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« Reply #120 on: May 02, 2012, 09:01:39 AM »

Crap.

I made a bet with someone that the angel st I ordered wouldn't last 5000 miles on my KTM.

so ....
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« Reply #121 on: May 02, 2012, 09:04:14 AM »

I don't have full confidence ill win.
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« Reply #122 on: May 02, 2012, 09:13:09 AM »

Sounds like donut time. 

(We'll need video.  popcorn )
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« Reply #123 on: May 02, 2012, 09:18:00 AM »

Sounds like donut time. 

(We'll need video.  popcorn )

what he said . . .
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« Reply #124 on: May 02, 2012, 09:35:32 AM »

No burnouts was one of the rules. . .
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« Reply #125 on: May 02, 2012, 09:37:56 AM »

No burnouts was one of the rules. . .

so . . . we have to put miles on tit . . . gotta ride  . . . lots
slide in turns lots . . .just ride ! ! !
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« Reply #126 on: May 02, 2012, 09:42:23 AM »

Well, here's the thing.  People talked about getting 7-8000 miles out of a pilot road 2 on bikes like mine (like an s4r, twin, 4v, dohc)

I got 5500 and that was a stretch.

I never get what other people get.  Ever.

I use a lot of throttle, and a lot of engine braking.  Both of those eat rubber.

I'm just doomed to buying a rear tire every year and a front every other year (fronts seem to last a while)
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« Reply #127 on: May 02, 2012, 09:45:21 AM »

(fronts seem to last a while)

Given how much time they spend in the air, I'm not terribly surprised.
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« Reply #128 on: May 02, 2012, 09:47:47 AM »

KTM's built in tire saver.

They respect the environment Cheesy
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« Reply #129 on: May 02, 2012, 09:48:57 AM »

Well, here's the thing.  People talked about getting 7-8000 miles out of a pilot road 2 on bikes like mine (like an s4r, twin, 4v, dohc)

I got 5500 and that was a stretch.

I never get what other people get.  Ever.

I use a lot of throttle, and a lot of engine braking.  Both of those eat rubber.

I'm just doomed to buying a rear tire every year and a front every other year (fronts seem to last a while)

I got 2500kms from the first Pirelli OEM Diablo I got with the bike , , , don't ask please . .. Then I got a set of Dunlop Qualifiers not the new ones . .  got about 7000kms of the rear got a new one and at about 2500kms had the accident where the front had a cut so had to replace them . . under a lot of advice from this forum and pm, got a set of Michelin Power Pilot, series 1, great tires . . . jsut after 1000kms[600mls] at last got the little hairs cmnpletely off great grip, had to lear they're not as round as Dunlop or Pirelli so leaning was faster . . .have been playing around with tp to find them . . . hope to do it soon . .  cause now,. I'll have to set up for wet  . . . but avg for me has been 5000mls rear . . . so, either I do not know how to ride or what cause I dont rip the bike when I'm on it . .
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« Reply #130 on: May 11, 2012, 05:17:00 AM »

Just put on a new rear angel. Sides were perfect, center cords showing slightly.
Got 6,878 miles on the old one. Since I don't lean that much (commuting, cruising around,stuff like that). I real happy, the grip is beyond my riding skills and rain running is a non-issue.

Great tires, not as grippy as the corsa 3's I switched from but still beyond my skill level.
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« Reply #131 on: May 16, 2012, 03:12:56 PM »

I now have a 1000mls on the Michelin PR3s on the s4 and have to say they have made me a bit of a hooligan I'm even trying to get the knee down and I'm a tad over 45 and I'm supposed to have more sense.
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« Reply #132 on: May 16, 2012, 06:07:42 PM »

... I'm a tad over 45 and I'm supposed to have more sense.

who said such a thing?! Shocked
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« Reply #133 on: May 16, 2012, 08:11:39 PM »

I'm about 200 miles in an an angel st rear.

I like this tire. I like the profile. Its predictable tip over all the way to the edge.

Excellent dry traction. No miles in the wet yet.

So far I'm all smiles.
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« Reply #134 on: July 02, 2012, 09:53:16 AM »

1000 mile update.

I still like the Angel. . . even though the flat spot has started in the center.

Wet traction is good enough for a power wheelie in standing water Evil
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