Given
30%
while driving a
Yamaha R1
(190/50 R17) on
a combination of roads
for 4,500
easy going miles
I've also offered a review on the BT014 for comparison which is worth reading.
This review is really a warning about these tyres.
For an 02 R1 in British weather, don't get these.
They take ages to warm up, scooters were overtaking me in the morning.
They slip in the dry on a straight road from a low speed average brake eg the 40 yards to the end of my road, braked at 20mph, the damn things slid 10m on a bone dry summer's morning. Useless.
In the wet, God, they;re dangerous. Went on a police rider assessment course with a 200 mile scrubbed in set, adopting their style of riding. It was terrifying. Had me in the hedge at one stage. The police rider asked me if I'd feel more comfy on a different bike. Swapped back to my style and he said it was a different person riding, but apart from all that we came up to some lights in town, heaving down rain, pulled the brakes gently enough, straight slide 12 yards. Had to use my feet to lend stability.
On the motorway no feedback on bends, stepped out at the rear a good handful of times.
I had to become a Jesus grandad (see the future, ride gently) of a rider. I took the bike on tour to Germany just to use up the tyres on the motorway for which they were OK through 10 hours riding. When I got to Germany the following days, without the motorway warm up, the tyres gave me no confidence through lots and lots of bendy back roads. Anyway when I got home I changed them back to my beloved BT014s (much more grip, feedback and low angle cornering).
Please don't buy these for your R1 for your health's sake. I'm amazed they;'re from the same manufacturer as the 014s really.
I think they are BT014s on the outer 2 edges and 021s in the middle 3 bands. That would explain all the slips. BT021s (which I've also tried, well I was skint and they were on offer) aren't suitable for an R1 at all.