Wish me luck!

[Yamerhaw]

rode them pretty hard last saturday, seemed to do pretty good, no traction issues, just took getting used to turning in faster than the diablos, just have to wait and see how many miles i get out of them

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Yamerhaw

rode them pretty hard last saturday, seemed to do pretty good, no traction issues, just took getting used to turning in faster than the diablos, just have to wait and see how many miles i get out of them

Damn! I was so going to buy the BT-021s but was afraid of losing the traction I am used to... Oh well, my gf bought me the tire set-up so now I hardly care about mileage! I'm saving $50-100 per tire change!

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

Look, read the rest of the posts and you'll get your answer. There was a discussion on which tires were dual compound and the BT-001s were the first Bridgestone street tires to use dual compound. Oh and the BT-001s were also street tires and OEM on a couple bikes. Bridgestone typically releases their "dot" race tires in street versions with a RS designation. Get your facts straight before you question me buddy!

My bad I didn't read the upper stuff. lol

I thought BT001s were only in race compounds.

[t-homo]

I bet over 2/3 of the actual riders around here use 016s. I'm about to go to them after I wear out my Rossos. I have got about 7 thousand miles on em now. Great grip, great wear. 300 bucks for a set, though. I'll see what mileage I get out of the 016s and compare miles/dollar and performance.

['73 H1 Triple]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

Damn! I was so going to buy the BT-021s but was afraid of losing the traction I am used to... Oh well, my gf bought me the tire set-up so now I hardly care about mileage! I'm saving $50-100 per tire change!

If you're an AMA member, check out the prices at bikebandit.com , go thru checkout and put in your AMA membership number. When I checked, it knocked the price down about 10% on Bridgestone BT-021's

Jeff

[was92v]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

Wrong... neither the BT-010, BT-015 nor the BT-014s were multiple compound street tires. I believe that the BT-001 used dual compound in the rear tire and the BT-016 and BT-002 were the first bridgestone street tires to use multiple compound technology in both tires. I've used several BT-010s, BT-012SS and BT-014s ( I hated the 014s and went to Pirelli). I came back to Bridgestone with the BT-016s and am currently running the BT-002RS tires with a set of the BT-003RS tires on the way. Which I'll spoon on once I destroy the spare 002 rear I have on my porch. You sir, don't know what you're talking about and should probably avoid tire threads in the future... Just kidding!

The BS engineer I worked with told me that the 014's are triple compound. The standard Med center, Soft sides and a top layer of softer black stuff. The idea was to put on a new set, do a track day on the track compound and them use the rest of the tire as a dual compound sport tire. I don't think the tires they gave me to test were one off ringers. I bought the 021's I'm running now on the open market and they perform just as well as the tires that Bridgestone provided to me for eval. I preferred the 021 over the 014.
The first dual compound street tires I remember hearing about were the Bridgestone S-11 Spitfire back in the late 80's or early 90's.