Corsa III's, First impressions.

[marko138]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

Even though I haven't fucked with the 1125's suspension (it is fully adjustable) I can tell the world of differance between that and the SV

Read the owner's manual...Buell lays it out real easily for adjustment....atleast the XB owners manual.

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by marko138

Read the owner's manual...Buell lays it out real easily for adjustment....atleast the XB owners manual.

Easy to adjust... but it's already set for a 180 lb rider... which I am.

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT

Wasnt blown away at first, to be honest.

I rode my corsa III's on the track.

They're fucking amazing.

[Cutty72]

Just looked at my tires again. 1000 miles of street wear after the track day, and you can now see the line between the two different compounds.
Softer compound still has some chunks missing from the stresses of the track day, and is worn lower than the center harder compound.

[NONE_too_SOFT]

all in all, i'm not THRILLED with my corsas. they were great at the gap, but i think i gotta go back to the pilot powers to get a good understanding of how they really perform.

[Cutty72]

Powers are the next tire on the 1125, for comparison reasons. I'll see how they wear, and go from there.
PP's should get me into next riding season at least.

[FT BSTRD]

Given large bastard with heavy high torque bike, I end up having to roll with a touring compound tire to get a harder center. Single compound sucks.

I skulled a Pirelli Strada in 1800 miles in north GA.

So far, I've tried:

Donlop D616--OEM (sucked)--2800 miles
Avon Azaro (single compound touring)--sticky, but not as good as the dual and triple compound tires out--4,200 miles
Pirelli Strada (single compound touring)--not sticky, mileage sucked--1,800 miles
Avon Storm (dual compound touring)--sticky--3,800 miles
Pilot Road 2CT (dual compound touring)--very sticky--3,000 miles so far

I've also run a set of the Metzler Race Tec for track days.

The Pirelli and Metzler share the same carcass and have a similar profile. It is very triangular and falls in hard. Some really like that profile. I don't. On a bike with a longer wheel base, it would be great. On a Buell, it's like riding a knife edge.

I prefer a more rounded profile so that I have to work a little bit to bet it over. The PR2CT and the Avon Strada have virtually identical rounded profiles. The edge rubber is sticky on both, but is stickier on the PR2CT. If I can get another 1,000 miles out of the PR2CT, it will become my tire of choice.

I've got a couple of buddies running the PP front and PR2CT rear. They like the combo for the center wear and feel the edge stickyness isn't really that much different than the PP rear.

I'd love to get 6,000 miles out of a tire. I'd run performance rubber, but I can't see spending more money for a performance tire and get 1,500 miles.

[Rider]

There is no such thing as a PR2CT, but there is a PR2 and a PP2CT.

Just call them Pilot Road 2's

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by Rider

There is no such thing as a PR2CT, but there is a PR2 and a PP2CT.

Just call them Pilot Road 2's

I've seen them advertised as Road 2CT's before.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

I've seen them advertised as Road 2CT's before.

Morons. It's a marketing thing, playing off the popularity and brand recognition
of the PP 2CT's.

The manufacturer cant be wrong. http://www.michelinmotorcycle.com/in...recatalog.view