Avon Storm 3D X-M Tires.
At first glance, a sportbike?s mission is pretty clear?hustle down a twisty road as quickly as possible?but out there in the real world practical matters muddy that clarity. For example, often you have to ride some distance to get to where the good roads are, and you?ll spend most of that time on the middle of tires, not the edges. Bald tread in the center of an expensive and super-sticky rear tire combined with barely-worn shoulders prompted tire manufacturers to develop dual-compound tires, with a harder compound in the middle for all that boring stuff between the exciting bits. Avon?s dual-compound Storm 3D X-M is billed as a high-mileage sport-touring tire, designed to give you the best of both highway droning and backroad fun. Avon says the Storm 3D X-M will deliver 15-20 percent more mileage than the current Storm range. It has interlocking three-dimensional points hidden in the tread sipes to improve stability and grip, limit tread flex and warm up the tire quickly. A super-rich silica tread gives good grip in the wet. A road-hazard warranty and a 15,000-mile warranty against the tread wearing out (certain conditions apply, but you suspected that anyway) are included. That?s all fine, but how long will the Storm 3D X-M last"
It?s impossible to say without wearing out a set, but I?m trying. Although Avon says the typical fitments for the Storm 3D X-M include heavyweights like the Honda Blackbird, Suzuki Hayabusa and Kawasaki Concours 14, ...