Metzelers

Mogas 64 · Post by **Mogas 64** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:20 am

i am using metzeler M1 sportecs so much better than the D 207s i had on , they seem to heat up quicker and give more confidence in cornering.

Post by **Xphyral** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:20 pm

yep i have m1's on my 750 atm much nicer than the dunlops for a quick ride. Probably something to do with the fact pirelli owns metzler.

Caz · Post by **Caz** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:21 pm

I have the sportec M3s on my gixxer and they are a fantastic tyre. Excellent grip, good feedback, got my knee down in the strangest place!

Only problem with them is the price tag :/

/Caz

Post by **rene** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:40 am

i picked up a pair for a Â£150 fitted on my zxr750 nice tyers just dont ride in the wet lots and lots of spinny back end

ratbag56 · Post by **ratbag56** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:15 pm

wot are they like on the track/

Caz · Post by **Caz** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:39 pm

The M3s are fantastic on the Nurburgring... what they are like on a short track, i cant say

Post by **greengoblin** » Mon May 14, 2007 9:54 am

Xphyral wrote:yep i have m1's on my 750 atm much nicer than the dunlops for a quick ride. Probably something to do with the fact pirelli owns metzler.

Why not just use Pirellis then ?

Caz · Post by **Caz** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:37 am

Theyre more expensive

Post by **Xphyral** » Mon May 14, 2007 2:59 pm

greengoblin wrote:
Xphyral wrote:yep i have m1's on my 750 atm much nicer than the dunlops for a quick ride. Probably something to do with the fact pirelli owns metzler.
Why not just use Pirellis then ?

I am, their called metzeler sportec M1's and they were Â£100 cheaper than a set of diablo's

Post by **greengoblin** » Mon May 14, 2007 6:48 pm

That sounds fair enough to me

ratbag56 · Post by **ratbag56** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:56 pm

so they are better than the bridgestone 020?

Caz · Post by **Caz** » Tue May 15, 2007 12:15 pm

isnt the 020 a sports touring tyre?

personally I dont like bridgestones, I dont like the sportec M1s either - dont behave nicely in teh wet.

However, Im yet to find anything bad about the sportec M3s

Post by **Xphyral** » Tue May 15, 2007 3:37 pm

Your right, they dont behave nicely in the wet but they do behave nicer than the 208's the bike came with originally.

Ratbag: It's hard to to say if a tyre is better than another one as we all have different needs from our tyres, i got the M1's on a cheap offer originally to have a play with and just had a new set fitted to have some good corner fun over the summer. M1's have a very sporty V shaped profile and i know a lot of people who dont like the way it makes their bikes behave as opposed to the more rounded touring profiles than i enjoy using in the winter.

Post by **rene** » Tue May 15, 2007 4:03 pm

^^^^

well said if your doing higher milage and motorways miles ect then you'll want somthink that lasts longer and wont squear off i on the other hand mainly use my bike for weekend thrash/trackdays so go for the most sticky tyers i can but only get 2-3000 miles out of them

I did a track day at rockingham the air temp was 4c and the track was in the -'s not warm at all! but they only took around 2 laps to get some good heat into them and gave plenty of grip for peg/knee downs even in that weather!

i then road home 40 mile in hail/snow and i really really didnt want to push them then 0 grip!