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Re: [ST] Avon Storm-ST (AV55/56) vs RoadPilot vs ??? [was Disbarred]



45/46.  

Jeremy 

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-----Original Message-----
From: "John Ulizzi" <jaulizzi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 10/27/06 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [ST] Avon Storm-ST (AV55/56) vs RoadPilot vs ??? [was Disbarred]

Jeremy,

Do you have the new 55/56, or the 45/46 combination ?

John

--- Jeremy Witt <Jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm only on my first set of Azaros on this bike
> (Sprint ST) and after
> more than 7k miles, the rear is barely starting to
> square off, even
> though the sickening majority of my miles have been
> commuting.  I
> haven't really looked at the front closely as they
> tend to last 25% or
> so longer than rears for me.  But I haven't really
> done any challenging
> riding since firming up the front end, so I have
> very little dynamic
> input.  They work well in the rain so far.  
> 
>  
> 
> So, all I can contribute is: long tread life even
> with too much center
> riding.  
> 
>  
> 
> FWIW...  
> 
>  
> 
> Jeremy Witt
> 
> Newbury Partners
> 
> (o) 603-893-3022
> 
> (c) 603-475-4228
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Gavin Lawrie
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 4:53 PM
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ST] Avon Storm-ST (AV55/56) vs RoadPilot
> vs ??? [was
> Disbarred]
> 
>  
> 
> On 27 Oct 2006, at 19:08, dkamest110@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>  
> 
> >  Geeeeee sure is quiet. I haven't disbarred from
> the list have I??  
> 
> > Doesn't anybody have any oil brand-type-weight  or
>  tire brand-size- 
> 
> > compound-color questions ????
> 
>  
> 
> Well... now that you mention it... :)
> 
>  
> 
> I have to replace the icky BT57s on my (wonderful)
> ST03.  Was going  
> 
> to do A45/46 as per previous two tyre changes on old
> ST (no  
> 
> conversation, no debate, just do it before you start
> a tyre  
> 
> thread...), but a combination of new products and
> strange suggestions  
> 
> have seen me loose confidence.  I need the
> collective wisdom of this  
> 
> list to get my brain sorted.
> 
>  
> 
> First up someone here in the UK said they've got
> much better riding  
> 
> from a combination of the AV49 and the AV45 - the
> AV49 is the Azaro  
> 
> 'Pro-Xtreme Rain' :  a wet weather track day tyre it
> seems.
> 
>  
> 
> Then (on browsing Avon's web site to find out what
> an AZ49 was) I see  
> 
> that they have released a new tyre - the Storm ST
> (AV55/AV56) which  
> 
> they say 'replaces' the Azaro-ST.  You can read the
> promo blurb here:
> 
>  
> 
>
http://www.avon-tyres.co.uk/motorcycle/?page=tyres&method=showtyre&id=25
> 
>  
> 
> Not sure how much of the advances are unique to Avon
> (I recall having  
> 
> 'Inverted Front Groove' technology on a pair of
> Metzler's on my Z650  
> 
> in the 1980s...) but the 'reactive footprint' stuff
> sounds pretty neat.
> 
>  
> 
> Then, because the tyre thread has kicked off, I go
> back to debating  
> 
> whether I should try a pair of RoadPilots from
> Michelin - which  
> 
> someone else has strongly recommended as better than
> the Azaro-ST...
> 
>  
> 
> So.  Any thoughts on any of this?  I have about a
> month or so to go  
> 
> before I really need to change back tyre... (so
> plenty of time for a  
> 
> tyre thread :) ).
> 
>  
> 
> Regards
> 
>  
> 
> Gavin Lawrie
> 
> ST'03
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
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