Update: Not a debate!!! Just want opinions

[sleadhed]

Well got the tires on and oil leak repaired.

First ride and first impressions of the Avon Cobras:

The font tire is radial and the rear is bias.

Front tire is noisy as compared to the Dunlop 404s I took off. I went in to the first few corners with much apprehension due to the radial/bias mix. seemed to handle just fine. I kicked it up a little at a time. What a difference form the Dunlops. No more wandering and tracking. It felt like it was in rails, WOW this bike handles great! I have only ran the stock Brickstones and Dunlop 404s (41,000 miles) By the end of my first ride I was entering the corners I had ridden 100 times before 10MPH faster and feeling like it would still be sticking at another 10MPH faster. I know that some members have had issues with Avons cracking or coming apart. Hopefully these Avons hold up, I am curious to see the kind of mileage I get out of this set.

[Barrycuda]

I has avon on mine and I loved them. Because they come with a bad rap for bubbles and misc nonsense, I told my dealer, they were great at inspecting and sent one tire back. Me personally, they were awesome tires in the sun and rain. Travelled half way cross country w them. Not a single issue. Sold bike but never used another tire for that RSV. There is your lead off opinion.

[videoarizona]

Just keep the air pressure up and the problems should stay away...

[wizard]

No debate here.

[cecdoo]

+1 on the Cobras:thumbsup2::thumbsup2:

[garyS-NJ]

When I bought my last set of skins I was reading about tires and recall you shouldn't mix bias with radials. also noted that most reviews of new tires were "biased" a little because people are trying a set of new tires and comparing to their old tires (that's not like comparing a new set from one manufacturer against a new set from another mfr).

[syscrusher]

noted that most reviews of new tires were "biased" a little because people are trying a set of new tires and comparing to their old tires (that's not like comparing a new set from one manufacturer against a new set from another mfr).

 

Unless the old set cracked in dangerous places, then the new set absolutely IS better!