RE: [ST] Metzler Z6 Roadtec end of life

["Ken Mitchell" <kp.mitchell@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I also have a friend who rides like that. I can only keep him in sight when
he wants to be there. Mostly. He's been on R1's, now got a ZX10R.  I've seen
him spin up the rears backing it in. But even he can get 5K out of a Pilot
Sport or the stock D208's. 

The road surfaces must be playing a part, because the twistier roads in
western Ma and southern VT we ride are fairly smooth (yet sticky, once it
warms up for that brief moment in late July.)

Ken M.
'00 RS

-----Original Message-----
From: Blake Sobiloff
Subject: Re: [ST] Metzler Z6 Roadtec end of life

On May 23, 2005, at 6:05 PM, Ken Mitchell wrote:
> Holy moly. You go through tires like crap through a goose! Are the 
> roads you ride of a particularly abrasive nature?

[grin] You haven't ridden with David!  The dude is hella fast, and he runs
over Mt. Hamilton (which has a pretty abrasive road surface) on a regular
basis.  (At least, he did.  David, are the Tuesday night runs back on?)
David is the only guy I know of who can wipe the tread completely off the
sides of the tire and leave the middle looking like it could do another 5K
miles without spending any his time at the track.  Even better, he's too
modest to toot his own horn so I have to do it for him. :-)
--
Blake Sobiloff <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxx>
San Mateo, CA (USA)

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