P3_techman
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As a few have said in older threads, these things are crap. Here is why I think so:
Right now I have the Q2s on my 1125R (came on the bike when i bought it, they now have about 3K on them), and like a few have said before they feel terrible in corners and always want to step out on you. One guy I ride with is running the same tires on his S1000RR and tells me that it is my imagination, his feel great. What do you want to bet that is the traction control?
However, Any time I am hitting a corner even somewhat aggressively I always feel like the damn thing is going to low side, even with conservative lean angles. Ironically it did just that today, on a corner that I have hit close to if not more than 200 times before on the only portion of the only road on the island that you can ride aggressively and not worry about running over people or being hit by a car. LUCKILY, it was at low speed and both the bike and I are fine. I picked it up, turned around, and hit the same corner again a few times. Each one feeling just as confidence uninspiring as the one where I fell. I am pretty sure the deciding factor in my "sumbeach" moment was due to poor line through the turn from being distracted by a moped that looked like it was about to pull out in front of me at the apex of the turn, which was a borderline hairpin. Still totally my fault, but I think that better tires would have stuck no problem as I wasn't even on the edge of the sidewall and carrying adequate speed to hold me up. My strips proved that I never surpassed the edge.
But long story short I strongly dislike the Q2s on my 1125R. One, they turn slow as ****. Two, they rarely hold traction and offer an interesting death wobble in a downshift. Three, they feel like **** on the sidewall. Four, they don't handle any amount of rain well. Five, they just plain won't scrub in like my Michelins did on my XB no matter hold long or hard I ride them.
Maybe they are one of the "bad batch" I have heard of. Regardless, I'm not going to put them on my bike again. I'll be putting the Michelin Power Pure 2CTs on at my next tire change, I loved them on my XB. Unless someone who has tried them on the 1125 has valid reasons as to why I shouldn't. If so I would be open to suggestions.
Just felt like sharing my $.02
Right now I have the Q2s on my 1125R (came on the bike when i bought it, they now have about 3K on them), and like a few have said before they feel terrible in corners and always want to step out on you. One guy I ride with is running the same tires on his S1000RR and tells me that it is my imagination, his feel great. What do you want to bet that is the traction control?
However, Any time I am hitting a corner even somewhat aggressively I always feel like the damn thing is going to low side, even with conservative lean angles. Ironically it did just that today, on a corner that I have hit close to if not more than 200 times before on the only portion of the only road on the island that you can ride aggressively and not worry about running over people or being hit by a car. LUCKILY, it was at low speed and both the bike and I are fine. I picked it up, turned around, and hit the same corner again a few times. Each one feeling just as confidence uninspiring as the one where I fell. I am pretty sure the deciding factor in my "sumbeach" moment was due to poor line through the turn from being distracted by a moped that looked like it was about to pull out in front of me at the apex of the turn, which was a borderline hairpin. Still totally my fault, but I think that better tires would have stuck no problem as I wasn't even on the edge of the sidewall and carrying adequate speed to hold me up. My strips proved that I never surpassed the edge.
But long story short I strongly dislike the Q2s on my 1125R. One, they turn slow as ****. Two, they rarely hold traction and offer an interesting death wobble in a downshift. Three, they feel like **** on the sidewall. Four, they don't handle any amount of rain well. Five, they just plain won't scrub in like my Michelins did on my XB no matter hold long or hard I ride them.
Maybe they are one of the "bad batch" I have heard of. Regardless, I'm not going to put them on my bike again. I'll be putting the Michelin Power Pure 2CTs on at my next tire change, I loved them on my XB. Unless someone who has tried them on the 1125 has valid reasons as to why I shouldn't. If so I would be open to suggestions.
Just felt like sharing my $.02
