Westfield V Suzuki GSXR

[BuGsBuNnY]

Put that XTR4 in road tyres and see what happens

The bike tyres could hardly be described as a "normal" road tyre either

Indeed, but they are what they are.

[scott beeland]

Just like the XTR4 tyres then

[coyote]

Just like the XTR4 tyres then

You mean you only get 4000 miles out of XTR4 tyres then?  

[scott beeland]

If yer lucky I'd have thought. Not many westfields get 4k miles out of a set of stickies

[BuGsBuNnY]

Standard bike tyres are no comparison for standard car tyres but are still very different to car "stickies".  I take it you haven't driven a bike on road and track tyres to know the difference.

[coyote]

Standard bike tyres are no comparison for standard car tyres but are still very different to car "stickies".  I take it you haven't driven a bike on road and track tyres to know the difference.

I completely f**cked a rear supercorsa in  one trackday at Donnington.

It was worth it.  

[scott beeland]

I've never ridden a motorbike and have only been pillion once (once was enough at 120 through the Mersey tunnel). I also spend too much of my working life fixing broken bikers. 4 wheels (and sticky tyres) all the way for me

[stu999]

Standard bike tyres are no comparison for standard car tyres but are still very different to car "stickies".  I take it you haven't driven a bike on road and track tyres to know the difference.

Mmm. Methinks they are actually quite a good comparision. Both are the closest road legal thing to proper race tyres you are gonna get...

[coyote]

Standard bike tyres are no comparison for standard car tyres but are still very different to car "stickies".  I take it you haven't driven a bike on road and track tyres to know the difference.

Mmm. Methinks they are actually quite a good comparision. Both are the closest road legal thing to proper race tyres you are gonna get...

Standard bike tyres are nothing like the road legal "stickies".

Road tyres will do 3000 miles and are quite hard whereas the treaded stickies that championships like the British Supersport that have to run road legal tyres will last a race only. They also come in different compounds soft medium & hard which in reality are extra extra soft, extra soft and soft.

Then you start on the profile differences and you would not want to use any of the "stickies" on the road with the much more angular profiles.

Car tyres and bike tyres are not comparable much like Bikes and cars are not comparable. They are different.

A car will always beat a bike round a circuit. There is no contest.

F1 cars are faster round the tracks than the MotoGP bikes as cars have so much more grip and corner speed.

Interestingly though the MotoGP bikes are faster down the straits at some circuits and accelerate faster at some circuits but the overall lap time will be slower than the F1 cars.