Ok. I decided to say something about my new M3 tires. Problem is, I don't know what to say. They stick and I like them. To me, if they bring the front up instead of spinning when I hammer the throttle in first, I'm happy. If I can take 80-90mph sweepers at the track almost scraping parts, I'm happy. If they hold air and turn, I'm happy. In short, these tires are fine, but I'm not jumping up and down singing praises, because they do everything I expected them too, but there's nothing special. I do like them. I liked the Pirelli Diablos also - those are my top pick for stick, for now. M3s seem almost just as good, but I've only really used them a lot on the track - and on the track at 30 PSI, EVERYTHING sticks pretty well after heating up.
Don't take this wrong, I would reccomend them to anyone interested, but I'm thinking at this stage maybe I should not be trying to review tires at all. I'm not subjective or picky or in tune enough. They stick and that is about all I require.
So far, only the street Dunlops from a few years ago and the HPXs sucked in my opinion... because they were too easy to spin. The Diablo Strada Sport/Tour tire was too weak to really get down on, but it stuck like anything else inflated to 36-38ish PSI. When the M3s wear out, I will try the Dunlop Qualifiers since they are this minutes rage. But I have nothing to offer as far as feel of sidewalls or wear because I jsut don't care. They stick, and much of my bikes feel is dependant on suspension anyway. I'll ride weak or hard sidewalls however they want me too, and make it work.
Far as tires, I'm not to thrilled with the Powers from what I see. I have NOT tried them and now have no interest. Their profile angle seems limiting for lean, compared to the M3's ROUNDER look which gives you equal contact at all leans, and a comfortable back and forth transition. The Powers seemed to take you so far and then STOP leaning or you are up on the edge. Again, just an OBSERVATION as I have not ridden them. Then also seem to leave alot of themselves on the track when compared to other tires, and that seems like WET PAINTING rather than heated sticking. "Greasy" is the term I've read, heard and seen. No fun to me.
I got my M3s put on right before a track day AND at the same time as an engine rebuild, so while I was breaking in tires, I was really paying atten to my engine and not the tires. On the track, they stuck fine, I never felt they were going to slip out - at SOME point ALL tires will slip out doe to rider error... but these stuck fine and I railed on corners and powered on straits with no slip. I have about 600 miles on them now and they seem as good as the rest on the bumpy roads, no better no worse, to me.
Like I said, maybe I shoul dnever review tires. They do at LEAST what I expected them too. They did not deliver less or I would be telling you all. I ride fairly hard most of the time, hammering full pinned throttle in 1, 2nd and where safe, 3rd, 4th etc etc. They haven't let me down and I will give them a 10. If it got less than a 10, I would be pulling them off and trying something else or going back to my trusty Diablos
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Don't take this wrong, I would reccomend them to anyone interested, but I'm thinking at this stage maybe I should not be trying to review tires at all. I'm not subjective or picky or in tune enough. They stick and that is about all I require.
So far, only the street Dunlops from a few years ago and the HPXs sucked in my opinion... because they were too easy to spin. The Diablo Strada Sport/Tour tire was too weak to really get down on, but it stuck like anything else inflated to 36-38ish PSI. When the M3s wear out, I will try the Dunlop Qualifiers since they are this minutes rage. But I have nothing to offer as far as feel of sidewalls or wear because I jsut don't care. They stick, and much of my bikes feel is dependant on suspension anyway. I'll ride weak or hard sidewalls however they want me too, and make it work.
Far as tires, I'm not to thrilled with the Powers from what I see. I have NOT tried them and now have no interest. Their profile angle seems limiting for lean, compared to the M3's ROUNDER look which gives you equal contact at all leans, and a comfortable back and forth transition. The Powers seemed to take you so far and then STOP leaning or you are up on the edge. Again, just an OBSERVATION as I have not ridden them. Then also seem to leave alot of themselves on the track when compared to other tires, and that seems like WET PAINTING rather than heated sticking. "Greasy" is the term I've read, heard and seen. No fun to me.
I got my M3s put on right before a track day AND at the same time as an engine rebuild, so while I was breaking in tires, I was really paying atten to my engine and not the tires. On the track, they stuck fine, I never felt they were going to slip out - at SOME point ALL tires will slip out doe to rider error... but these stuck fine and I railed on corners and powered on straits with no slip. I have about 600 miles on them now and they seem as good as the rest on the bumpy roads, no better no worse, to me.
Like I said, maybe I shoul dnever review tires. They do at LEAST what I expected them too. They did not deliver less or I would be telling you all. I ride fairly hard most of the time, hammering full pinned throttle in 1, 2nd and where safe, 3rd, 4th etc etc. They haven't let me down and I will give them a 10. If it got less than a 10, I would be pulling them off and trying something else or going back to my trusty Diablos
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I expect to get at LEAST 1500 out of them cuz that seems to be my bottom end on most tires, but usually more.* I don't really notice how good or bad tires wear, I just wear them out and replace them. Like I said, I shouldn't "review" tires. But the M3's are 'ok' to me. I haven't put too many road miles on, maybe 400, cuz I been busy
