MasterBlaster
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posted March 06, 2008 07:03 AM
Ive been running a set of Avon Venom Sports on my ZX14 and really like them. Will probably put the same on the C14 when the time comes. Always have had good results with Avons. Did a week in the Smokies last summer and averaged close to 500 miles a day in the twisties, and was very impressed with the performance of these tires. Looks like I am going to get decent mileage on them too. Got about 3000 miles with minimum wear running hard.
  
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wormgear
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posted March 06, 2008 11:37 AM
My 021's handling went to crap at 3k and at 4300 I had cord showing on the rear. 1500 on my pr2's and so far, perfect.
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TedG
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posted March 07, 2008 07:18 PM
Mine 021 went to crap also very early in life, and I already have over 1000 on the PR2s and they still look and feel new.
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gpz1100
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posted March 09, 2008 10:09 PM
Ted, you think you can put on another 3-4K in the next month, report back how the pr2's are at that point?
I got a new set sitting in the basement waiting to be installed sometime in late april or may.
Got ~7600 on the stock bt021's, and will likely put another 1-2K on them (mainly around town/freeway use) before switching. I want to get a real good feel for the bike once again before I start changing tires and installing other toys (although the corbin seat, shad trunk are already mounted).
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wormgear
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posted March 09, 2008 11:42 PM
Well I have a 2k trip planned for the end of this month with lots of twisties. That and my normal riding might just add up to what you asked for. We'll see in a month or so.
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posted March 10, 2008 05:51 AM
ovrclicked, where do you go for stripers?---unofficial threadjack?
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TedG
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posted March 10, 2008 07:38 AM
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Ted, you think you can put on another 3-4K in the next month, report back how the pr2's are at that point?
I got a new set sitting in the basement waiting to be installed sometime in late april or may.
Got ~7600 on the stock bt021's, and will likely put another 1-2K on them (mainly around town/freeway use) before switching. I want to get a real good feel for the bike once again before I start changing tires and installing other toys (although the corbin seat, shad trunk are already mounted).
Oh yeah, I did almost 800 just this weekend. The roads around here are still quite sandy and doesn't allow you to push too hard in the corners as well as it is quite cool, still in the 40s and low 50s. But so far so good, the bike really handles effortlessly, I took 70 from North of Reno all the way to Marysville which snakes along the Feather River and there was almost no traffic and I had to readjust, the bike turns in so much easier than with the BS021s.
Some dickhead didn't like the way I passed him (120+) somewhere before going into Orland, so the CHP was waiting for me, but I was stuck in traffic and going slow when he pulled me over and gave me a talk but couldn't give me a ticket.
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wormgear
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posted March 10, 2008 10:52 AM
I'm sure that after that talking to you've reformed your ways and will never break another speed limit.  Jeez what a waist of time.
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TedG
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posted March 10, 2008 08:07 PM
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I'm sure that after that talking to you've reformed your ways and will never break another speed limit. Jeez what a waist of time.
The dude was inspirational and I am completely reformed, I now understand that passing people need to be so fast they can't even catch the color of the bike, much less the plate #. Too bad I can't get this thing to wheelie at 100 mph so they can't see the plate, the good part is the ZX10 will.
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wormgear
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posted March 14, 2008 06:56 AM
So far These tires are great. I hope that holds true because I just bought another pair off eBay for $280 shipped. The price was just too low to pass on.
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tundra tom
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posted March 17, 2008 07:24 AM
Copied this off the FJR forum ......
Pilot Road 2's
am approaching 8000 miles on road 2 and like them very much.
Of all the tires I have used ( stradas, avons. bt021, and Z6), these seem to be the longest lasting for me.
I finally got to try them out in the rain and while they are getting worn, the tires still performed well.
Make that 9400 miles on the rear tire! They are worn out but the cords are not showing.
The front looks real good and I think it will go another 5k miles easily. However , I did start hearing some tread noise at about 7500 miles. It's not bad but I thought I should mention it.
These tires are by far the longest lasting tires I have tried to date and I am very impressed with them.
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TedG
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posted March 23, 2008 08:18 AM
So far so good, over 2000 and still like new handling wearing very little. The weather is getting better but the roads are still sandy, but as soon as they clear I can push harder and get a feel for the wear.
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bikelee
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posted March 26, 2008 05:21 AM
What are you guys paying for the PR2s ? Cheapest I could find was $300.00 w/o shipping ?Lee
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gpz1100
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posted March 27, 2008 01:00 PM
$300 is a good price actually. Where you see this price?
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wormgear
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posted March 31, 2008 07:14 AM
From my "Trip" post....
The PR2 tires were amazing in both wet and dry conditions. I've got 5K on them now and the front still looks new. The rear is squaring off a little but I can't tell a difference in handling and I have maybe 1/16" left to the wear marks. You can see the bent wheel in the pics and I was pretty impressed that the tire took no apparent damage.
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defrazier
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posted April 01, 2008 05:32 AM
You better have hit something hard, or a new thread on soft wheels is coming.
Now i'm sold on the tires. What did you hit (or what hit you).? Maybe W Texas is more dangerous than I thought.
Thanks, Worm.
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wormgear
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posted April 01, 2008 11:11 AM
I hit a rock about the size of a brick or bigger. I think it was pretty hard
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tundra tom
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posted April 01, 2008 01:10 PM
FYI, I bought the last set of PR2's that HPC had on E-bay.
When I asked about the higher price he told me Michelin had a price increase in March.
More foreboding though is he can't get anymore from the factory, possibly for MONTHS!
I guess if you want PR2's you better find 'em and buy 'em.
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