Copy and pasted from another forum I frequent (I did write it though)
Quick preliminary review of the new Metzeler Z8 tyres I had fitted...
I'm a daily commuter/occasional track day rider and will try to update this as and when they get put through a new test or my thoughts on them change.
I also went against the tried an tested Pilot Roads because whilst everyone likes them, I wanted something different, I figured it as a chance to mix it up and see if any other brands/tyres delivered the same results. From the interwebz the reviews all point out that Metzeler obviously were targeting the Pilot Road 3's in the development in these tyres, and whilst having not tried the PR3's it looked like a good starting point.
Thoughts after the first 2 days.
These are primarily designed as a wet weather tyre and they do deliver on that so far. It was greasy and wet when I took these out to break in, after finding my usual test area I tried the usual e-stop test to try and get a feel for slip, the rear grips well but can be pushed to slip if you really ask it too, the front after a couple of runs building up the balls stayed grippy enough to lift the rear through a puddle (Literally stoppies through puddles). So I then put them through so moderate paced twisties, again grip was impressive, after a bit of bedding in the rear didn't slip even when trying to gently to get it going. They seem to take a short while to warm up (1-2 turns), but so far they are delivering on everything promised.
After 5 days.
These Tyres are impressing me...
Cold grip is really confidence building. Even over block paving they just let you lean in without worries... there's no doubts in grip, I'm not scraping pegs on my way out of the estate because that's not my thing (and every junctions block paved) but you just go out on a reasonable lean and they grip... Earlier in the week I made an error in my line causing me to run over a raised man hole, coming off the manhole with the rear being in the air while lent over I was expecting the worst, what I got was the tyre biting perfectly on landing, letting me remain in complete control and safely staying on the bike.
I'm seriously tempted to take these for a wet session at barbs. through the rain, or any damp roads, these are the best tyres I've had since a full wet race tyre straight off tyre warmers at Snetterton...
I do have slight doubts on how they will hold up under hard cornering/braking on a warm day as I'm yet to try it out, but that's a trait of all wet tyres. But if grip stays on a similar level to what's currently there I'm going to be one happy camper...
Quick preliminary review of the new Metzeler Z8 tyres I had fitted...
I'm a daily commuter/occasional track day rider and will try to update this as and when they get put through a new test or my thoughts on them change.
I also went against the tried an tested Pilot Roads because whilst everyone likes them, I wanted something different, I figured it as a chance to mix it up and see if any other brands/tyres delivered the same results. From the interwebz the reviews all point out that Metzeler obviously were targeting the Pilot Road 3's in the development in these tyres, and whilst having not tried the PR3's it looked like a good starting point.
Thoughts after the first 2 days.
These are primarily designed as a wet weather tyre and they do deliver on that so far. It was greasy and wet when I took these out to break in, after finding my usual test area I tried the usual e-stop test to try and get a feel for slip, the rear grips well but can be pushed to slip if you really ask it too, the front after a couple of runs building up the balls stayed grippy enough to lift the rear through a puddle (Literally stoppies through puddles). So I then put them through so moderate paced twisties, again grip was impressive, after a bit of bedding in the rear didn't slip even when trying to gently to get it going. They seem to take a short while to warm up (1-2 turns), but so far they are delivering on everything promised.
After 5 days.
These Tyres are impressing me...
Cold grip is really confidence building. Even over block paving they just let you lean in without worries... there's no doubts in grip, I'm not scraping pegs on my way out of the estate because that's not my thing (and every junctions block paved) but you just go out on a reasonable lean and they grip... Earlier in the week I made an error in my line causing me to run over a raised man hole, coming off the manhole with the rear being in the air while lent over I was expecting the worst, what I got was the tyre biting perfectly on landing, letting me remain in complete control and safely staying on the bike.
I'm seriously tempted to take these for a wet session at barbs. through the rain, or any damp roads, these are the best tyres I've had since a full wet race tyre straight off tyre warmers at Snetterton...
I do have slight doubts on how they will hold up under hard cornering/braking on a warm day as I'm yet to try it out, but that's a trait of all wet tyres. But if grip stays on a similar level to what's currently there I'm going to be one happy camper...
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