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Well I’m about to do the unthinkable, I’m going to put a new PR3 on the front of my bike (whilst I have a PR2 on the rear).
First off I ride nearly all year around, also I ride a reasonable amount of Km’s/year (59000Km’s since summer 2007 when I bought the bike new), which means simply changing both front and back tyres together every time can be quite expensive.
I’ve been riding with PR2’s ever since my stock tyres were worn out, and I’m now on my 3rd PR2 rear tyre, I’m very happy with them.
The reason I want to change to the PR3’s is because of the increased grip in the wet (compared to the PR2’s).
I am fully aware that you should (officially) have a matched pair, the reasons for this (as I understand) are tread patterns and differing amounts of grip.
The tread patterns of the PR2’s and PR3’s are quite similar (apart from the additional XST grooves on the 3), so I don’t think this will be a major issue.
As I understood it (correct me if I’m wrong) it is important that your front tyres have more grip than your rear ones , well the PR3’s have slightly better grip in the wet, plus fresh rubber has more grip than aged ones.
I think changing the front tyre now is better than buying a PR2 now and changing only the rear to a PR3 later (because I could have more grip on the rear, in comparison to the front).
I'm planning on getting a new PR3 when I change my rear tyre next time.
Although this seems to make sense (to me) I still have a niggly feeling at the back of my head.
I would be interested in hearing your opinions.
Let the flak begin
:scared:
First off I ride nearly all year around, also I ride a reasonable amount of Km’s/year (59000Km’s since summer 2007 when I bought the bike new), which means simply changing both front and back tyres together every time can be quite expensive.
I’ve been riding with PR2’s ever since my stock tyres were worn out, and I’m now on my 3rd PR2 rear tyre, I’m very happy with them.
The reason I want to change to the PR3’s is because of the increased grip in the wet (compared to the PR2’s).
I am fully aware that you should (officially) have a matched pair, the reasons for this (as I understand) are tread patterns and differing amounts of grip.
The tread patterns of the PR2’s and PR3’s are quite similar (apart from the additional XST grooves on the 3), so I don’t think this will be a major issue.
As I understood it (correct me if I’m wrong) it is important that your front tyres have more grip than your rear ones , well the PR3’s have slightly better grip in the wet, plus fresh rubber has more grip than aged ones.
I think changing the front tyre now is better than buying a PR2 now and changing only the rear to a PR3 later (because I could have more grip on the rear, in comparison to the front).
I'm planning on getting a new PR3 when I change my rear tyre next time.
Although this seems to make sense (to me) I still have a niggly feeling at the back of my head.
I would be interested in hearing your opinions.
Let the flak begin
:scared:
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