No, I'm not trying to start the dreaded tire thread. Anyway I just put
on some new tires out of necessity, we were in the N. Ga. area this
weekend and I picked up a nail in the rear tire some time Friday which
resulted in a flat on Saturday morning when we were getting ready for
day 2 of our trip. It held enough air to get me to Blue Ridge Yamaha who
spooned on a new D207 rear (170/60), nice folks, good shop. Back to the
Azaro II's, I only got a little over 4000 miles on them before the nail
incident, however, the rear tire was showing a good case of the flat
spots from commuting. By my estimates I still would have only gotten
about 5500 miles max. out of these tires. The front tire was replaced
yesterday with a D207 front (120/70) because looking at it after the
trip, it was severely cupped (almost as bad as the original D202's which
were the worst tires I've had) on the sides and I was well into the wear
bars. Center of the front tire still had lots of life left, but the
sides were rather cooked. The Azaro II's did grip very well in the wet
and dry (the best wet weather tire I've had, BT57 being the worst wet
weather tire), but mileage was low and treadwear poor (bad cupping). My
favorite so far for my style of riding is still the Pirelli GTS tires.
They wore well and got good mileage for my style of riding. This is my
first set of D207's (didn't have any choice due to the nail) so we'll
see how these hold up this year. The D207's seemed to have required
quite a few weights to balance the tires front and rear. On the BT57's
(two sets), Pirelli GTS and the Azaro II's the front tires had never
needed weights for balance, no headshake either. Just was funny seeing
weights in the front rim for a change.
I'm sure opinions will vary but I'll not be getting another set of Azaro
II's unless that is all that's on the shelf when I'm stuck with a flat.
Bob B.
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