[the wind]

more than likely I'll order them from discount motorcycle tires

there are alot of good places that are not in partner trouble (i like ron ayers)

[arsenic]

I was not aware that DMTAONLINE was having problems. I checked out a lot of sites while I was researching tires. all of them were pretty mush the same price wise. I did check ron ayers, parts 411, kneedraggers, that might be about it. anyway they were all about the same so anyone of those sites should work right?

[Meikol2]

yep. Ron Ayers gets good reviews here. Don't forget the shipping costs per tire. They vary wildly.

The only prob, I had was finding a shop to mount them. Cost me $25/tire.

[arsenic]

I'm an auto machanic and the tire machine at my shop can mount motorcycle tires as whell, the wheel balencer at my shop also works with motorcycle rims so that is not a problem for me. I've already mounted a few motorcyce tires successfully so I'm good to go with that.

[Meikol2]

That rocks!

[arsenic]

I looked up the metzlers Z6's on all the sites I know DMTAONLINE, parts 411, and ron ayers, ron ayers is the best. DMTA is 212.00 for a set of 120/60 - 150/70, parts 411 is 216.63, and ron ayers is 207.41(only $6 a tire for shipping!) I'm glad you guys told me not to ordr form DMTA

[crazymofo]

michelin pilot sports are the go.. 160 rear size.. they suit the kat very well, have a quick turn in and stick like sh!t to a blanket when hot. and have exceptional wear ive found... 4000 km on the tyres so far.. 3000 hard mountian riding. and im about 50% thru them (not to mention the numerous burnouts haha!)

cheers.joe.

[arsenic]

I looked into the pilots. First off I'm not sure I want to go as wide as the 160/60, thats may just be a bit too wide for my likeing. Second I'm from Chicago and we get a lot of wet weather. The metzer's seem to be the best as far as wet traction.

[Meikol2]

The only one I know who runs 160/60 17s on his Pre-98 is Highsite2020. He uses that the Pilots I believe, and hasn't had any probs. Most will not recommend it though, due to the narow rim. The 98+ rims are 1/2 " wider in the rear.

[Special K]

Re: tires

Ok, I know there have been a lot of posts about tires. I have a pre 98 katana 600 and I've narrowed my tire selection down to either Metzler Z6 front - 120/60 & rear - 150/70, or Bridgestone BT020 front - 120/60 & rear - 150/70. What do you guys think?

Of those two?

HANDS DOWN, METZLER!

Only other tires in their category would be a Michelin Pilot Sport or an SporTec M1

[The CyberPoet]

I'm on the Metzeler bandwagon. I haven't tried the Z6's yet, because they shipped about a week after I shod my last set of Z4's (my third set at that -- 28k miles). Next set of tires, I'll grab both the Z4's and the Z6's and compare them back-to-back, new vs. new, and sell the pair I'm not as happy with on eBay, just as I did with all the other tires I comparo'd back in 2003 (Macadam 90x, Dunlop 205/207, Pirelli, Metzeler Z4's).

Cheers
=-= The CyberPoet