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From: toddv@copper.UUCP
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Subject: MP7 Pirelli (Near) Radials
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Date: Wed, 14-May-86 12:55:30 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 14 12:55:30 1986
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>   I had posted earlier on the subject of MP7's, but I want to second
>Todd's favorable opinion and add a few questions of my own. I have used the
>tire only on the rear (with a Laser front) and noticed no handling change
>except almost total wobble-elimination. Qualitatively the steering feels
>about the same.

I didn't notice the steering change until I went to the front radial.
New tires always feel better (as someone pointed out to me), but my bike
practically *falls* into the curves now.  I had to be careful not to turn too
much at first.


> traction is not as good under hard accelleration as

My bike doesn't produce hard acceleration. :-)    I haven't ridden any
wheelies with the front tire more than six inches off the ground since I
switched tires.  (I try not to pull wheelies but sometimes I let the clutch
out a wee bit fast. . . )

> Under pure cornering loads the tire
>slides very predictably and it's great in the rain.

My experience also.

>    Now for the question, Todd: how's the front? My new lane-splitter is
>a BMW K100 with the OEM Phantoms, and the ribbed front tire wiggles badly
>on road irregularities parallel to the bike's path. This is annoying on rain
>grooves at 55 and scary on rough roads at 130. I've been thinking of getting 
>MP7's when the Phantoms wear out but I'm leery of ribbed Pirellis. 

I noticed the greatest improvement with the front tire (I put the rear on
first and a front later.), in the turns.  The bike falls into the turns, but
it resists fast weaving down a straight stretch of road.  It still does the
rain groove dance and it still feels the same over steel bridges.

>P.S. How are the pickup truck drivers in Portland these days? :)  

Don't ask.

                                         Todd Vierheller
                                         Software Development Products
                                         Tektronix, Inc  Portland Or