TYRE MAKE / MODEL:sirac
DATE FITTED:09
DATE REPLACED:10
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully):12
REAR / not changed yet just deciding on the others posts on tyres
BOUGHT FROM:Groombrdges
TYPICAL RIDING: town and commuting
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED:0
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN:3123
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED:3123
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE

not to happy with the tyre didnt like them that much good in the wet but think il go for full road tyres thought the front still has plenty of tread on sstill probably last another 3k

TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Mitas E-08
DATE FITTED: November 2009
DATE REPLACED: May 2010
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully): 6
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): Rear only, 60 euro
BOUGHT FROM: trelleborgtyres.co.uk
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): Commuting
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 32450km
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN: 47721km
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED: 15271km
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE: Very good grip when dry, moderate grip on wet. Comparable with Tourance but price is a lot lower.

TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Metzeler Tourance
DATE FITTED: Mar 09 (Presumably)
DATE REPLACED: Apr 10
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully): 13
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): N/A (OE Fitment, presumably)
BOUGHT FROM: Yamaha
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): All sorts
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 0 (presumably)
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN: 6144
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED: 6144
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE:
On the bike when I bought it at 2866 miles old, presumably the OE tyres. Replaced when rear squared off and hit wear markers, was still a bit of life in the front. Perfectly capable on road - could push as hard as I want to on a bike like the Ten'. Utterly useless in anything muddy.

Replaced with Mitas E-09s

TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Michelin Sirac
DATE FITTED: bought them on a 2009 bike, new May, 1st 2010, Dot was 2008, can't recall when in 2008
DATE REPLACED: Oct 2nd, 2010
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully): 7months
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): 0 - tires came with the bike.
BOUGHT FROM: dealer, with the bike
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): Mix of all riding conditions. 1500km or so off max, 3000km motorway or fast roads, rest city or mountain roads.
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 0km
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN: 11500km
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED: 11500km
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE: Was very pleased with them on road, ok-ish off but I did mostly fire roads and not very demanding terrain. No mud action tho. Ok-ish on sandy terrain. Changed with somewhere between 1mm or 2mm left on the back but the back was starting to skid a lot on braking on tarmac. Front looked like 50%. They were pretty squared off, although i do ride twisties quite hard, motorway use ( sometimes with pillion ) squared them pretty much. Funky feeling after they got squared when leaning the bike, seemed to want to fall after some leaning. Got a bit weird too when applying throttle when lean. Switched for the moment to Heidenau K60 or Mefo Explorers depending where you live due to colder / rainy weather coming.

TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Tourance Rear
DATE FITTED: OEM
DATE REPLACED: Oct 2010
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully): 7 months (rear) 10 months (front)
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): ––––
BOUGHT FROM: ––––
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): Mixed-speed road riding, mainly A & B-road and mild offroad MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 0
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN: 6,526 (rear) 7,900 (front)
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED: 6,526 (rear) 7,900 (front)
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE: The rear tyre still had about 3-4mm tread left, but it was quite square and as the bike was in for service and we're heading for another sketchy winter I thought I'd get a new Tourance fitted – ride home was far more stable than the ride in, especially at slow speeds. Front was still OK. Will change in the new year. Edit: Changed front at 7,900 miles and it was on the limit markers – surprised just how quickly it wore out the last few mm. Was expecting to get nearer 9,000 miles from it. Front also replaced with fresh Tourance. Might try different tyre next time, maybe k60s

TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Mitas E-08 front
DATE FITTED: November 2009
DATE REPLACED: Nov 2010
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully): 12
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): Front only, 50 euro
BOUGHT FROM: trelleborgtyres.co.uk
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): Commuting
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 33158km
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN: 63106km
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED: 29948km
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE: Very good grip when dry, moderate grip on wet. Last thousand km very unstabel due to V shaped wear[/QUOTE]

TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Mitas E-08 rear
DATE FITTED: April 20110
DATE REPLACED: Dec 2010
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully): 8
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): Rear only, 65 euro
BOUGHT FROM: trelleborgtyres.co.uk
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): Commuting
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 47700km
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN: 66360km
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED: 18600km
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE: Very good grip when dry, moderate grip on wet. Still 2mm tread to go.

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

TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Metzler Tourance front and rear
DATE FITTED: June 2009
DATE REPLACED: Feb 2011
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully): 18 months
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): bought the bike with them fitted
BOUGHT FROM: n/a
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): 75% on, 25% off
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 0
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN: approx 15500 (~25000km)
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED: 15500
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE: very good mileage, pretty good on dry, not so good in wet.


ps. this is what 25.000km tourances look like

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TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Michelin Anakee rear
DATE FITTED: Dec 2010
DATE REPLACED: Feb 2011
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully): 3 months
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): Bought it nearly new, 60 euro
BOUGHT FROM: n/a
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): commuting
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 66400
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN: approx 77500km
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED: 11000km
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE: Very good grip in rain and cold weather. Ideal winter tire.

TYRE MAKE / MODEL: Michelin Anakee front
DATE FITTED: Nov 2010
DATE REPLACED: Apr 2011
TOTAL DURATION (in months hopefully): 5 months
FRONT / REAR / BOTH / PRICE PAID (with or w/out fitting charge): Bought it nearly new, 40 euro
BOUGHT FROM: n/a
TYPICAL RIDING (TOWN/MOTORWAY/COMMUTING/OFF ROAD): commuting
MILEAGE WHEN TYRE FITTED: 63100
FINAL MILEAGE AFTER TYRES ARE WORN: approx 79600
TOTAL MILEAGE OBTAINED: 16500km
FINAL COMMENTS ON TYRES PERFORMANCE: Very good grip in rain and cold weather. Ideal winter tire. Sensitive to length tracks.