New old tyre designs - how much difference?

[Donbot]

I'm looking for a new rear sport touring tyre and the price range is about £100 - £140. That's going from an old Angel ST / Bridgestone BT016, to something like a pilot road 4. I can't find anything newer (on Ebay).

I know they have been doing stuff with adding different types of compounds to the tyres etc. But is the difference all that big?

It's a 160 60 zr17.

Cheers.

[Donbot]

Thanks for the suggestions.

Road 5 £140
Road 6 £170



Is it a bit of a case of overpaying for the latest and greatest?

The tyre lasting longer would be nice. The old Battlax tyre that is on there only lasted 4k miles. Which to me is a bit st for a sport touring tyre that I'm rarely doing much more than normal traffic speeds on.

[Donbot]

Yeah, dual compound would help as I wear out the centre much faster than the shoulders (I'm ashamed to admit )

I'll probably order the road 5s as they are a chunk cheaper.