Goodyear 208's

[makatya]

Hi all.

I have posted on here before as a few have about the best tyres and got some good tips.

Today, however, one of my clients (Has a Gixer1000) said that he had tried them all and that the Goodyear 208 was the daddy! Crap in the wet as it had the mosy minimum legal tread on it but is so sticky that it blisters when ridden hard.

I am in need of a new set and torn between Mets, P's and Goodyears now.

Anyone had any experience with the Goddyear 208's? Think they last 3k and cost £180 at the last count which seems a lot to me for 3k!

Running on Bridgestones at the moment.

Any thoughts would be greatfuly accepted even though might be going over old ground for some.

[hiccy]

Depends on the bike and the rider: I had 208RR's on the thou when I bought it which were nice in the dry but less inspiring in the wet and wore quite quickly I felt. On the other hand, the Michelin Pilot Road 2's I have used have been good in the dry, wet, ice and snow and have worn much better. I realised the other day that the bike hadn't shaken its head as often either.

But if I had an R1 and only went out in the dry for total hoons then I might feel differently.

[sjtscott]

Not obviously wishing to point out the obvious but Goodyear don't make bike tyres.. I think you mean Dunlop 208s!

[makatya]

sjtscott said:

Not obviously wishing to point out the obvious but Goodyear don't make bike tyres.. I think you mean Dunlop 208s!

so that is why I have been comming off round bends! Doh!

So...............pulling his limited street cred back together if that is the case!

Dunlop 208's!

Where was I?