03-27-2021, 01:37 AM
(03-26-2021, 08:52 PM)j3gq_imp Wrote: @ferret: that makes indeed a lot of sense. Would you remember how happy you were with the original Dunlops on the CB ? I do still have a good pair mounted which might make another 4000 miles. before retirement Would you trust them in rain ?
@Jfro: What you say about insurance is interesting. Let me add my 2 bit. In most places of continental Europe you have to ride the size referenced in your papers, but it's fairly easy to get another size added to the papers during the annual DOT inspection. More tricky in France I think because France does not (yet ?) have DOT inspections for motorcycles at all. So there is nobody to sign off on a different tire size. Whether the insurers in France care in case of an accident I don't know. May be one of our french CB owners knows more ?
To tell you the truth I cant remember. I remember being happy with them in the dry, and that I ran them to the edges, but I knew the Michelins were better than the original spec Dunlops. I think I would run the oe spec Dunlops again, if nothing else were available.
Right now I would rank the Michelins 1st, the Pirelli GTs 2nd and the Dunops third as far as my personal experience.