Re: [St] Thinking about tires II and poll

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1. What city, State (or province) and country do you live in?
   Winston-Salem, NC
2. On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate the abrasiveness of the 
roads in your area?
It varies greatly so I would say a 5 on a 1-10 scale
3. What was the best tire (brand and model) you have had on the bike?
 Michelin Pilot Road
4. What characteristic made it the best (wear, traction, feedback, etc)?
Wear and traction.  They have a very linear turnin and got traction.  They will both break lose somewhat unpredictably compared to D220's which slide more readily but more predicably
5. What was the second best tire (brand and model) you have had on the bike?
Metzeler Z6.  
6. What characteristic made it the 2nd best (wear, traction, feedback, etc)?
Similar to the Pilot Road but much harder to mount due to a stiffer side wall
7. What was the worst tire (brand and model) that you have had on the bike?
Bridestone BT050 the OEM tire
8. What characteristic made it the worst (wear, traction, feedback, etc)?
I wore the OEM rear tire out in 1,500 miles
9. If you had to buy new tires tomorrow, What brand and model tires 
would you buy?
Michilin Pilot roads, the are much easier to mount than Metzlers
10. If tire pricing was equalled, would you still choose this brand?
Yes
11. If the answer to question 10 was no, What tire brand and model 
would you really want to buy?Nope



-----Original Message-----
>From: JES_VFR <jes_vfr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: May 16, 2008 3:47 PM
>To: VFRlist <vfr@xxxxxxxxxxx>, st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [St] Thinking about tires II and poll
>
>All the recent discussion about tires and the flurry of tire change 
>activity at work (There are so many people buying new tires and 
>wanting them changed that the shop is considering two additional 
>Coates machines to meet the service demands) has triggered some deep thinking.
>The huge love/hate relationships that we have with various brands has 
>to have some environmental factors. Too many of us like tire A but 
>hate tire B for the issue to be solely the riders.
>Is it just the average weather conditions of an region that make it 
>one manufactures tires work best, or is it the abrasiveness of the roads, Both?
>
>So I thought that a poll of a few simple questions might sort some of 
>this out. I'm going to limit this poll to out experiences with the 
>tires on our sport touring bikes.
>I'm going to enter the responses in a flat file database and see if 
>there are sweet spots for particular brands or models of tires.
>
>1. What city, State (or province) and country do you live in?
>2. On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate the abrasiveness of the 
>roads in your area?
>3. What was the best tire (brand and model) you have had on the bike?
>4. What characteristic made it the best (wear, traction, feedback, etc)?
>5. What was the second best tire (brand and model) you have had on the bike?
>6. What characteristic made it the 2nd best (wear, traction, feedback, etc)?
>7. What was the worst tire (brand and model) that you have had on the bike?
>8. What characteristic made it the worst (wear, traction, feedback, etc)?
>9. If you had to buy new tires tomorrow, What brand and model tires 
>would you buy?
>10. If tire pricing was equalled, would you still choose this brand?
>11. If the answer to question 10 was no, What tire brand and model 
>would you really want to buy?
>
>
>
>
>JohnS
>A Dragon Ascending
>"Forging my body in the Fires of my Will"
>
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