Bad4URHeart

I will add a commuters opinion in. I ride about 35k miles a year. I have run the Pilot Road 2 front and rear for the past 9 months. I get about 18k miles out of the front tire when I was getting about 14k miles out of the Pilot Road 1. I have received similar increases in the rear, which last about 12k miles. Overall I get a 28% improvement in life, for about 20% more money. Grip and handling were much improved over the Pilot Road. Obviously I never run the Pilot Powers. My commuting is done almost exclusively on the "pristine" highways of Southern California at 80mph.

Just replaced my first front of the Pilot Road 2. Worked great for my smooth highway commuting needs. The front lasted 18k miles (98% commuting), while my previous Pilot Road 1 lasted about 14k miles. That's a 28% improvement in life, for 20% more money. Plus the grip and handling were much improved. I would highly recommend it. The rear should last about 12k miles based on its current wear level.

Got them on the front and rear. Absolutely love them, and think they are worth the 20% premium over the original Pilot Roads. I have had the rear for about 3k miles, and the front for almost 1k now.

I had to replace my front in the middle of last month and the new Pilot Road 2 was available. I had previously ridden out the Pilot Road 1, will excellent life (about 10k miles rear, and 14k front), and I look forward to a longer life with these guys. My riding is almost 100% commute and is about 600 miles a week. That said I have about 1500 miles on this new front tire (with a PR1 in the rear). My initial impression was great!. The bike corner, and handled so much better. This is coming from the commuting perspective, so I don't know how they will do in the twisties, but if it is anything similar it should be very good. As to the price, I think I paid $149 at Cycle Gear for the front, compared to $125 for the PR1. I believe the rears are also $195, vs the PR1 at $160. All told a set will cost you about a 20% increase. If life is extended by 5%, I think the benefits in handling, and wet road traction will make them a bargain.

Haha.. that analogy does not work. The sum total of weight on a bike is not the riders weight, but the rider and bike together. Figure the bike at 557lbs, and the rider at 180lbs for a total of 737lbs. Lose 7% of that puts the total at 685lbs. Since the bikes weight does not change the rider would have to lose 52lbs, or 29%. I know I am overweight, but I would look crazy if I lost 29% of my body weight. Also, displacement to horsepower is not alway linear. From previous reports one should expect a 20% increase in horsepower from this 7% increase in displacement. I think the price is a ok, but only if you were going to crack open the motor anyway.

I have had success with the Jabra C220 models. I have extremely sensitive ears, and can tolerate these all day. They fit over the ear, and have a replacable gel piece that fits inside the ear. The cost about $15 shipped on eBay. Here is the link to the company site on them. http://www.jabra.com/JabraCMS/NA/EN/MainMe...220s/JabraC220s One other plus is that they have a 2.5mm plug, and small wire adapter for 3.5mm. Great for dual purpose MP3, cell phone usage (has mic attached that is pretty useless). On downside is that since it is a wired device it gets pulled alot in use, but they are cheap enough to replace every 3-6 months.