That's not a good price and as for chain wax, I hope it's not Castol Chain Wax. All that stuff is good for is attracting dirt to your chain and it also makes a mess of your rear wheel.

Cheaper than i paid though

Thats a good price for a ride in service. No hassle either.

sounds like a good price to me, ordering them off of busters costs �140 in'c delivery but then you got the messing about of getting wheels off and karting them down to local tyre fitter

getting mine changed in a couple of weeks just got a qoute of �167.00 for the pair........ride in/out
Hammond Tyres Near Bungay

Michelin
 

I've just ordered the michelin pilot power 2ct for my xtx's rear, any experience of them anyone?
I hope they're not too bad... You all seem to have fallen in love with the distanzia's! :love2:
Well, at least the michelin should last longer than the original dragons, 210 km and not even close to legal, they are really worn out already.
They cost me approx.. 300 USD delivered to the door but not fitted.

well I personally have no experience with the Michelin's I am one of those who have fallen in love with the Distanzia's and as you can see quite a few of us have, and it is for a reason, they deliver the best grip for the X's and last longer than the rest.

Before the Distanzia I had 3 sets of Maxxis Intermediate but while they are slighlty grippier than the Distanzia, you must run them at very low pressure otherwise the front tyre would wobble at over 80mph and they wear out too quick. But on the road and in the wet they perform very well.

Good luck with your choice of tyre and please enter your details in this thread to record the performance and life you will get out of them

http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=2211

I had a Michelin Pilot Sport on the rear of my X and I hated it. It would slide far to easily, it squared off badly so I opted for the Avon Distanzias front and rear as well. You can put me in the "love Distanzia group" as well. My new XTX has the Pirelli's on them and I can assure you as soon as they are worn out a full set of A.D's are going on.

I I ordered a rear distanza on tuesday afternoon from black and round it was on ma doorstep on wednesday mornin...AMAZING SERVICE and at �82 delivered....cant do better than that....

I'm a fan of Michelin Pilot Power. I used them on my CBR and they are good for street and track (unless you do it profesionally). I shall soon order a pair 'cause when I'm done with the breakin' in, I want to test the XTX on the track ;)
(a friend of mine, who likes to do wheelies all the time, said it is the only tyre he could do wheelies with on wet)

I've got Distanzia tyres as well and paid �145 fitted and balanced.

I must add that my mechanical friend did all the work for me and made no profit. He's a brilliant mate and really likes looking after my bike. I get the "special treatment" on condition I give him good PR.

Can't find these in SA. Does anyone know if the guys there would ship over here?
I have a rear trail tyre but nobody in this country stocks a front tyre that size for trails.
Also, how has everyone found these tyres off road?

I wouldn't recommend Distanzia tyres for off roading.

They are too soft and will tear up very easily.

Before I bought some new distanzia tyres I was offered some 2nd hand tyres from Keith but when I saw a picture of the tyre it had started to delaminate due to him taking it off road.

Thanks for the reply. This is becoming impossible, to find a intermediate tyre for that size

Can't help you there matey but I have just found the post that Keith made about the Distanzia tyres tearing up.

http://www.xt660.com/showpost.php?p=25806&postcount=74

Those look really poked. I have a rear anakee, so maybe i should just try a front one and test it. It wont be too rough off roading just dirt roads, although that will probably get rougher as time passes. But i have no other options at the moment.

gezzz that looks very bad, i wouldnt like that to happen to any of my tyres if it did i would be having a word with the guy who fitted it so he would replace it and send the old one back.

Do these chaps selling them on ebay.co.uk ship to south africa?

Ok, i managed to find a distanzia here. R1100.00. That's around 100 pounds for the front excl fittiing. But hey, my X will soon be on the trails.