Quote Originally Posted by furry-TLR
Key point as mentioned is the tyre Profile...there is a good chance if you mix n match the profiles will be different.

Way I see it tyres are the most important piece of safety kit you can spend your money on...so if you got a sports bike then honour it by fitting sports rubber....if you want to clock up miles get a touring bike and fit touring rubber.

I see from your pics you got a TT, not many people know about them and those that do a little bit shrug them off as a poor substitute to jap 600's...but I know they are actually bikes that handle really well (and a cracking buy) and you owe it to the bike to fit sports rubber to it.

Try BT014's...full on sports rubber but you'll still see upto 6k miles out the rear on your bike

Also anonther tip, buy tyres online (cheeper look on ebay for blackroundhoops) and take them to lynhams to be fitted they always do it right for a good price

PS: Last time I dealt with biketreads they sold me a Heavy Duty chain which snapped after 100 miles, then tried to fob me off by saying I didn't fit it right...Not used them again since >
Oh i see your another one of those bikers that knows everything about everthing...
1st off.....heavy duty chain that snapped after 100miles.....yup fitted wrong as we fit hundreds and HAVE NEVER had one snap after 3000miles let alone 100 miles!

As for 6k from a set of BT014s.....well im sorry to say but if your getting that milage from sports tyres then chances are that you are not riding to within hapf of thier potential and therefor probably not getting them warm enough to generate anymore heat than a set of BT021s riden in the same fashion!!!!!
As a general rule of thumb if you are looking to get good milage from your tyres then stick a sports tyre on the front, and the alternative sports touring tyre on the rear...this will evan out the tyre wear and for 99.9% of riders will offer more than enough grip!