Is it ok to mix tyres front and back?

[Dabz]

got a bt-020 on the back, but thinking about getting a bt-021 on the front - is it ok to mix or should I just get myself a bt-020 for the front too?

thanks

[mike]

Should be okay, as long as you make sure the stickier of the two is on the front. I used to run BT010 front & BT020 rear on my Falco.

[Snowy]

Generally it's OK to mix as long as it's not a radial/x-ply. I would also look at profiles to see if they are similar otherwise you may get weaving taking place.

[Dabz]

I decided to go with another bt-020 afterall :P

[Gav]

Bit late i know, but the BT021 is the direct replacment for the BT020 anyway so would have been fine.

[Dabz]

yeh I was aiming for the 021 because it's meant to give 14% more wear, but struggled to find one. I was ordering a load of bits from m and p and they don't carry the bt021 yet!

[Gav]

Bike treads....we have them sat on the shelf fella...

[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 >

[Dave]

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

6k!!!! A friend had BT014s on his ZX6R and didn't get great tyre life - he switched to BT020s in the end.

I've never had more than 2 - 2.5k miles out of a rear That was on a ZX7R though, which is quite heavy. I sold the TLR too quickly to replace the rubber, but the brand new rear was VERY worn after 1 hard track day. I sold it with both tyres munched and bobbled right off the edges heheh. Hopefully the R1 will give me decent tyre life as it's lighter with nice smooth power delivery. I got 600 miles out of the worn rear tyre that it came with, and it had another 50-100 miles left (it was JUST off the markers) but I got a puncture. Not bad really as it only had 2mm left when I bought the bike.

[furry-TLR]

I did say upto! lol

I've just done over 3k miles on my TLR with one on the rear and it's time for a change...I'm happy with that