested
> in since I think that almost any brand is capable of holding out all I can
> ask of it in the dry.
>
> --
> Mike Bostock
> http://www.toothfairy.co.uk/
> Wales & SW ST Riders
> http://www.sprint-st.org/
>
> '99 Red ST


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