I went through a set of FK452 fairly quickly. For the price they were ok, but seriously not in the same league all round as the F1's. The price reflects this.

I recommend the RT615's for rears. The older 215's were better as a street/track tyre though.

However, their tread wear rating and water clearance properties are too low for this thread's requirement.

Well, 'my' experiance has been otherwise.

Ive had some $$$$$$$$$ different rubber on a lot of different cars - including the F6 - and anyone on here that knows me, knows my rides are looked after like no other, but the rubber and brakes will always be tested to the limits. Ive seen maserati's, m3's, jags, slk's, and a lot of other premo cars with the FK452's...

RT615's are not really a 'everyday' tyre.

Anyways - IMO F1's are not much chop, and the Yoko's are far to soft...

Michellen - nice but soft also.

SP Sports Maxx - nice tyre but to soft as well.

Anyways - try something new and see how u go.

So what big $$$ rubber would you recommend for this threads requirements then?

You may have misread my post. When I said "However, their tread wear rating and water clearance properties are too low for this thread's requirement." I was referring to the Falken RT615's, not the FK452's.

As the first post in this thread stated they required wet weather ability, I stand by my statement that the F1 Asymmetrics are a far superior tyre in every respect to the FK452's. Wet AND Dry. I've owned sets of both. I can be quite selective with my rubber too, having raced bikes for years at club and state level. With a background in Mechanical Engineering I am extremely picky, Smicky , when it comes to the specs of performance tyres.

The FK452's aren't bad for the price (it's why I bought them) but even in the dry they squeal earlier and give up a lot quicker at the limit than the F1's. I completely disagree with your statement that the Goodyears are not much chop.

The PS2's are a fantastic tyre in the dry, but slightly less effective in the wet than the F1's.

Tirerack backs up this statement, however they still have a treadwear rating of 220 which I would not categorize as soft.

Testing Max Performance Summer Tires Tuned for North American Drivers

I do agree with you that the Sportsmaxx wasn't a bad all round tyre too. Better than the FK452's but not as good as the PS2's or F1's.

What the above post said.

Goodyear F1 Asymmetric are phenomenal.

what sort of milage did you get? reasonable?

Depends a lot on maintaining your preasures correctly. From memory I got 25,000 hard won k's

Depends a lot on maintaining your preasures correctly. From memory I got 25,000 hard won k's

what sort of milage did you get? reasonable?

I get about 25K km from the Goodyear F1 Asymetrics.

This is possibly slightly better than the factory SP3000's and two sets of Dunlop Sports Maxx.

Regards,

aa

Opps, didn't mention mine were goodyear eagle f1's too- the model before the assymetricals.

so what sort of tyre are the Goodyear F1 Asymmetric?

How are they off the line in the street?

so what sort of tyre are the Goodyear F1 Asymmetric?

How are they off the line in the street?

Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric

There are better street rear tyres available for street launches if this is your main requirement.

Federal 595rsr, Yoko advan neovas, bridgy re11's, Falken rt615's etc

The F1 asymmetricals will still give you great launches as well as providing the best wet weather traction available of practically anything else out there for the street......sounding like I work for Goodyear................

Thanks pal, excuse my ignorance but these arnt semi slicks are they?

How many kms have you got out of them, and what's your driving style like?

Cheers