new tyres for my cat ??

Hi all am looking for advice/help as im a new biker that doesnt know a great deal..............i checked my front tyre last night and its pretty close to the mark for getting changed so i was thinking is it best to replace front and back together or just front and any ideas on whats a good long lasting tyre to get ?
Any help much appreciated .........

Thanks
Jason

All depends James, there is no problem with just changing one tyre at a time as long as they 'match' the other one.
What tyre do you have on the rear? I always used to run Bridgestone BT010 front and BT020 rear on my cat, think the equivalent now is BT 014 and BT 021. They seemed a good compromise between grip and longevity.
I know a few people swear by Michelin Pilot Roads.

Ed

Eddie990 wrote:I know a few people swear by Michelin Pilot Roads.

I'm one of them, have the dual compound. I normally get 9-10 k miles out of mine, also have had a tendency to wear both at the same rate, so have always changed front and rear.
My current rear seems to have lost a lot of rubber on the sides whilst up your way recently Jason, if you find any, could you please send it back to me

As Chris said, if you replace with the same or similar tyre (same brand) then a front only is OK. If you're looking at a different brand, then you'll need to change both.
Check the back tyre hasn't squared off, you may have plenty of tread left but have a distinct 'flat' section in the centre of the tyre and a ridge to the rounded bit - not so nice to ride on.

-Steve

cheers guys will check back tyre for squaring will need to find out what that is 1st

Just fitted a pair of Maxxis Supersports to my Thundercat

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ed the duck wrote:cheers guys will check back tyre for squaring will need to find out what that is 1st

It's when the central section of the tyre wears away more quickly than the sides (squares off) due to the bike spending most of the time upright-ish. Imagine a semi circle with the top chopped off.

A bit extreme . . . . but the right hand tyre shows what is meant by squared off. It has a very distinct flat (squared off) central profile.

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Hope that helps

Radar wrote:Just fitted a pair of Maxxis Supersports to my Thundercat

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What sort of money was in them and do they get good mileage ?

Been looking at these myself and Ebay are selling a pair for £116+about £5ish delivery.
Hope this is of some help.

morgy wrote:Been looking at these myself and Ebay are selling a pair for £116+about £5ish delivery.
Hope this is of some help.

Great will check that out cheers
p.s yr bike is very cool in red

Thanks, that picture is of it completely standard about 4 weeks ago.
There have been a few additions since then and when the new can goes on i will take a few picures and post them on here. :whoop: :whoop:

morgy wrote:Thanks, that picture is of it completely standard about 4 weeks ago.
There have been a few additions since then and when the new can goes on i will take a few picures and post them on here. :whoop: :whoop:

Yeah cool i prefer the red or the black ones very smart look better than mine in black silver gold wnat a swap lol just kidding

The 1st one i had was the black/silver/orange and the 2nd was the blue/white.
My opinion is the blue one is by far the nicest colour scheme

morgy wrote:The 1st one i had was the black/silver/orange and the 2nd was the blue/white.
My opinion is the blue one is by far the nicest colour scheme

Yip am with you they there the darker ones defo look better

We're not getting into this again are we??!!! The yellow and silver is by far the best looking..... I have a red and white thunderace now but if it had been available in the colours of the 'cat I'd have been a lot happier! (Though I was looking for the black and orange 'cat before I saw the yellow one...)