Long time to warm up terrible grip when cold or damp conditions definately contributed to low side on my zzr1400 whilst only riding at 20 mph. Unstable on poor or gritty tarmac and wear very quickly would not recommend these tyres to my worst enemy should never be allowed to fit on heavy sports tourer.

Once warm handling 7/10. Do 140 miles a day, 7 days. Half dual carriageway, half fast Aroad. Travel very fast using full width of tires, on zx7r . Centre of rear tire is on marks n edge of tread torn. Wouldn't have more, performance nowhere near worth the rate of wear

I've worn out the rear tyre on my ZRX1200S in about 1000 miles. Down to the markers in the middle inch and a half. The rest of the tyre is like new. No complaints about grip or ride but I won't buy another one.

Not sure what I am doing different to other posters. I bought my bike with used BT014s (must have had about 1000km on em)and have racked up 5000km in 1.5 months and all weather riding. I have not had any issues with wear, temperature or riding in the wet.

THE WORST TIRE I HAVE EVER OWNED

The tyre that wrote off my r1 lol!

Very good tyre for some serious road rage in the summer, as people have mentioned when warm there amazing! Not the easiest tyre to bing upto temperature but once there they do hold it well.

Not recommended for the wet and a death-wish in the cold. I got mine to ware to the markers in just over 1000 miles :-(

Fun while they last

ok, not great. poor grip when cold and not great in the wet. running them on a daytona 955 witch doesnt make record power and even when playing it safe in the wet they can slide a bit, wear rate for the rear is bad, less the 2.5k witch simply isnt good. on the plus side when warm in the dry they are good, great feel and never feel as if you are running short on grip. wont fit again as i do alot of motorway miles and live in the uk so its always a bit damp. if you ride simply on good daysfor fun then there a good chioce but for evreyday riding they are not up to the job. may well fair better on less powerfull bikes.

Im a fast road rider i have a GSXR 750 SRAD and think from cold these are rubbish! when heated up EXCELLENT! cornering is excellent and feel very stable. althouh dont last as long as id like! had michelin's before and they didnt last aslong as they went out of shape!
I give them a 4/5 as they dont last v.long done 2k and need changed!

Bridgestone Battlax is an excellent tyre..just can't fault it!!
great handling in and out of corners,warm up very quickly too!!
Only one thing..they don't last very long which is a shame ;0(

These tyres are OEM as fitted to my 2006 ZX6R, done 4 trackdays on them and performed well, losing grip with them now because they've been heat cycled quite a bit. Nearly washed out and binned it track riding in the wet with these tyres. If you're going to be making a habit of regular balls-out street riding or trackdays, consider a stickier tyre.

Good stability, nice and sticky, good contact when cornering. Good improvement over the bt012.

Used a set at Nurburgring, Spa (Wet track), Rockingham and Donnigton Park. GSXR1000 K3 (+Road miles). Not bad. Perfect except Donnington where when cold (Oc) low sided on lap 4.
Ring times of 9:02. per lap Would buy again. Lots of confidence and warm up reasonably fast.

I get on well and haven't changed for three years,if only they where cheaper so I didn't run them into slicks!!