What about Bridgestone Sport-Touring Tires?

[bwringer]

I personally like my Perreli Scorpions. They're 90% on road, 10% off road. Large aggressive tread design, real sticky, my front one has 15k on it now with a season's worth of wear left from the looks of it, I just put my new rear tire on to start this year out with, didn't have much center tread left on the old one I put on last May. Around here, it's always quite likely that you'll end up on a gravel road, and these ones don't squirm around in that stuff, and behave well on pavement and twist roads as well. Oh, did I mention high mileage tires, 15k on a rear tire is awsome!!!!:-D

Ah, there you are! I knew I saw someone with Scorpions on a GS in Wisconsin, but I couldn't remember who.

Anyway, which sizes do you use? Tubed or tubeless?

[BassCliff]

Where the rubber meets the road

Ahhh, yes. Another tire thread! :-D

I agree, 15K miles on a rear is more than outstanding. I was thinking of trying some different tires this time and I'm always looking for the "bang for your buck" deals while considering my needs. I appreciate the feedback from all of you.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[DanTheMan]

Yep, that would've been I.....guilty as charged.:-D
Anyway, on the front I'm running a Scorpion MT90 100/90-19 M/S 57 H Tubeless, but can be run with a tube on a tube type rim. The rear currently has an MT90-10 130/HR-17 (or 13-80R-17) M/C 65 Tubeless. When we met up in Fennimore last rear, I was running the tube type rear tire, bias ply, not radial, but this year, I figured I'd try the tubeless higher speed radial tire. Everything matches up, looks the same, guess I'll find out the mileage on the radial this year.
I have been buying my tires from http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/ ,they've had real good prices with free shipping.
Anyway, I really like my tires, they do the job right.:-D

Ah, there you are! I knew I saw someone with Scorpions on a GS in Wisconsin, but I couldn't remember who.

Anyway, which sizes do you use? Tubed or tubeless?

[Greg O.]

I have the spitfires on my GS 750L and have been happy with them. I do scrape the center kick stand once in a while, and they do well in the rain. They seem to be wearing ok, not sure how many miles I will get. I am on my second set, first set I had 5000 miles, but they still had about 30% tread left, so might get 7 or 8 K out of them. I tried the Battlax, and did not like them. They handled ok, but did not wear long.

Greg

[82Shafty]

Ahhh, yes. Another tire thread! :-D

I agree, 15K miles on a rear is more than outstanding. I was thinking of trying some different tires this time and I'm always looking for the "bang for your buck" deals while considering my needs. I appreciate the feedback from all of you.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

First let me say that individual sizes will vary, but I chose an a-typical standard size that fits my GL only for a common price point only, I know everyone runs different sizes.


Cliff, so far you with the highest mileage S11's looking to go about 11K on a set. If we stay with the genaric GL size I picked earlier that's not too shabby for 61 dollars (130 90 16)


Pirelli Sport Demons... (130 90 16) Cost 103... 15K on a set.

Dunlop GT501's (130 90 16) Cost 103 (seems to be popular choice award)


I'm not sure if I could realistically put the Pirelli's and the Dunlop's in the same price point as the S11's. $40 dollars difference for one tire is a bit of a jump in price. At two-thirds additional cost, I would expect the tires to last proportionally longer.

Cheng Shin Himax's go for 48.91 for a rear skin; roughly a 12 dollar difference.

[DanTheMan]

Mine are NOT Sport Demons, they're Scorpions. Totally different tires, longer wearing(15k on the rear, front will probably reach 25k), and don't cost as much either. Just to clear it up. Thanks,
Dan:-D

First let me say that individual sizes will vary, but I chose an a-typical standard size that fits my GL only for a common price point only, I know everyone runs different sizes.


Cliff, so far you with the highest mileage S11's looking to go about 11K on a set. If we stay with the genaric GL size I picked earlier that's not too shabby for 61 dollars (130 90 16)


Pirelli Sport Demons... (130 90 16) Cost 103... 15K on a set.

Dunlop GT501's (130 90 16) Cost 103 (seems to be popular choice award)


I'm not sure if I could realistically put the Pirelli's and the Dunlop's in the same price point as the S11's. $40 dollars difference for one tire is a bit of a jump in price. At two-thirds additional cost, I would expect the tires to last proportionally longer.

Cheng Shin Himax's go for 48.91 for a rear skin; roughly a 12 dollar difference.

[82Shafty]

I just had it in my head they were sport demons LOL.


Are they the sync sport motards or All Terrains?

[DanTheMan]

Neither actually, by their classification, they're in a class of their own. :-D

I just had it in my head they were sport demons LOL.


Are they the sync sport motards or All Terrains?