Pirelli Diablo Strada tires

[dlaing]

Also I was talking to a parts guy at Richmond Motorsports yesterday, to get a quote on the Pirelli Diablo Stratas and he told me that he doesn't normally carry them because they can't give them away.  He said the guys around here don't seem to like them, but guys in the States seem to like them.  Now I am starting to rethink my choice.  Maybe I should go with the Bridgestone BT 020's.

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I think the dealer and or his customers are confusing the Diablo Strada with earlier Strada tires.

While not up to the performance level of racing and full sport Pirellis, the Diablo Strada may be the ultimate compromise of traction, longevity and price.

I have no idea how the mileage will be, but I am pleasantly surprised about the performance.

I personally think Pirelli did the buy one get one free promotion to help shatter the "cheap" image of the old Strada tires.

As always, YMMV, and you should only believe what you experience, and even then, beware.

[dlaing]

From Pirelli World Magazine issue 42

“T he fact that I even survived

long enough to sample the

Diablo Strada sport-touring

tyre is absolutely amazing”, wrote

one American journalist after he and 47

other motorcycle press representatives

from all over the world had taken part in

the press presentation and test session of

the Motorcycle Tyre Business Unit’s new

product in Sicily last November. Maybe

it was not surprising that the reporter was

amazed, seeing that the test started by

riding powerful Strada-shod sport-touring

bikes through the morning rush hour

traffic of Palermo, the city’s rain soaked

roads offering little or no grip at all.

The rest of the test ride took the press

testers up into the Madonie

Mountains to try the

new Pirelli on the

latest, most powerful

sport touring

bikes from the top

motorcycle manufacturers.

The new Diablo

Strada is tailor

made for the increasingly

demanding

and segmented sport

touring market, which is populated by

a whole new group of riders who love

to travel but will not compromise their

sport riding enjoyment for the sake of

more mileage. A market that was crying

out for a new concept tyre, and that is

exactly what it got: Pirelli went into the

segment with a new product consistent

with its sporting image – setting a new

benchmark in terms of touring performance.

The close family link to the proven

abilities of the existing Diablo range guarantees

the Strada top levels of safety and

performance, allowing the rider to build

real sporting pleasure into his journey,

whether on a casual weekend trip or a

more demanding tarmac adventure. High

speed stability, dry grip and handling are

well-known features of a Diablo. But the

big unknown on any motorcycle ride,

especially over a sport-touring route,

is the weather. Well, Diablo Strada has

been designed and developed to produce

outstanding performance in any climatic

conditions. The new tread compound

enables the tyre to reach its correct operating

temperature at an incredibly fast

rate and the aggressive, distinctive tread

pattern ensures easy water drainage, further

diminishing the unwanted chance of

aquaplaning and so offering maximum

wet grip.

Pirelli’s research and development

specialists gave the Diablo Strada

another “must” for the sporting rider:

a new compound that incorporates the

latest generation of high performance

polymers and silicones to work with

the support of a radial carcass and its

zero degree steel belts. So the Diablo

Strada has a constant high performance

capability: sports riding is no longer a

mileage-grip compromise.

So the American writer need not have

worried. He and his fellow testers sampled

the new tyre on the legendary Targa

Florio roads, a test run that could not

have been more appropriate. Not everyone

knows that there was a motorcycle

version of the famous old race from 1920

to 1929, which took place over the Piccole

Madonie series of narrow roads and

back along the coast road. It was on that

corkscrew of a route that Pirelli’s writer

guests tested the Diablo Strada. Child’s

play, compared to morning rush hour in

a wet Palermo.

And from now on: Good Boys go to

paradise, bad boys go everywhere, with

Diablo Strada.

[Dan M]

Pirelli is currently offering the front free deal to Canadian residents. I did not check how many tires are left. Hard to pass up for you boys from the north.

 

I wonder how much real difference between the Diablo Strada and Metzeler's Z6. They are described the same, same design objectives, same parent company, same country of origin, and the tread pattern is similar. I have the Metzelers on one bike and the Pirellis on another. Both work great but the bikes are so dissimilar its hard to compare handling characteristics.

[tripletango]

I just put them on my FJR1300 and have done about 100 miles breaking them in. Seem to be a neutral handling tire. Had Avon ST on before and they too are good tires. No cupping on front and average wear for me on the rear (5000 miles). BT020s front cupped on FJR so not sure what it would do on the V11.

Still have the Z1s on the V11 and looks like the rear will give up around 3500 - 4000 miles. Would like a little more life than that on the next set of tires.

[zoltan c]

Pirelli is currently offering the front free deal to Canadian residents. I did not check how many tires are left. Hard to pass up for you boys from the north.

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Thanks for the tip Dan M! I bought the rear tire from a dealer in Burnaby and signed up for the front tire deal (92 left). My local dealer gave me a quote on the rear tire at full retail after I told him about the tire offer from pirelli. The website said that the front tire had to be shipped to a Parts-Canada dealer. When I asked my dealer for a deal on the rear tire his reply was that I was already getting a free front tire! Yes, I said but that has no bearing on wheather you give me good deal on the rear or not! So I got the tire from a different dealer that nocked about 60 bucks off the retail price. When it is all said and done I will have paid about $250 canadian for the set of Pirelli's. Very good deal indeed, too bad my local dealer isn't getting my business but I am fed up with high prices and crap service. Good service and a willingness to give a guy a break on the price goes a long way to retaining a customer. I'm not saying the dealer should give the stuff away but there is more than a little room built into the price.

[Dan M]

Thanks for the tip Dan M!  I bought the rear tire from a dealer in Burnaby and signed up for the front tire deal (92 left).  My local dealer gave me a quote on the rear tire at full retail after I told him about the tire offer from pirelli.  The website said that the front tire had to be shipped to a Parts-Canada dealer.  When I asked my dealer for a deal on the rear tire his reply was that I was already getting a free front tire!  Yes, I said but that has no bearing on wheather you give me good deal on the rear or not!  So I got the tire from a different dealer that nocked about 60 bucks off the retail price.  When it is all said and done I will have paid about $250 canadian for the set of Pirelli's.  Very good deal indeed, too bad my local dealer isn't getting my business but I am fed up with high prices and crap service.  Good service and a willingness to give a guy a break on the price goes a long way to retaining a customer.  I'm not saying the dealer should give the stuff away but there is more than a little room built into the price.

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You're welcome. Is a great deal, eh? I was all set to order Metzlers until someone on this very board turned me on to the Pirelli USA deal.

Great resource!

[BrianG]

I just took advantage of the offer as well...... 82 left.

 

Bought my rear tire from Alberta Cycle in Edmonton

[antonio carroccio]

Just have a set of Dunlop 218.

Next week I will find out how do they ride under the V11..... <_>

[tikkanen]

I have now covered 350-400 kms on my new Pirelli Diablos.

 

I'm not quite sure whether I like them or not. In the beginning they didn't give me the right confidence but I just thought I had to break them in.

 

Today however, I took the Scura for a 3 hour ride on small b-roads North of Copenhagen. The weather was fine albeit windy and temperatures were about 13-14 celcius. In a sharp right hander I lost the rear wheel at about 60 km/h. I almost shit myself as it wasn't a small slide but close to a highsider. I went back and took the same corner at a slower speed just to check wether there was gravel and dirt on the road but there wasn't. I must emphasize that the tyres were warm but my question is - were they warm enough?

 

Have any of you experienced the same or was I just plain (un)lucky?

 

TIA

 

Søren

[antonio carroccio]

Soren on the Gallery is a picture of a Diablo tyre that will say more than thousand words...

 

ciao Antonio

[dlaing]

Soren on the Gallery  is a picture of a Diablo tyre that will say more than thousand words...

 

ciao Antonio

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could you provide a link, please.

There is nothing in the tires category

[antonio carroccio]

could you provide a link, please.

There is nothing in the tires category

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....et voilá!

http://www.v11lemans.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=2

 

tyre (GuzziRoma) V11 Le Mans

[dlaing]

Merci!

Nicely wearing...

So, I guess that is the standard Diablo, not the Diablo Corsa, nor the Diablo Strada.

[dlaing]

I guess some of it is rider...Professional rider on closed track, do not try at home, etc.

[antonio carroccio]

You guess that right. The tyre is the standard Diablo. Not corsa not strada.