Which tires?

[MendoDave]

I have some track takeoffs that Monstro Belle gave to me a couple of three years ago. They were old then. Im thinking of putting one on the rear and seeing how good or bad it is.

Yes seriously.

[mostrobelle]

Yikes!  I'm no expert, but I've heard tires have a life expectancy.  If it were me with that rubber, unless you were practicing burnouts in a parking lot, I wouldn't use 'em.   

[SpikeC]

 boy howdy is she right! THe heat cycles alone would compromise it, and the age adds to it. I fitted a race take off once a long time ago, and after picking the bike back up I decided to never do THAT again!

[MendoDave]

so no checking it out around town then...

[mostrobelle]

If you just need to get it a few miles down the road so that you can get new tires put on it, yeah, you could do it.  Just know there's a risk involved.  If you were Jorge Lorenzo, you could probably throw down some decent lap times on those suckers.  For the rest of us, things might get pretty interesting just trying to eke out some decent braking on the freeway. 

I'm a little baby on the track, so heat cycles on those tires aren't going to be your issue really.  The age thing is more of a problem.  I don't really know what tires do when they become old.  My guess is that they become unpredictable.  I don't really want to find out.  There's enough excitement on a bike--I don't need the tires to be making things interesting. YMMV.

[MendoDave]

I was figuring on testing and finding out.

[mostrobelle]

Smartass.   

[MendoDave]

Smartass.   

I was serious, but I then went out there to look at them. After dusting off the sawdust from the chop saw that operates right next to where I keep them, I saw that they were SuperCorsas which blows my whole plan cause those are slippery as it is when they are cold, and I had no plans to push them.

So if anybody wants go cart track tires come on by.

[MendoDave]

I ordered this.

Pirelli - Angel GT Sport Touring

Thanks Speedog

[Speeddog]

I ordered this.

Pirelli - Angel GT Sport Touring

Thanks Speedog

You'll like 'em, they're very durable.

I've only used them a little in the wet, as we don't get much down here.

[MendoDave]

You'll like 'em, they're very durable.

I've only used them a little in the wet, as we don't get much down here.

I don't ride in the rain anymore, at least not by choice. Not too much rain anyway here in the high dessert.

[Ledz558]

Pirelli's are boring.. and feel like there's nothing there. I been using Metzler sportec M3's they're the bomb 

[Rudemouthsky]

+1 to the PR3's. Unreal longevity, dual compound which would suit your mostly commuting riding style, still sporty enough to get hooliganish with on the weekends, and the most insane grip in the wet I've ever experienced from any tire, period.