Featured First Day Ridding On Avon 3d Ultra Sport Tires

The top photo was from about 800 km’s ago and the bottom photo is present condition.

 

Just finished deglazing the front rotors and cleaning the pads, so she is still up on the stands. Kinda looks MotoGPish on the stands don’t you think

 

What tires did you wear through by 5800 miles? I assume the first tire was a supercorsa.

Update on the Avon’s, I’m loving them. Just got back from a 5 hour ride and they feel and look like new. I now have 1700 km’s on the tires. Wear is even and the rear profile still looks good, which more than likely is due to proper suspension settings mind you. The front is scuffed in but other than that it looks new as well. I will continue to give updates as I put more and more km’s on them.

 

I had a Rosso lll on a street triple which lasted a good amount of miles, but that’s a small engine. I’ve never tried the pilot power 2ct, it’s over $50 cad more. We’ll see what happens with the Avon’s. The new version will be out very soon. Same tire but with stickier compound with no sacrifice to longevity.

 

I’m glad you’re enjoying them. With over 2000 km’s on mine, I’m loving them as well. As long as they last I’ll be happy. I’m hoping for 8-10,000 km’s for the rear. We’ll see.

 

Just put another 250 km’s on them today. Went out with my brother on his FZ 09. He has Rosso III on his bike with about 7500 km’s on them. The Avon’s certainly get a much rougher surface on the sides of the tire where the softer rubber is, compared to the Rosso’s, which are smooth all over. This goes for the fronts as well. We bother ride equally as hard and have about the same tire pressures. It seems like the Avon’s might have softer rubber on the sides. This should help keep their profile as they wear down. Usually the centre is worn out long before the sides. Anyway just an interesting observation that might not mean a damn thing . Hope you guys are getting out for rides now.

 

Update: The tires are still wearing very well and grip has not changed. The profile also looks good, as it’s keeping a decent shape. I think that’s due to the the soft compound on the sides of the tire. The sides always look fairly rough after a ride. Seems they wear down at a much quicker rate keeping the profile. I think I have a bout 4000 km on the tires now. Oh yeah almost forgot about the front tire, it still looks like new with no abnormal wear or anything. So far I’m still loving the tires.

 

Update: I have put the bike away for the winter and the Avon’s now have about 6000 km’s on them. On my second to last ride of the year I experienced wet roads. The tires performed very well. I purposely got heavy on the throttle out of some corners to see how far I could push it on a wet road. The rear tire then started to loose grip and slide a little, but the TC kept it in check. No issues in the wet with the front tire at all. Nice to know they are competent in the rain. The profile on the rear is still not showing a flat spot and the handling has remained unchanged. The rear tire tread is about a 16th of an inch from the wear bars now, so I’m not sure how many more km’s I’ll get out of them next year, so we’ll have wait and see. The front tires look almost new still, so another year of riding it would seem. They are by far the best tires I have ever tried. Unless I decide to try a sport touring tire, I will continue to purchase these tires.

 

The supercorsa’s won’t heat up as quick as a more road dedicated tire, but they still are a great tire. I noticed I had to be more careful in the rain when I had supercorsa’s on compared to the Avon’s. And the first time I road the Avon’s in the wet was just the other week when they were close to being worn out. The supercorsa’s are not worth the money if you’re not going to the track imo.

 

I can appreciate that. From my experience the supercorsa’s have not given me more grip on public roads that the other sport tires I have used in the passed. We are fortunate to have very remote mountain roads that we can ride quite aggressively, and I cannot justify nearly double the cost for a supercorsa that doesn’t perform better than say the current Avon’s I have. But I can understand that some might still want the big dog supercorsa. Cheers.

 

Lol, you were rubbing my face in it a little until l read the “obscenely high cost of living” then I felt much better lol. In all seriousness you are fortunate to be able to ride year round, that would be awesome.