So I burned through my stock Pirelli STRs rears and am going on a trip up to Bend OR where I’ll be doing some light duty offroad riding with some buddies (fire roads, gravel, dirt roads, maybe green in OHV parks).
Got some Missions installed on the DS yesterday, and they feel sketchy AF on the street. With the STRs I could rail like a sport bike, and the bike felt super stable with incredible confidence on road, even in the shittiest of conditions. While I didn't expect the Missions to be as compliant on the street as the STRs, I certainly did expect them to be so whaky.
Few observations
I'll keep ya'll posted as I get more miles on them. The tires themselves are BEEFY AF, and are supposedly incredible in the dirt.
Got some Missions installed on the DS yesterday, and they feel sketchy AF on the street. With the STRs I could rail like a sport bike, and the bike felt super stable with incredible confidence on road, even in the shittiest of conditions. While I didn't expect the Missions to be as compliant on the street as the STRs, I certainly did expect them to be so whaky.
Few observations
- In general, the front end feels very "light" as if it’s frictionless
- At a stand still or very slow speeds it moves so freely that it feels like a bicycle and a sensation as if the bike is going to fall over
- As the bike picks up speed, you can feel the massive weight gain from the tires, esp. up front - the gyroscope effect is very odd
- It's a bit sluggish to initiate a turn, once it's in a turn, it's sluggish to get out
- Once leaned over, the tire feels like it's got good grip
- What worries me the most is that the front end being "light", it's very prone to the shakes - e.g. I came out of a turn around 80 mph, a turn which I can typically take over 110 mph, and the front end got wobbly on me. Super twitchy.
I'll keep ya'll posted as I get more miles on them. The tires themselves are BEEFY AF, and are supposedly incredible in the dirt.