larcklorn
Junior Member
FZ6's,
I had the opportunity to visity the International Motorcycle Show as it swooped through Indianapolis this past weekend and stumbled across some interesting items that I think you may be interested in. Like many people I came across the Pirelli booth and thought to myself - I dont know a whole lot about their tires and I havent heard a whole lot either. So, I jumped in line for a few minutes to talk with their head of brand management.
As a big fan of the Pilot Road 2's and 3's I am a skeptic to just about any other tire out there and I use the Road 2's longevity and the 3's wet weather traction to compare against anything else I see.
So what did a learn:
1) Without boring everyone to death - the compounds they are using in the tires are cutting edge and give an additional 15% life to the tires supposedly outperforming that of the Road 2's.
2) This advanced compound and styling also gives wet weather traction that compares or exceeds with the Road 3's.
3) It will maintain both of the above for the life of the tire.
It seems to me that this may be the ideal tire for those of us enjoy commuting, fast rides in the country, and take some long trips at any time of the year. As with most good touring performance tires Angel GT's will work on whatever bike setup you have, whether a touring bike, a street enduro, naked or sport bike.
The last item that I have to mention is that these things look good. It is actually what drew me to the Pirelli booth to begin with. I have attached a few images for everyone else to see.
I have no idea if these are for sure the next best performance touring tire out there, but it has the numbers to be. I for one will be adding this to my list of tires to check out for this years riding season as they are just now making it to the distrubution centers here in the US. If I do get my hands on some I will report back on here what my thoughts are and experience.
What are your thoughts? What has been your experience with the Angel ST's that predate the GT's?
Ride Safe Out There,
Daniel
I had the opportunity to visity the International Motorcycle Show as it swooped through Indianapolis this past weekend and stumbled across some interesting items that I think you may be interested in. Like many people I came across the Pirelli booth and thought to myself - I dont know a whole lot about their tires and I havent heard a whole lot either. So, I jumped in line for a few minutes to talk with their head of brand management.
As a big fan of the Pilot Road 2's and 3's I am a skeptic to just about any other tire out there and I use the Road 2's longevity and the 3's wet weather traction to compare against anything else I see.
So what did a learn:
1) Without boring everyone to death - the compounds they are using in the tires are cutting edge and give an additional 15% life to the tires supposedly outperforming that of the Road 2's.
2) This advanced compound and styling also gives wet weather traction that compares or exceeds with the Road 3's.
3) It will maintain both of the above for the life of the tire.
It seems to me that this may be the ideal tire for those of us enjoy commuting, fast rides in the country, and take some long trips at any time of the year. As with most good touring performance tires Angel GT's will work on whatever bike setup you have, whether a touring bike, a street enduro, naked or sport bike.
The last item that I have to mention is that these things look good. It is actually what drew me to the Pirelli booth to begin with. I have attached a few images for everyone else to see.
I have no idea if these are for sure the next best performance touring tire out there, but it has the numbers to be. I for one will be adding this to my list of tires to check out for this years riding season as they are just now making it to the distrubution centers here in the US. If I do get my hands on some I will report back on here what my thoughts are and experience.
What are your thoughts? What has been your experience with the Angel ST's that predate the GT's?
Ride Safe Out There,
Daniel
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