Tyres for the Gs??

[Old man]

Quote: "Also the tyre says BT45R. My OEM tyre didn't have the "R" on it. Interesting."

I have the same, i think it was a 'H' before? anyone know "what the....."

Old Man

[zephler]

Also the tyre says BT45R. My OEM tyre didn't have the "R" on it. Interesting."

I have the same, i think it was a 'H' before? anyone know "what the....."

not sure what the R is for exactly but Rear maybe?

my K7 500f stock rear tyre is the same BT45R if that helps any 

[s4gs]

04 with original rubber & it's got the R.

[Old man]

Well ive finally got to the point where Im about to put new tyres on and have the choice of Shinko or Bridgestone. I have gotten 25,400kms out of my current Bts, can anyone give any info on the life/performance of Shinkos?

Well, I went with BT's and now have wornout the bts [22,000kms] and then went with Shinko rear and  Metzler front, the result was 24,570kms BUT the shinko was very hard and when braking in the wet was always trying to 'overtake' the front,[so i wont be going with shinko ever again] but the metzler was still not down to the wear bars could have gone another 3,000kms i reckon, any way I would like to stick Metzler front and rear next time. Has anyone gone that way? any comments??

Old Man

[dread_au]

Sorry cant help with the metzler. I have trouble finding anything but bt45 or sports demons locally. Know any ok tire places that work on weekends? I had bt45 which lasted 18 000 kms before I changed. I put sport demons on and got 16 000kms but really need a new rear and the front does not have a real lot of kms left.