pirrelli’s from sutto’s

[Craig HattonMember]

Well I took advantage of another great deal from mal and sutto’s on the pirrelli’s and here’s a report.

I put one on the front and the back at the same time so I could try to see any difference, I fitted them and inflated to my usual pressure 14psi just before our two dayer to Araluen

WEAR
The riding conditions were dry and hard with lots of sharp rocks and there was next to no signs of wear, no destroyed nobs and only just a little bit of rounding – pictures to follow
Almost 400km so am happy in this department

FEEL
Rode until lunch on the first day and at that point thought the front was shite, felt like it wanted to washout all the time, skatey and not confidence inspiring at all. I remembered some one on here saying to run a lower pressure so I dropped to 8psi – completely different feel, didn’t feel like washing out half as much and seemed to still take those hard rocks hits – I didn’t get a flat so happy with that.
The rear was fantastic, it hooked up everywhere and was still at 14psi, no complaints thus far.

I went for a quick blat for a couple of hrs on sunday with new member Pauly where the conditions were soft, moist and cool, we rode over all types of ground and the front end was flawless, no hint of skatey, washout type incidents at all, I felt really confident and had an absolute blast – got back to Pauly’s place for a beer with a huge smile on the dial.

SUMMING UP
I think after the initial use the pirrelli’s got better, they still don’t show much sign of wear even after some sliding, skidding, and trench digging that only a kato is renowned for , I am happy with these tyres thus far and would purchase again

Thanks sutto’s and tb for the deal

cheers Hatto

[GregMember]

Nice read Hatto and some thought put into it champ well done. I haven’t used the fronts in question but rate the rears highly. The level of grip against the wear is excellent. I got some 1500+kms out of mine on my bike which is tops I reckon and only changed it because of the OBT’s biggest weekend knowing that we would do another 800 + Kms that weekend.

On the Orange ride last year in the rain I got the furthest up all the impossible hills bar one and was only topped by Mal5.1 on his Sherco also wearing a Pirelli Scorpion :laugh:

I will pass the feedback onto Mal at Sutto’s

Here is the deal I am sure Mal will still do it when he returns from holidays

Tyre Deal

TB

[Craig HattonMember]

Yeah, as I said the wear has been excellent with about 500km on them they are still in great nik, I reckon I’ll get more than 1500 easy.
It’s been too hot to ride but after sunday’s effort i have a bug to ride, hope it cools down soon

hatto

[alanMember]

the front ones last for ages have had one on for 5months and 3 weeks and its still okay have worn out a few back ones since than but .

[MalMember]

Good report Hatto.

I have a rear on my Sherco and it’s done about 800km and is just under 50% worn. I found it worked very well in rocky stuff we ride here, but now it’s worn a bit it seems to step out a bit quick on the hard packed sandy stuff. But if I roll off the throttle it bites in and straightens up. I did this three times in one day and that inpressed me.

I now have one on the back of the Husky (2 stroke) with about 200km on and the edge is just starting to show some wear. I’ve found it really good so far. I also have a front to go on the Husky soon and will use your pressure settings as a giude. I am hoping these tyres will last and grip well as I would like to use them for the A4DE.

Good value for the price.

[Craig HattonMember]

Hi All
Here are the pictures of wear on the pirrelli’s with almost 500km, as you can see, still good
cheers hatto

[Craig HattonMember]

yahooooooo, It worked, starting to get the hang of this photo thing
hatto

[GregMember]

Hatto wrote:

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yahooooooo, It worked, starting to get the hang of this photo thing
hatto

Good on you mate and thanks for the pictures

TB

[Dwayne OMember]

Yep,
These tyres are worth every cent,,,,,
Not as though my Super Commuter is a Bush Weapon or anything :blink: but I noticed a huge difference in grip levels at Dungog, once I got used to them that is & stopped locking the rear brake on the first steep slippery downhill (the one where I side surfed the bike down the slope for a bit in the Dungog report) :laugh:

Great tyres, great price for Old Bulls

[BillMember]

Fitted a full set of Pirrelli’s form Sutto’s on my Berg FE550E (Front & Rear) with the help and guidence from TB & Mal5.1 for the Kenda Rally.

I did 150K’s of all sorts of different trail conditions and they handled every bit of terrain. Great hook up and grip, they just climbed everything that was throwen at them.

The only small problem I had with them and this is more my fault is I kept locking the rear wheel & stalling the bike coming into tight corners on a downhill, this was becuse they just had so much grip. Soon as I worked out what was happening and changed how I was breaking never had the problem again.

[Jeffrey SmithMember]

I had fitted the rear to mine a couple of weeks ago and am very happy with the grip levels. I used to run a Dunlop D606 which is a harder compound for longer life but found the grip levels weren’t as good as I wanted. Before I had trouble getting the front wheel off the ground in the gravel as there was too much wheel spin and not enough grip, but with the Pirelli I had no problems.

Still running an M12 on the front which looks like it’s near done, I looked at it before my last ride and thought it would have to be changed soon but it still holds really well. I think the more it wears, the better it gets. (to a point obviously )

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