Just curious if i am crazy or if this tire is just very vague feeling.
I mounted a set of these to my k7 1000 last month and cant help but notice there is hardly any feel from the front. Granted I maybe a bit spoiled from the Pirelli Slicks i run on my track scooter, but they just dont seem to talk to the rider at all. They are still pretty fresh and have really only been used for commuting but every time i ride the thou i notice this, especially in the wet. Please don't confuse this with a lack of performance. they seem to grip and turn fine. I just do feel like I'm being told the full story when i ride them. Before this bike had 2cts on it which are kinda blah for my taste, but were on their when i bought it, so i rode them out. the 2ct's had feel. I have BT003rs's on my RC51 and they are quite the opposite. I have even ran them on track a few times with good results. (besides some rear sliding) but those s20's i just cant wrap my head around. It feels like a ride on a cloud. I even tried playing with the pressures with no difference really. I checked the pressures way to frequently because of this.....maybe they speak Spanish or something. I remember back when I was down to the wear bars on the rear and was trying to wear the tire out on purpose just to feel like i used it all before i binned it. I have a back road here i sometimes frequent on the way home. I would bang downshifts and plow the front brake to make the back step out during 1 or two corners (back it in) nothing to hardcore just a bit a fun before ending a long ride home after a hard day. I don't even like braking that hard with these tires because i simply don't get alot of front end feel even under hard braking.
Just curious how others have liked these.
chime in.
I mounted a set of these to my k7 1000 last month and cant help but notice there is hardly any feel from the front. Granted I maybe a bit spoiled from the Pirelli Slicks i run on my track scooter, but they just dont seem to talk to the rider at all. They are still pretty fresh and have really only been used for commuting but every time i ride the thou i notice this, especially in the wet. Please don't confuse this with a lack of performance. they seem to grip and turn fine. I just do feel like I'm being told the full story when i ride them. Before this bike had 2cts on it which are kinda blah for my taste, but were on their when i bought it, so i rode them out. the 2ct's had feel. I have BT003rs's on my RC51 and they are quite the opposite. I have even ran them on track a few times with good results. (besides some rear sliding) but those s20's i just cant wrap my head around. It feels like a ride on a cloud. I even tried playing with the pressures with no difference really. I checked the pressures way to frequently because of this.....maybe they speak Spanish or something. I remember back when I was down to the wear bars on the rear and was trying to wear the tire out on purpose just to feel like i used it all before i binned it. I have a back road here i sometimes frequent on the way home. I would bang downshifts and plow the front brake to make the back step out during 1 or two corners (back it in) nothing to hardcore just a bit a fun before ending a long ride home after a hard day. I don't even like braking that hard with these tires because i simply don't get alot of front end feel even under hard braking.
Just curious how others have liked these.
chime in.