Just gone out to bike, f..... back tyre flat, poxy big nail probably repairable but I dont fancy that. Only bright side is it had done 3600 miles and didnt look as though it would have lasted much more than another 1000, good grip they may have but Anakee II's dont seem to wear too well.
Fire up the Avensis then, oh well, Its got heated seats :oops:
Just fitted Pirelli Scorpion Trails yesterday, man in a van comes to the house, £200 inc balance etc. Took off Pirelli Scorpion NT90s.
Hoping that the more road orientated tread pattern will cut some of the road noise at cruising speed. Off out to scrub them in this morning. :D
Quote from: "Bixxer Bob"Just fitted Pirelli Scorpion Trails yesterday, man in a van comes to the house, £200 inc balance etc. Took off Pirelli Scorpion NT90s.
Hoping that the more road orientated tread pattern will cut some of the road noise at cruising speed. Off out to scrub them in this morning. :D
Yeah, Ive got a mobile fitter in the area, never used him before but may try him out in view of above.
You go steady BB, its a jungle out there :lol:
Quote from: "Timbox2"Just gone out to bike, f..... back tyre flat, poxy big nail probably repairable but I dont fancy that. Only bright side is it had done 3600 miles and didnt look as though it would have lasted much more than another 1000, good grip they may have but Anakee II's dont seem to wear too well.
I seem to get reasonable mileage from Anakees, am taking the bike in tomorrow morning to replace the rear Anakee II with another, 8,000 miles and still a reasonable amount of tread but the commuting has squared it off plus it had a puncture at about 100 miles from new and I plugged it.
8000 miles?...... Does the throttle not work?
Quote from: "Timbox2"Just gone out to bike, f..... back tyre flat, poxy big nail probably repairable but I dont fancy that. Only bright side is it had done 3600 miles and didnt look as though it would have lasted much more than another 1000, good grip they may have but Anakee II's dont seem to wear too well.
Fire up the Avensis then, oh well, Its got heated seats :oops:
I know a man that can supply you tyres :D
Quote from: "Chris Canning"Quote from: "Timbox2"Just gone out to bike, f..... back tyre flat, poxy big nail probably repairable but I dont fancy that. Only bright side is it had done 3600 miles and didnt look as though it would have lasted much more than another 1000, good grip they may have but Anakee II's dont seem to wear too well.
Fire up the Avensis then, oh well, Its got heated seats :oops:
I know a man that can supply you tyres :D
Yeah, I know Chris and If it wasnt so urgent.............
Anyway, picked a tyre up from Protyre in Bristol, £99, which I thought wasnt too bad , got home at 3.30 wheel off and up to my little bike man, £5 fitting, all done, need the bike to get into Hereford in the morning, takes forever in the car and I dont have to mess around getting a vehicle pass which also takes forever where Im going.
I got 6500 miles out of a Tourance, but 8000 out of one of these?
Quote from: "Timbox2"..... Only bright side is it had done 3600 miles and didnt look as though it would have lasted much more than another 1000, good grip they may have but Anakee II's dont seem to wear too well.
Fire up the Avensis then, oh well, Its got heated seats :oops:
I got Anakee II on the rear I have covered about 4500 miles so far reckon I will get another 1500-2000 miles out of it.
Ive been a believer in things happen for a reason for a while and today was another occurence.
see, I had a luverly new back tyre, and where did I have to go today??
Home-Hereford-Brecon-Pontypridd-Home 130 odd miles of bliss, if a little chilly first thing, but thats what the Gerbings for :D
It was another one of those days where I felt one of the luckiest bleeders to be getting paid for scrubbing a new tyre in on some of my favourite roads.
Thank you Nail, yep Im twisted. :twisted:
Quote from: "Timbox2"-Hereford-Brecon-Pontypridd- 130 odd miles of bliss, .
Thank you Nail, yep Im twisted. :twisted:
very nice roads, :P
Quote from: "daveb"Quote from: "Timbox2"-Hereford-Brecon-Pontypridd- 130 odd miles of bliss, .
Thank you Nail, yep Im twisted. :twisted:
very nice roads, :P
Be even nicer when the twats stop gritting,
ITS TOO LATE BOYS, THE SNOW WAS WEEKS AGO :BangHead
Thought it was you,we passed in Pontypridd, i was heading north on the A470 on my way home from work. :thumbsup
Cheers Ade.
Quote from: "ourade"Thought it was you,we passed in Pontypridd, i was heading north on the A470 on my way home from work. :thumbsup
Cheers Ade.
luv to say I saw you, but sorry. Did I nod?
I got 6000 miles out of the annakee before it squared off due to the commute, have a Maxxis on there now, done 100 ish miles on it so far seems good............
Quote from: "andyb30"I got 6000 miles out of the annakee before it squared off due to the commute, have a Maxxis on there now, done 100 ish miles on it so far seems good............
:icon_scratch i see you have an 05 Tigger !! tyre for that should be....
150/70 V17 rear - 110/80 V19 front !! as far as i can see on the Maxxis site you only get Tubed type tyres :? and they're H rated, not V !!
http://www.maxxis.co.uk/tyre-details/108 (http://www.maxxis.co.uk/tyre-details/108)
just sayin !!
KK
hmmmmmmm, tyre size is 150/70 R17. Its def a tubeless one, hope its the right one, dealer put it on :?
Also i should hav said 1000 miles ish not 100 :lol:
http://www.maxxis.com/MotorcycleATV/Str ... -Rear.aspx (http://www.maxxis.com/MotorcycleATV/Street/Presa-Detour-MA-PD-Rear.aspx)
Thems the ones....... :shock:
Quote from: "andyb30"http://www.maxxis.com/MotorcycleATV/Street/Presa-Detour-MA-PD-Rear.aspx
Thems the ones....... :shock:
:shock:
they suck ....................
(http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/2uoykcuf/repairs/101_1649-1.jpg)
this is /was a maxxis presa detour with only 7000 miles on it . notice there is basically no friggin tread left at all.
Last I knew they were not available anymore , discontinued in the USA
my tigger also liked to dance at 75 mph with luggage on with those shitty maxxis tires . YMMV
check the date codes on the tire .........................
Shinko tyres in UK Look like they are good value too?
110/80 19Fr LINK (http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?details=Ordern&cart_id=14798699.1110.32751&kplz=&Cookie=&language=&typ=MOTO-D-115998&dsco=1110)
150 70 17 Rr LINK (http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?details=Ordern&cart_id=68685300.1110.23914&kplz=&Cookie=&language=&typ=MOTO-D-115999&dsco=1110)
Quote from: "andyb30"http://www.maxxis.com/MotorcycleATV/Street/Presa-Detour-MA-PD-Rear.aspx
Thems the ones....... :shock:
Weird that !! :icon_scratch Maxxis .com show 150/70R17 69V TL and .co.uk show 150/70/17 69H as long as ya got the right uns :thumbsup
keep us posted on them !!
KK
Quote from: "Jaythro"Shinko tyres in UK Look like they are good value too?
110/80 19Fr LINK (http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?details=Ordern&cart_id=14798699.1110.32751&kplz=&Cookie=&language=&typ=MOTO-D-115998&dsco=1110)
150 70 17 Rr LINK (http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?details=Ordern&cart_id=68685300.1110.23914&kplz=&Cookie=&language=&typ=MOTO-D-115999&dsco=1110)
Only another 15 quid for Tourances from pneus-online - I'd prefer to go with what I know.