RE: [ST] Are "sticky" tires worth it

["Heyer, Matthew A." <mheyer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well said.....

Matt Heyer
'01 BRG Sprint ST

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From: rmcclaran@xxxxxxx [mailto:rmcclaran@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 12:51 PM
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Subject: Re: [ST] Are "sticky" tires worth it


Thanks to all who chimed in and those who responded off list as well. Like
alot of folks I was one of those guys who had to have the stickiest tires I
could get last season. The Dunlop 208's were great for the first 1200 miles
or so but as they wore (quickly wore) I had less confidence in them than my
old 010front/020rear combo. 
This past Sunday I went on a 470 mile bug killing rampage with a friend on a
big heavy slow ass BMW GS running metzler dual sport tires. Now mind you, my
tires are well worn to both edges and I ride fairly agressively. But this
guy left me like I was on a goldwing on a 40 mile stretch of twisties. And
he's got 12,000 miles on them, plenty of tread to go. I don't think it was
the tires that made him faster. Truthfully how many of us real world riders
are REALLY using all the stickieness a sport tire offers; how many of us are
sliding into turns and spinning out of them like Valentino Rossi. (If you
are why on earth are you riding a Sprint?) Even when I'm riding on my edge
I'm leaving 15-20% for a margin of error (I don't want broken bones either).
I don't want to compromise to save money, but I sure don't want to throw it
away either. I'm convinced the marketing of sport tires to 98% of us is just
that, marketing. And I don't think modern sport touring tires are a
compromise. Cheers, Robbie

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