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« Reply #45 on: July 21, 2010, 02:20:46 AM »


went for a first ride today. city via p.i.t.s via warriors to the scenic route up to the sound-off (done that part 3x return up and down  Evil )


Where is p.i.t.s and sound-off ??
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« Reply #46 on: July 21, 2010, 02:39:40 AM »

P.I.T.T.S is Pie in the Sky and Sound Off is a spot where there was an exhaust sound off once. Both are on Old Pacific Hwy.  waytogo

Oh yeah, Pures I am running 32F/34R, just like I did with Powers.
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« Reply #47 on: July 21, 2010, 03:34:23 PM »

In your opinion, do the Pures have a more rounded profile to the Powers or a similar triangular profile/shape?
I'd like a more rounded profile as my bike turns in on a thought already. I've got enough agility and could use a bit more stability, specially under brakes and on initial turn in (suspensions pretty sorted front and rear with revalve, springs, etc).
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« Reply #48 on: July 21, 2010, 04:15:41 PM »

Michelin has one of the roundest profile tryes on the market, well IMO anyways.
Pures look to be no different.
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« Reply #49 on: July 21, 2010, 08:57:32 PM »

In your opinion, do the Pures have a more rounded profile to the Powers or a similar triangular profile/shape?

In talking to the mechanic this morning, the Pures & Powers both have a similar, steeper profile. The Pilot Roads are more rounded, whilst still being an excellent tyre. Just had the Pilot Roads fitted today.

I think that Michelin are steeper than Pirelli's, but I haven't looked at the current crop of Pirelli's to compare, so I could be just talking out my arse as far as that's concerned. Yeah, no comments necessary!!  Grin
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« Reply #50 on: July 21, 2010, 10:22:10 PM »

now i should be able to answer this, as i have had Michelin powers and now Pirelli's, but i cant say i have looked into the profile that much. i must say i do at the moment love my Pirelli's seem to stick better to the road for me.
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« Reply #51 on: July 22, 2010, 02:52:34 AM »

For me I can say the Supercorsa Pro's are very fast compared to PP's
The Michelin seem to have a more progressive turn-in.  Huh?
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« Reply #52 on: July 22, 2010, 06:19:58 PM »

Just put a pure power on the fron of my bike. I feel I have lost some road feel from the std power. Let you know how it wears over the next couple of months.

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« Reply #53 on: July 29, 2010, 10:20:15 PM »


Check out those chicken strips cheeky




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« Reply #54 on: July 30, 2010, 12:27:59 AM »

where?  Wink
Well played Sir.

I'm assuming they work OK on the track then?
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« Reply #55 on: July 30, 2010, 01:01:29 AM »

Yep he looked pretty good on'em.
I had him clocked at 2:18 and that was in just the 3rd session of the morning.
That does look like it has a little cold tear though.
Did you perhaps go a little harder later in the day?
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« Reply #56 on: July 30, 2010, 12:14:05 PM »



no, i didn't go any harder
all through out the day i had so much room for error you could drive a bus through it. i soooo didn't want to lay the bike down. had fun, had a tops day; that all that matters
and didn't have "a moment" once ..... i'm a happy boy
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« Reply #57 on: August 01, 2010, 01:17:06 AM »

After a good 400-500k's on the new rubber now I have more of an idea of what they are like.
I can say I was very used to the way Supercorsa Pro's felt.

Comparatively you can just chuck you bike into corners on the Suercorsa's on the Pilot Pure's you kinda need
to caress it a little more. They just grip differently, there is more feeling on the edge of the Pure's
it translates to more information as opposed to Supercorsa's which just stick like velcro.

After a good first ride I'm sure I'll get more in tune with them in the coming weeks/months
as for road noise that I heard on an S2R 800 recently I didn't hear anything today.
That might have been because of the roads/exhaust/open airbox, but I really didn't hear the same thing.
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« Reply #58 on: August 05, 2010, 11:26:46 PM »

Tyre report.

Pure power on the front of my bike handles well with good feel.


Great tyre but it is very noisy on certain road surfaces.

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« Reply #59 on: August 05, 2010, 11:47:15 PM »

Geeze Rob,

                  I have never thought about road noise coming from a tyre, unless it was a trailie going past me, they seem to hum a bit, is the noise really that bad?





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