Bridgestone BT-002RS $220 shipped - Page 3

Amber Lamps · 09-24-2009, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by t-rock

I got mine in yesterday afternoon and had em mounted last night by a friend.

Went on a ride this morning/afternoon covering about 140 miles of twisties. These tires are incredible compared to the Rossos and for just over 2/3 of the price. Very tall profile, even though both were 190/55s. This tire has tons of feedback and very precise cornering ability. I am absolutely sold on bridgestone.

See? I've been trying to tell y'all!

Oh and that's my "concern" because the tires already had a taller profile than Pirellis of the same size. I got a couple of very experienced guys trading 2CTs in for Bridgestones here next week. We'll see what they think. I was leading a tighter section of the ride last weekend and they were complaining about slippage. One was on a Ducati 1098 and the other was on a 2009 GSXR750. Of course the other point is price. At 2/3 the cost, even if you lose some mileage, you'll still break even AND have a stickier tire to boot!

t-homo · 09-24-2009, 04:58 PM

Price is definitely unbeatable. There was a guy riding with us yesterday with an MV Agusta with bridgestones on it who said he hated spending the extra money to buy pirellis or michelins when he didn't get a good mileage/cost. He also refuses to take his bikes (he also has a Duc 916) to shops because they charge too much. Was just a little ironic to me.

Amber Lamps · 09-24-2009, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by t-rock

Price is definitely unbeatable. There was a guy riding with us yesterday with an MV Agusta with bridgestones on it who said he hated spending the extra money to buy pirellis or michelins when he didn't get a good mileage/cost. He also refuses to take his bikes (he also has a Duc 916) to shops because they charge too much. Was just a little ironic to me.

Yea but if you save $500/year on tires and shop fees.... Well, what would you do with the money?

t-homo · 09-24-2009, 06:19 PM

trackdays. (which he said he is doing another one the day i'm going in october)

09-24-2009, 04:58 PM	#2
t-homo WSB Champion Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 7,146	Price is definitely unbeatable. There was a guy riding with us yesterday with an MV Agusta with bridgestones on it who said he hated spending the extra money to buy pirellis or michelins when he didn't get a good mileage/cost. He also refuses to take his bikes (he also has a Duc 916) to shops because they charge too much. Was just a little ironic to me.

09-24-2009, 06:19 PM	#4
t-homo WSB Champion Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 7,146	trackdays. (which he said he is doing another one the day i'm going in october)