So it's a bit of a lump of tyres.

TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Michelin Sirac
DATE FITTED: at purchase-16/12/08
DATE REPLACED: July 09
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully): 7
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): both
BOUGHT FROM: OE fitment
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): All, including beach and light trails
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 0
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN: 4600
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED: 4600
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE: Promising tyre, good wet and dry road grip, squared off towards the last 1000 miles and would white line badly.

TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Bridgestone BW501/2 Battlewing
DATE FITTED: July 09
DATE REPLACED: December 09
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully): 5
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): �135, fitted at home
BOUGHT FROM: Black Circles, ebay
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): Mainly road, A and B, fast riding, some light trails
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 4600
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN: 10,000
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED: 5500
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE: Cracking road biased tyre, good wet grip and very smooth roll in to bends. Was fine on light trails as well, no real grip on wet grass and mud unsurprisingly.

TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Continental TKC80
DATE FITTED: Dec 09
DATE REPLACED: April 10
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully): 4
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): �135 fitted at home
BOUGHT FROM: ebay, black circles
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): Road but also snow and light trails
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 10,000
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN: 12,500
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED: 2,500 BUT still have at least 1500 miles left
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE: Made the bike feel very slow to tip in at the front until the tyres had worn in, in ca. 500 miles. Did well to shed snow, and gripped ok on all but the deepest snow I found. A bit slidey on the road in the wet, and didn't have the same dry cornering grip as the more road biased tyres. Did exactly what I hoped from them.

TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Mitas E07
DATE FITTED: April 10
DATE REPLACED: September 10
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully): 5 months
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): ca. �90
BOUGHT FROM: trelleborg tyres
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): All roads, and some trails
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 12,500
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN: 18,300
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED: 5,800
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE: Without a doubt the worst tyres I've had the experience of using on any bike. No wet grip to speak of, unpredictable slides. Squared off quite quickly and the tread began to crack and blocks lift off. There was still plenty of tread left when I removed them but the cracking tread and desire to remain upright meant they had to come off