Hi All
need to get some new boots on the KTM.
im in Bromley (kent), looking for a ride in / out service.
Anyone recommend somewhere good?
Also what you lot riding on now tyre wise? I changed job so the bike has not been on the track this year…
am hoping to get a Brands in before year out so want something sticky…
or is it back to the goldspeeds…
cheers all
Never used goldspeeds but ive stayed away from them cause of the bad rep they have had. Some think they are good though
But for me… Avon PXR front any H rated slick on the rear or in the wet i have a PXR rear
cheers mate. any good tyre seller/fitters?
i usually just go to watling in catford se6 but always up for a change.
Take a look at the PXR thread on this forum page before you go to Watling 
Which thread is that then?
okay seen… thought it was going to be a bad point about PXRs which i had never herd before.
I order mine from FWR but im not down london way so couldnt tell you anywhere to get it fitted
Essential Rubber just the north side of the Blackwall Pipe!
I tried a Cooking GS, I thought it was sh1t! Went back to the BT090 that I loved and found that sliding around too! The 090 is a better tyre! I’ll put the GS back on when its snowing!
WTF’s a cooking GS?
Loadsa folk rate the GS precuts - tried one once on a Rowrah track day (on 5" rim) and it was fine until you pushed it and it would let go completely, had me off twice, fckin thing. Went back last weekend with Distanzia on 4.25" rim and it was so much better, no moments at all - until some fcker had me off and that was the end of that!
Cooking:
Fancy tyre:
Which tyre had you off?
Crikey, on track that looks to be the tyre you’d want?:blink:
Like I said, it gripped really well but when I gave it a bit of extra gas, instead of breaking away progressively, like the Distanzia would, it just shot out from under me. Twice, and almost a third time too when I just managed to save it. Pressure was 25psi which is at the low end of the recommended range (24 to 28) so can’t think it could have been that. Just don’t have the necessary skill I guess. Hey, you’re skilled (or so they tell me) - wanna buy it off me? :hehe:
Yes they tell you that I am skilled, very skilled actually…Unfortunately this has nowt to do with riding motorcycling! How old are the tyres?
Talkin of the 090’s, the rear I fitted a short while ago is half way down to the wear bars!:blink:
Ps, was the trackday on a kart circuit? The tarmac on most is usually shocking, plus the rubber the karts leave makes is worse, I’m sure?
Yep. Rowrah’s a kart circuit. I’ve done 4 weekends there, 3 on Distanzia, 1 on GS precut slick (PXR on front at all times, as usual 
). More than likely the GS letting go was coincidental with other stuff and the Distanzia would have let go too. Anyway I’m done with trackdays now so the GS will remain surplus to requirement.
FWR in Kenington will sort you out.
My favourite setup is front proXtreme and rear distanzia, but I must say that the proXtreme didn’t do too good at Lydden Hill. It’s basicaly fooked (has no more than 200 miles in total).
Then again, the Road Pilot 2 that I currently have on the rear is in a pretty bad state too.
It wasn’t even that hot a day.
Avon pxr on front and anything on rear at present. The harder and worse the tyre, the better it spins (apparently )
My front PXR has lasted ages. the rear lasts 5 minutes in the dry but awsome in the wet. I have 2 sets of wheels so its easy for me to change depending on the weather
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That really surprises me. A couple of years ago I did a day at Mallory when it was really hot, for those who don’t know it a smallish track like Lydden Hill but perhaps a tad faster - it was 32º and I was really worried about how the PXR front would manage but it was absolutely fine - the Distanzia got royally f*cked tho! (BTW I got over 5,000 miles out of that PXR in the end, including 5 track days, only replaced it a month or so ago).
(Race wet fronts make good road tyres apparently. I was given a part worn Dunlop race wet the other day, I’ll give that a go next.)
TBH I’d rather try the GS street Utra thingy. What do you want for it?
