[Ducati] Tire Recommendations

[Steve Gross]

I put Avon AV45/46 ST's on my Yamaha FJ1200 for the first time this year and am really impressed with them.  I just did a 2200+ mile 6-day tour around Lake Superior, much of which was leaned over and riding at 80% (with luggage...clothes and camping gear).  The tires never once let me down and even worked well in the rain.  I've got about 4K miles on them now and they'll clearly go another 6K or more.   They cost about $225/pair and I intend to replace them with the same thing when the time comes.  Highly recommended.

> > I would like to know if anybody has any recommendations for a set of 17
> inch
> > tires, with a 180 rear and 120 front that would:
> >
> > 1) get fairly high mileage on the road, prefer 10k miles or more and:
> >
> > 2) have reasonable side grip, need not be track or extreme hard ride
> twisty
> > type grip, just reasonable when leaned over and riding fast doing 80
> -85%
> > kind of stuff.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Peter