Power Pure vs Q2 Sportmax vs Pilot Power 2ct

[RT Performance]

yes the stock corser 3's barely made 3k-3500
And they never felt comfortable at all always felt loose.
Pures powers= Glue

 

[Jobe Zeebuh]

Has anybody tried the Road 2's? I busted my **** in the rain last year. I want grip. I dont care about racing. I have a different bike for that.
????????

 

[jl551c]

Here's a youtube clip of what we probably already know, but it's still informative.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXnAE6azuwU

 

[Miami78]

Jobe - I'm using the road 2ct's and am very happy with them. Grip is fantastic, I have a little over 5k on them so far and they barely look used. Used mostly for commuting (50 miles daily) with twisties on the weekends.

 

[Jobe Zeebuh]

Sweet! thanks MIami! Ima try em'

 

[delta one]

The road 2's do not turn in like the other tires warm up is slow and they tend to feel harder as they wear down.
The millage is awesome the wet grip is better but take it easy for about 600 miles because mine felt greasy for quite a while after install.

Also rin the back tire about 2psi softer than usual to aid in warmup and compliance.
My 10 minute commute was not enough to get heat into them for spirited riding and I would commonly feel the tires pushing around if I got too aggressive rigging highway off ramps.
Because warm up was so slow I would commonly find cold tears from over accelerating or overbraking.
Also worthy of note your straight line braking Performance will not be as good, I looked my rear up more times than I can count and a few times it got hairy, I also locked the front up a few times and no matter what that is always a butt puckering moment. They lean a bit different too, the curvature is not the same as a pilot power but similar to a pure with a steeper crown.

But don't let this detur you because for a sport touring tire they are among the best, just be aware that they are not a super sport tire.

I'll be going back to my road 2's in the spring, they have somewhere between 6-8 thousand miles on them and still look great.
My new commute will be 100 miles a day 3 days a week and these tires will be perfect for it.

 

[Miami78]

This is the first 60 miles of my road 2ct's...had planned on taking it easy with them, but riding my favorite twisties and they felt rock solid so kept leaning further and further...

 

[delta one]

I pulled a 2 wheel drift after 300 miles on them and nearly washed the front at the apex followed by nearly tucking the front at exit.
I wasnt pushing them hard either, it was just a left hand turn off of a red light and I dipped the bike and grabbed a bit of throttle in 2nd. (granted I do have a D&D with a fat mid-range)

I think my butt was clenched for another 30 miles after that.

but I gotta say it looked great! people were giving me the thumbs up and cheering, good thing I had on a full face and dark tint visor because otherwise they would have seen how scared shitless I was from that!