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Michelin Pilot Power 2 CTs,,, 190 in the rear instead of the stock 200 and a 120 up front and your set,, like freaking velcro for the road! need any parts for that thing? got a whole 01 im parting out.. Later

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hey Bondguy welcome to the site.....that being said....we need more information to help point you in the right direction of tires.....are you a trackday guy? do you ride alot of twisties? do you put alot of miles on the bike/or will you? Do you do any sport touring? I know you said you just bought this bike, but what are your intentions with it?

For Sport touring and minimal twisities, I would run the Pilot Road 2's or Diablo Corsa III's

For twisties with no track time, I would run the Pilot Power or Pilot Power 2CT's or the Dunlop Qualifiers

For some tracktime and some twisties, I would run Pilot Power 2CT's, Dunlop Qualifiers, or one of the new Bridgestone tires.

For twisties and a lot of tracktime, I would run the Pirelli Super CorsaPros, Bridgestone BT 002 or 003's (the later if you can get them), or the Dunlop DOT race tires. I would stay away from the Michelin Pilot Race tires if the bike sees any street use, they are long to heat up and are slick until they do

For the track, any one of the DOT race tires or slicks.

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I dont have a lot of expierence with the Corsa III's, but from what I hear they stick almost as good as the Powers, and give better mileage...so I stuck it with the sport touring. IE better mielage out of them....Mileage is a huge thing when touring, nobody wants to stop in the middle of a trip to put new tires on....If I were going to do some serious twisties I would want the little better traction advantage of the Powers or the Power 2CT's. I have ran the Powers on the race track and in the mountains and can attest first hand as to the traction they provide, which for a street tire is great.

If all you are going to do for now is ride it as a commuter bike and some mild twisties, I would go for a more high mileage tires like the Corsa III's or the Pilot Road 2's. The tires like the powers and qualifiers will give better traction, with half the mileage. So its a trade off, mileage or traction, you just need to decide which is more important to you....

On the street I dont recomment a track tire, most need to be much hotter than the average rider is capable of in most situations on the street. And remember that DOT race tires and slicks work on heat cycles, after so many the rubber starts to vulcanize and harden....thats not a good thing. I know alot of guys out there are riding on them on the street....truth be told they would be just as fast on good street tires and not have to worry about heat or heat cycles.

If I remember these figures right and I may not.....the Pirelli Supercorsa Pro works its best at like 145 degrees, the BT002's are like 138 degrees, the Michelin Pilot Race is like 160 degrees. I dont know about you all, but without warmers I dont want to try to get these tires up to temp on the street......one note, almost all of the crashes on our local race track is due to cold race tires.

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