I’m sending my wheels away for re-anodising and think a new set of rubber is required, what tyres are a good option for road use?
I’ve always used Bridgestone BT 090’s, they’re good. I have a race wet front and a Goldspeed Street Sport Supermoto Tyre on the rear. Not had a chance to hammer this rear yet. The BT’s are very good tho!
IIRC you got AVON PXR front and Dunlop Sportmax Mutant rear.
I think the set you got there is best you can get 
It will last good on the road, do track days and go off road, will do it all.
If you want bike to look cool and will only ride on tarmac on sunny Sundays go for ;
http://www.aaa-racing.com/home.php?cat=82 or http://www.aaa-racing.com/home.php?cat=87
Ok, I’ll refit the rubber I already have then.
See if you like it and if not, sell it too me cheap 
I had same set on my 530 too and loved it.
my 525exc will be looking like your old530 soon:cool:
No mention of the Michelin Pilot Power 2CT?
I really like the Avon ProXtreme wet front and Avon Distanzia rear. The Distanzia doesn’t look like much (it looks a bit like a tractor tyre), but it gives awesome grip in wet and dry and wears pretty well.
I’ve got a 2CT on the EXC I just bought and it’s too early to tell really, but I have a feeling it doesn’t heat up quick enough because our bikes are too light. It’s probably good for trackdays etc as you can give it enough time to warm up and ride hard, but on the street, I think SM specific tyres work better. The Distanzia just grips straight away in comparison. On the other hand, I’m not sure how long it’d last on a (tarmac) track.
Avon PXR front and for the wet PXR rear, for the dry BT090 which is also supermoto specific. Oh ofcourse its best to have the privalage of a few sets of wheels to chop and change easily
That’s great idea, modern look and rfs reliability. Best of both.
Make sure you finish before Winter ends 
D, on a trackday, you need an SM track tyre. You will not believe the grip.
just need the sub frame and plastics. won fuel tank for £40 on ebay and air box is ordered, once i have the parts then i’ll start 
THEY LAST VERY WELL
You’ll be pleasantly supprised how well that 2CT gripes in both wet & dry. It’ll last a while too.
If it gripes as well as you Jim then it must be good 
I’ve said it before (about a zillion times) and I’ll say it again - PXR front and Distanzia rear is a mighty fine combination for road-going supermotos, and works well enough in many track situations too. (I’ll not insist it’s necessarily the best combo because I’ve not tried many others, not having felt the need, but of the ones I have tried it’s far and away the best.)
PXR front is, in my view, a phenomenally good tyre - some folk don’t like the profile, say it doesn’t allow the bike to drop into turns quick enough; may be true, doesn’t bother me. They grip like sh1t to a blanket from cold, they’re brilliant in the wet and can stand surprisingly severe punishment in hot dry conditions too - I did a Mallory Park trackday a couple of years ago, not the fastest of tracks certainly but way fast enough for a 520EXC, and it was 32º in the shade - I was worried the PXR was going to melt but it was absolutely fine (the Distanzia rear didn’t like it very much though). On top of that you can expect them to last for getting on for around 4,500 miles, which ain’t bad at all.
PXR rears are a different story. Absolutely brilliant in the cold and wet but totally useless in other conditions. You can maybe get 600 or so miles of winter riding out of one provided it doesn’t see too many trips on warmer dry days; you’d be lucky to get 300 in the summer. And cheap they ain’t. I went through 3 of those before I decided I wasn’t rich enough, and switched to Distanzia.
Distanzia. Some peeps are put off by its agricultural appearance. Who cares what it looks like is what I say. But there again I quite like agricultural! They are almost as good in cold and wet as the PXR rear - but they’re good for around 3,000 miles of road use. If you’re a sh1t hot backing it in type then I don’t suppose it’ll last too long, so you’d be better off with something else, however gurly riders like me won’t have that problem 
I use PXR front Distanzia rear all year round - for daily commute, trackdays and (very occasional) weekend blasts. The Distanzia is not much good on faster tracks, like Mallory, Brands Indy, Lydden Hill etc, where something like a Goldspeed pre-cut or a race slick would be far better in the dry, or race wet or PXR when it’s raining. I do have a GS pre-cut for the track but it doesn’t see much use - when riding Rowrah, my favourite circuit, very twisty, I’m much happier with Distanzia (last time I was there I tried the GS pre-cut - nearly had me off 3 times and succeeded twice! Trouble is on tight circuits like Rowrah it’s hard to get enough heat into them, unless you’re backing it into every turn of course, and if pushed too hard they tend to let go completely and without warning, unlike the Distanzia which slides nice and progressively.)
Here endeth today’s lesson 
Just what I said in one line 
And, no, I still don’t like the Michelin rear (it’s actually a road pilot I noticed the other day), much too hard work heating it up on this bike. It’ll soon be going for a distanzia.
After I find the right bolt to fix the brake caliper on again that is :w00t:
Why use one word when a thousand will do?!
I mentioned ‘backing it in’ a couple of times - I just want to share an ace moment I had on my way into work this morning …
Was belting along a certain London street towards a right turn - had my right hand out to indicate my intention while short-shifting down and applying the rear brake. As I approached the turn I let off the brake and started releasing the clutch - but I’d changed down a gear more than I’d intended and the back immediately stepped out - but in a very smooth and satisfying manner - and I still only had one hand on the bars. It felt really great - and it must have looked cool as f*ck too
(Trouble is I can never bring myself to try doing things like that intentionally - I always think the chances of it ending in tears are too high. Bit like my wheelies - I occasionally pop moderately impressive ones but never intentionally - if I’m racing someone and the front comes up I think this is ok and try and keep it there as long as I can - but every time I think “let’s try a wheelie” and give it a go it always comes as a shock when the front comes up and I immediately bottle it.)Sorry, I’ve been very self indulgent with my posts today - hadn’t posted for quite a while and it must’ve gorn to my head. Just ignore me, everyone else does
Did someone just say something?:blink:;)
I DO need something light for the road. Used to back the old XT into corners most days on my commute, esp when it was wet and once did the most enormous crossed up wheelie off the lights at Waterloo - trying to get away quicker than an R1: after the wheelie he kept his distance - thought the old thumper was trying to mount his racerep
Anyway, what’s good on the 'berg for coldish trackdays? Got Michelin wets and slicks and think I may need something in between.