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Johnwebley:
  3 years,and 5,000 miles ago I fitted a set of Dunlop Street smart tyres,

 3.25 X 19 F

 4.00 X 18 rear,

  after 5K miles I need to replace both,

 going back to AM26 Avons,as they seem just to have little more feel,

 the Dunlops gripped well,both wet and dry,but the center groove in the front seems to make squirming when braking,

will see if Avons are as good as 3 yrs ago

 CB500 - 4 ,M plate

Green1:
I have Continental rb2 on the front and k112 on the rear.They have done about 3000 miles and don't show much wear yet.
I can't get on with Dunlops on any bike

Trigger:
Tyre's are easy. The more hard wearing, the less the grip. The less hard wearing, the better the grip. 5,000 miles is not bad John.

Green1:
I like my Conti's they look the part and grip well enough to drag the pegs they also track perfectly straight in the wet at speed.

hairygit:
I've alway stuck with Avons, AM26's just being a modern version of the good old Roadrunners. I tend to ride quite hard, and I'm happy if I get 2,500 miles from the rear and 4,000 from the front. In my youth I could destroy a rear Roadrunner in about 1500 miles:)) not great mileage, but have never had any really scary moments with Avon's, even in the wet, good predictable tyres, and with a 750F1 the tyres need to do that!:))

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