bkruk
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Put these on yesterday and after scrubbing them in a little was getting into the corners way better than the rossos and no more chicken stripes. They were on sale also for 240 for the pair.....could`nt be happier
Bought mine here for $240 a set.
Dunlop Racing » Alpha 13
haven't had a chance to ride them in the wet for any real distance other than some wet spots from intermittent rain.
Just put her away for the winter
heres what the tires look like after driving home from getting them installed, same chickens as the rossos but already those are gone after I felt the tire was scrubbed in
the Alpha`s heat up on their own way faster than the Rosso`s ever did and yes they will be mainly for the street but its mighty twisty around where I live in the Mountains, some track days set for next season however.
I'm currently using the Dunlop Alpha 13's on my bike. They are obviously better than the stock OEM Rosso ll 's including the off the shelf versions. I have about 300 miles on them in the canyons riding aggressively and they are holding up just fine. Worth noting is the fact a lot of people don't realize that race compound tires actually require around 180+ degrees of temperature to truly work as designed and tire warmers to avoid too many heat cycles. Using race tires on the street will work reasonably well of course, but you will be lucky to heat them up to 160 degrees if you are an extremely fast rider and the moment you get stuck behind a car, rider or stop they will lose their temperature very quickly, and we all know about cold race tires on the street. GPA's anyone lol! These Alpha 13's seem to handle that better though.
Having said that, I'm using them because they are cheap, work better for me than the other choices for this bike (other than additional race tires like Pirelli's $$) and will be riding them on the track.
I think this has all convinced me to go with Bridgestone S20 as all of my ridding is street - / and out in the twisty country roads plus in Australia here it can be 32 degrees air temp and then next minute pissing down with a storm - I think the Bridgestone S 20 will handle the wet better - any thoughts?