Hi
Has anyone run a set of these on a Falco? Any reviews/feedback? I have read different reviews on other sites - but none about how they go on a Falco.
Bridgestone BT021
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Sorry about the late reply,
Like Ken, I have been using Bridgestone 020s and 021s for years on a variety of bikes and been very happy with them, great compromise.
They do wear differently on different bikes.
With my old CBR1000F I rather surprisingly got 6.6k miles on both the back and the front with 020s. I had previously used 010 front and 020 rear on a VFR750, so tried something similar on the CBR next time.
used 021 on the rear and got a bit less at 5.2K miles. The 010 is now defunct so put an 014 on the front with excellent results all round. When I sold the bike recently it had done 5k with lots left, I would guess at least 8k minimum.
Initially used 020s on rear and 014 on the front with the Falco, to see if this worked as well, it did.
Original 020 rears gave me 4.2k and 4.9k miles.
There was a revised 020N version which was even better all round and gave me 5.2K miles.
A later 020U version gave 4.9k.
The 014 fronts tied the Falco front down very well and I got 7.5k and 6.4k with them.
Obviously it always depends how many long runs you do on straight roads, as the centre will always go first.
Initially ran a new dual compound 021 rear with the part one 014 front and was excellent, but they stopped making the 014, so I decided to try the 021 front.
It seemed to work very well initially, but I started to see a funny wear pattern, (other people have reported this as well), plus it seemed to wear quicker on the right side caused be the road camber, they all do this but the 021 seems worse. Not looking too good at the moment at around 4k and don't think it will do much over 5k, poss a bit more which is a little disappointing, and certainly does not grip quite as well as the 014 did either. so Jury is out on this one for me. Could be an early batch and Bridgestone could have already changed this, because as said earlier they constantly bring out slightly revised versions of these tyres.
The 021 rear is superb and also seems to be wearing very well, only done about 3K so far, but should go a lot further.
Like Ken, I have been using Bridgestone 020s and 021s for years on a variety of bikes and been very happy with them, great compromise.
They do wear differently on different bikes.
With my old CBR1000F I rather surprisingly got 6.6k miles on both the back and the front with 020s. I had previously used 010 front and 020 rear on a VFR750, so tried something similar on the CBR next time.
used 021 on the rear and got a bit less at 5.2K miles. The 010 is now defunct so put an 014 on the front with excellent results all round. When I sold the bike recently it had done 5k with lots left, I would guess at least 8k minimum.
Initially used 020s on rear and 014 on the front with the Falco, to see if this worked as well, it did.
Original 020 rears gave me 4.2k and 4.9k miles.
There was a revised 020N version which was even better all round and gave me 5.2K miles.
A later 020U version gave 4.9k.
The 014 fronts tied the Falco front down very well and I got 7.5k and 6.4k with them.
Obviously it always depends how many long runs you do on straight roads, as the centre will always go first.
Initially ran a new dual compound 021 rear with the part one 014 front and was excellent, but they stopped making the 014, so I decided to try the 021 front.
It seemed to work very well initially, but I started to see a funny wear pattern, (other people have reported this as well), plus it seemed to wear quicker on the right side caused be the road camber, they all do this but the 021 seems worse. Not looking too good at the moment at around 4k and don't think it will do much over 5k, poss a bit more which is a little disappointing, and certainly does not grip quite as well as the 014 did either. so Jury is out on this one for me. Could be an early batch and Bridgestone could have already changed this, because as said earlier they constantly bring out slightly revised versions of these tyres.
The 021 rear is superb and also seems to be wearing very well, only done about 3K so far, but should go a lot further.
HowardQ
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2001 Aprilia Falco in Black
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