# For you sportbike riders - tires **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [June 16, 2006, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-you-sportbike-riders-tires/182896 "2006-06-16T06:21:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SonofaBish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@SonofaBish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SonofaBish)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-you-sportbike-riders-tires/182896/1 "2006-06-16T06:21:02Z")
I just bought a new rear tire for my bike, and i’m more than pleased with it. I ended up going with a Tomahawk T3. Tomahawk are the makers of those goofy looking colored tires that look rediculously stupid… but u can get just black tires … i wasn’t expecting much b/c the damn thign was so cheap - $80 shipped to my door. Even with mismatched tires (Bridgestone BT014 on the front) it feels 100% better than it did with BT014’s front and back. I absolutely hate the BT014’s, but i don’t want to waste my front tire that has only like 700 miles on it. They turn in slow, and when you’re leaned hard into a turn, they just don’t feel good. I always loved the D208’s, but i go through them in about 1600-1700 miles. But back to what i was saying… even with a BT014 front, the tomahawk tire feels great… very sticky… and feels much more confident/stable when leaned into a turn… On the Dunlops, i was able to lean the bike over a long way and they always felt great… the Bridgestones always scared the shit outta me - they felt like they were gonna give way any second. In the first couple days i’ve had the Tomahawk tire, i’ve been scraping the toe-sliders on my boots… i just didnt feel comfortable enough on the Bridgestones to lean that far… i didnt have sportbike boots back when i had the Dunlops on, so i can’t speculate, but always was able to lean over damn good with them - and the Tomahawks are just as good… Just need a better feeling front tire now. So, Cliff Notes: if you want a great tire, on a major budget, look for Tomahawks on eBay. Online tire tests say that they have quite a bit more rubber on the tire too, so it should last a little longer. ---
**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-you-sportbike-riders-tires/182896/2 "2006-06-16T15:00:36Z")
recaps and they wear forever. i would never chance riding hard on them crap tires michelin\>\* ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Spicoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jeff\_Spicoli](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeff_Spicoli)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-you-sportbike-riders-tires/182896/3 "2006-06-21T09:07:52Z")
Bish, can write up a report when you accumlated some miles on these bad boys? Supposedly Mike Seate is/was working on a road testing article for these tires but I haven’t heard about it in quite some time. ---
**Author:** ![MadHaqr9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@MadHaqr9](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MadHaqr9)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-you-sportbike-riders-tires/182896/4 "2006-06-21T13:39:02Z")
+1 I’m curious about the wear as I tend to put a fair bit of commuting miles on. ---
**Author:** ![imported\_weaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bc8723/32.png) [@imported\_weaves](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_weaves)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-you-sportbike-riders-tires/182896/5 "2006-06-21T16:11:10Z")
Judging by his banned state, I’d say that’s going to be pretty hard for him to do. WTF? Nothing on the ban list either. I guess there are worse things than being banned by Pittspeed. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Spicoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jeff\_Spicoli](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeff_Spicoli)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-you-sportbike-riders-tires/182896/6 "2006-06-22T08:31:31Z")
It happens; I’ve been banned from a couple of boards. 1 because I was being an asshole and pushed the issue and the 2nd one, well, I’m not sure why. ---
**Author:** ![imported\_weaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bc8723/32.png) [@imported\_weaves](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_weaves)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-you-sportbike-riders-tires/182896/7 "2006-06-22T11:09:03Z")
> [@sonofabish](#): > > The tires seem to be wearing great! I have probably around > 700 - 900 miles on them already and they do seem to be wearing great. > And contrary to what quik says, they are not capped tires, in the sense > of how a truck tire is capped. They are completely remolded. check out > the site at [www.cycletires.com](http://www.cycletires.com) . Like I said, the wear seems to be > good, hasn’t even started to flatten in the middle… I never used to > get too much of a flat spot in the middle when I lived back in Indiana > County, but now that I use my bike a lot to make that trip, the tires > wear in the middle more (since all highway riding for 1.5 hours + ) . > But the grip seems to be great also. I gotten several chances to really > push them into a turn (several places back home and a few times in a > certain park in Pittsburgh) and they have definitely responded well > (even despite hating the feel of my front tire)… I understand quik’s > concern with them, b/c I was a little iffy too, but I took a chance, and > so far, its workign out really well. The darn things just plain > stick… Unless something goes wildly wrong b/w now and when I get new > tires again, I won’t hesitate one moment to buy them again!