mill7163

I have narrowed my tire search between the Michelin Pilot Roads and Continental Road Attacks. Both seem like good highway tires with a little sportiness. Any suggestions?

Stixx

The last time that I needed a full set of tires I put on the pilot roads and the only complaint that I have is that they seem to have quite a bit of road noise. I got about 8,000 miles out of the rear and then switched to the road attack. I now have about 4,000 miles on it and am very pleased with it all the way around. I'm just waiting for the pilot front to wear out so I can put a road attack on there.

Condor

Pilot Road 2's are supposed to be good. I switched from Road Attacks to Pilot Power CT2's, and they are tha shizznit. The Road attacks were good **** though, and i dont have any complaints. All in all, I can't really tell the difference unless the tire is really shitty or really good...

RK1

FWIW, Cycle Gear has Dunlop D220s on closeout/sale for $100 rear and $80 front. I'm getting mine tomorrow.

Condor

here bro i dont know if this will save you some $ or not..

http://austin.craigslist.org/mcy/556204550.html

L8RGYZ

Great price for 220s.

My only complaint with them was the rear wore out really fast... I think I only got like 4,000 mi. out of the rear iirc. (I'll have to check my logbook.)

Got 8,000 out of the BT021 rear, which I think is good on the torquey Super Hawk.

Got Diablo Super Sports on now. Guess I'm a tire *****, 'cuz I never get the same tire twice in a row.

Want to try the Road Attacks and the Road 2s.

RK1

Yeah, I've heard guys say their D220 was used up in 4k miles, and I've heard others brag about going 8-10k on them. I was planning on going with the Metzeler Z6 but for $60 cheaper, I couldn't pass up the Dunlop. We'll see how it holds up.

L8RGYZ

Checked the logbook... it was 4500. Got 5600 on the D208ZR... go figure?

220s are still a fine tire & at that price your $/mile is plenty decent too.

RK1

L8RGYZ;

I think you're right about the miles per $. I get good mileage on rear tires anyhow. I put over 8k miles on the stock D204. Maybe 'cause I keep them at or near max pressure, maybe 'cause I weigh about 148 lbs. soaking wet.

4500 is pretty low for an ST tire. I read on some other boards that Dunlop discontinued the 220 'cause it got a rep for wearing out too soon, but if I get anything close to what I got out of the OEM tire, I'll be happy.

Wolverine

I've got a little over 2K on my Road Attack rear and it's showing signifigant wear (60%). It does have excellent grip. I just put a Metzeler Z6 on the front, but haven't ridden on it yet. I'm switching because I can't afford a new rear every 3-4K and others on the forum see 6K + on the Z6 rear.

autoteach

I have had the roads for my last two sets. I got about 6k on my last rear but found out that the more you twist, the more it wears. If i beat it for a 100miles, i could tell the difference in wear when I looked at it. If I road a long distance trip, even if at 90mph, it hardly wore.

doggerman

I love tire questions.Have you seen w w w . c a n y o n c h a s e r s . n e t They have a review for both those tire's.Good reading.

mikecronis