Quote from: Two dogs on February 08, 2012, 12:12:34 PM
Ung ,I nedd a new one too but waiting until the sport attack 2 is available
in a month or so up here.
Same tyre but with the black chillie compund,fair bit of hype about its stickiness
although cant see how it could be any better, really like them .
Not huge distance looks like a will squeeze 7k out of my rear.
Just put a set of conti road attack 2 on the missus 695 they feel good 

I already had the Sport Attack 1 in storage ready to go on (along with a set of Dunlop Q2s, which are going on next up). But if I knew what I know now, I'd be sticking with Contis.  Love 'em, hard to imagine the 2s could be better (and yet not wear out sooner).  Interested to hear what you think when you get yours.

I will give you a heads up when they go on  
the rear is going to be milked of all its remaining tread
in March down in Mexico this March , actually bit of a gamble as they should be going on
sooner than later but I thought I would take a page out of Heather's riding manual 
and see if I can get home with some steel showing   

Quote from: Two dogs on February 09, 2012, 03:24:55 AM
Hay you calling me fat Betty   

I'll answer that for Betty.
You are neither fat and I am neither skinny we are just built with a different chasis.

Quote from: Two dogs on February 10, 2012, 04:43:01 AM
I will give you a heads up when they go on  
the rear is going to be milked of all its remaining tread
in March down in Mexico this March , actually bit of a gamble as they should be going on
sooner than later but I thought I would take a page out of Heather's riding manual 
and see if I can get home with some steel showing   

Dez
I don't know how the Contis wear but the Alpine roads are very harsh on tyres, much more than any other roads I have ever ridden on.  So if you are in any doubt about the tread on your tyres, change them before the trip (I would be changing them if the wear markers are showing).  You will enjoy the ride so much more. It's not much fun sliding around on wet/damp roads. Not saying it will rain but you have to be prepared for it up there. And fog and cold.

Agree with Heatherp here. Des you won't be enjoying the alpine if you loose confidence in your tyres. If in doubt, change them now.

I have the road attacks of the m800 and even with my new found corner speed thanks to some CSS training at the creek, I really can't see the justification for me to choose sport attacks. Gone nowhere near the limits of these tyres, and never had a loss of confidence moment due to lack of heat and the like.

Each to their own, but I cannot fathom why you want such sticky tyres for road use. I'll take the the sport tourer tyres from here on in thanks!

Quote from: goldFiSh on February 10, 2012, 08:40:15 PM
I have the road attacks of the m800

Each to their own, but I cannot fathom why you want such sticky tyres for road use. I'll take the the sport tourer tyres from here on in thanks!

Hear, Hear!


I'm running a Dunlop Sportmax on the rear and late last year (when the sun was shinning) I had a clean run up MacQuarie Pass and I tried to get the rear to step out off the turns and it would'nt (note to self, must try harder) but yeah I cant see the value of super sticky tyres for the street.







                                                Mmick


                                        Mmick

Im hearing you .....but after having my Pures slide out from under me and put me into the armco
going into Lithgow Ill take the stickys and their short life span from now thank-you so my life spam will be
a little longer .......its only money !
It may be hard earned for me but my family likes it when I come home.

 

                 
                                    

Hey all, due for new rubber v soon.
I run a 120/60 front and 160/60 rear.

I'm planning on sticking with my super grippy Metzelers again... They've give me VERY good wear (~10K rear... i don't remember exactly, but they've been on since Nov2010 and I could still get another thou on them) and they stick like shit to a blanket.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to why I should look at anything else?

... my original consideration was to *maybe* look at the contis, but 120/60 , 160/60 seems to not be an option.

The Conti's are very good as you know many can a-test to here.
I always ran a 120/70 on my 620, it gave better turn in feel from a rounder profile.

Max check out the Conti Road attack 2
I couldnt get the Conti sport in 160  so got a set on the 695 feel great out of the box.
The bike corners very nicely now , they feel really grippy with the black chillie compound
good reviews .

http://www.canyonchasers.net/reviews/tires/road-attack.php

http://www.conti-online.com/generator/www/de/en/continental/motorcycle/themes/motorcycletires/sport_touring/road_attack2/contiroadattack2_en.html

Got them at a reasonable price $188 front $251 rear from my LBS
well reasonable for overpriced everythingville aka Australia

Matty  on the 70 profile

Quote from: Two dogs on February 12, 2012, 10:18:59 PM
Max check out the Conti Road attack 2
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Got them at a reasonable price $188 front $251 rear from my LBS
well reasonable for overpriced everythingville aka Australia

I saw those... seem to get some good wraps, but it would take a lot for me to change from the Metzelers.. I have faith in their sticky-ness, their longevity, and they're $330 landed.
I can find the Conti RA2's for about $315 landed, but why bother when I get a known quantity for $15 more?
Will get you to jump on the 620 once the new rubber comes so you can compare Dez.

Splinter thread HERE : [url=http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=55194.0]http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=55194.0[/url] about 120/60 vs 120/70

Thought I'd drop in my 2 cents....

Just swapped the Power Pures over to the Pirelli Diablo Rosso Corsa's today. Managed to get an easy 8,000 klms out of the Pures & they had only just worn level with the wear indicators. I know a few of you on here would have gotten another couple of thou out of them before changing!

They never slipped, or lost traction on me, always gave heaps of feedback and were very confidence inspiring tyres - I would recommend. I even had 2 track based advanced training days with Bernie Hatton (TopRider) where, in all honesty, you can go out as hard and fast as you dare on the day. Again, no issues with them whatsoever. Only issue I had was not being brave enough to push them harder!

This time around, I thought I'd try a similar product from the Pirelli guys & see how it compares.

Only experience so far is riding out of the shop with them on, onto oil & fuel soaked Sydney roads in the pissing down rain - not fun.
I made it home in one piece, so they must be OK!