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**Sak8** · 08-05-2009, 04:27 AM

@prafultripathy

thnx for ur reply.

are those sirac tubeless??

waitin for ur review on them..

**rahul9985** · 08-05-2009, 07:51 AM

Originally posted by onlinesatish View Post

Sirac is a bit heavy even for 220. You'll loose out on acceleration. But the confidence and stablity you get makes up for it. There is a Michellen dealer jsut beside the IOC petrol bunk near PBK. He sells Sirac...as of now he only has 2 tyres left with him.

Yep am at aapice.

is it better than zapper vyde and IRC in terms of handling while leaning and road grip over wet surfaces? what about its grip on sand and gravel?? what is the tyre profile??

sorry i asked too many questions at a time

and drop in acceleration, is it marginal or drastic? what is the affect on top end?

Originally posted by prafultripathy View Post

Am getting (got!) the tyre via courier from a very very helpful RaviKiran in Hyderabad!

Can't wait to put it on...

getting a tyre couriered.. man, u are mindblowing

my rear tyre stock should last for about 4k kms more.. so, which one would be better, vyde or sirac or IRC or any other?

please shed some light on tyre life and also the cost.. that dealer is pretty close to my area..

Originally posted by Sak8 View Post

thnx for ur reply.

are those sirac tubeless??

waitin for ur review on them..

the pic was showing a worn out zapper vyde...

**Praful** · 08-05-2009, 10:41 AM

Originally posted by Sak8 View Post

thnx for ur reply.

are those sirac tubeless??

waitin for ur review on them..

The Sirac sold in India is branded as TubeType and even Michelin recommends using that tyre as a TT. But many people have used the tyre as a TubeLess without any issues.

Even I would be using it as a TL tyre.

Originally posted by rahul9985 View Post

is it better than zapper vyde and IRC in terms of handling while leaning and road grip over wet surfaces? what about its grip on sand and gravel?? what is the tyre profile??

sorry i asked too many questions at a time

and drop in acceleration, is it marginal or drastic? what is the affect on top end?

That question can be best answered by RaviKiran as he has used both the Sirac & Vyde back to back.

Between the IRC MB99 & Zapper Vyde, I found Vyde to be marginally better on all counts.

The sirac is a 120/90 tyre and hence sits 12mm higher than the stock tyre, there will definitely be a noticeable drop in acceleration, but not by so much that other bikes would be leaving you behind. Topend is more or less going to remain the same, coz even though the bike is taller geared there is not enough torque beyond a certain point to actually push the bike to a higher speed.

Originally posted by rahul9985 View Post

getting a tyre couriered.. man, u are mindblowing

my rear tyre stock should last for about 4k kms more.. so, which one would be better, vyde or sirac or IRC or any other?

please shed some light on tyre life and also the cost.. that dealer is pretty close to my area..

.

The tyre was not available in Bangalore for more than two months now, had to resort to courier. Infact before this I was going to place an order from Delhi

My experience with the rear tyres

Zapper C - 25K Kms - 1700/-
Zapper Vyde - 12K Kms - 1900/-
Sirac - ??K Kms - 2200/-

**Sarvajit** · 08-05-2009, 10:42 AM

I rode RaviKiran's bike with the 120/90/17" Sirac tyre for about 100kms.&the confidence it inspired was amazing. Didn't lose out much on the top end, his bike could do 137kmph speedo indicated. It does look like a tractor tyre though-thats why we all call it so!

**onlinesatish** · 08-05-2009, 10:59 AM

Originally posted by prafultripathy View Post

Ravi used his vyde for about 10K, mine's seen about 15K

.

And trust me the pic makes the tyre look good, its a lot worse actually

Yep...yours is bad enough. Atleast ravi's contact pact was lesser and the wear out patch was lesser too. Guess you do lot more cornoring.

Originally posted by rahul9985 View Post

is it better than zapper vyde and IRC in terms of handling while leaning and road grip over wet surfaces? what about its grip on sand and gravel?? what is the tyre profile??

sorry i asked too many questions at a time

and drop in acceleration, is it marginal or drastic? what is the affect on top end?

I have'nt rode a 220 with IRC. But with sirac i can bet my money. Its has done wonder's to Zma and 220. Drop in pick would be marginal and you will easily notice it. And your tope end will increase too. Its the best tyre for 220 for offroading as well. Infact Praful is getting it for the very same reason.

As praful said Ravikran Uncle is the best person for comments on this. Try out his bike.

Originally posted by prafultripathy View Post

That question can be best answered by RaviKiran as he has used both the Sirac & Vyde back to back.

My experience with the rear tyres

Zapper C - 25K Kms - 1700/-
Zapper Vyde - 12K Kms - 1900/-
Sirac - ??K Kms - 2200/-

Cost of you next tyre 2,500 rs?

And Last time Ravikiran logged into xbhp was on 12-may

**rx100.7050** · 08-05-2009, 11:28 AM

Prabhakar: Nice experiment dude. Do tell more about the performance later on.
I have one query though. how much loss of acceleration are we talking about when fitting a larger sprocket at rear (lets say 1 teeth more) ?
Will it make engine a bit stress free? I guess so. Top end also might increase a bit.

Diehard: Nice pics man. I LUUUUVD the Aprillia very much. It really has that Hooligan look like all street naked bike

Praful: Finally the search has ended, eh?

**diehard** · 08-05-2009, 12:59 PM

hey guys puttin up pics from my trip to europe ! enjoy ! plus some random pics of my

hey guys something for you guys to enjoy puttin up some random pics of my bike as well as pics of bikes i saw during my trip to cambridge and europe

hope u guys like it

from brussels !! lol bikes just parked on the street lol

and these too enjoy

**Praful** · 08-05-2009, 01:12 PM

@Ankit: This is third time you have put up the same post yaar! Why not post a new thread with all the drool pics!

**diehard** · 08-05-2009, 01:14 PM

@praful : sorry yaar i thought no one noticed it ! but i spent the last half hour deleting all the duplicates ! lolzz ok will start a new thread soon

**niks_devil666** · 08-05-2009, 01:15 PM

Praful : with the MRF strike , I can't find any front tubless for the 220. Are there any other options?

**diehard** · 08-05-2009, 01:25 PM

Originally posted by niks_devil666 View Post

Praful : with the MRF strike , I can't find any front tubless for the 220. Are there any other options?

and i too have a question my rear tire is almost worn out i wanted to knw how good are the 220 dtsi soft compound ?? do they provide a significant difference in grip from the old 220's tyres???? and whats the cost ??

**Sudharshaninu** · 08-05-2009, 01:40 PM

Originally posted by diehard View Post

and i too have a question my rear tire is almost worn out i wanted to knw how good are the 220 dtsi soft compound ?? do they provide a significant difference in grip from the old 220's tyres???? and whats the cost ??

bro the soft compound are so sticky to the road trust me .. its awesome bro .. i own a new 220 dtsi

**diehard** · 08-05-2009, 01:58 PM

Originally posted by Sudharshaninu View Post

bro the soft compound are so sticky to the road trust me .. its awesome bro .. i own a new 220 dtsi

oh nice ! awosum ! neidea abt the price ??

**Praful** · 08-05-2009, 02:08 PM

Originally posted by diehard View Post

@praful : sorry yaar i thought no one noticed it ! but i spent the last half hour deleting all the duplicates ! lolzz ok will start a new thread soon

Koi baat nahi! I've already seen the pics in orkut though

Do click a few more pics and start a thread for all of to drool

Originally posted by niks_devil666 View Post

Praful : with the MRF strike , I can't find any front tubless for the 220. Are there any other options?

Last I heard the strike was off! So you can still get Zappers.

Else IRC has two options IRC WildFlare 90/90 (used by Ravikiran) & IRC MB-99 100/80 (used by chotarascal200).

There are a few options from Metro Continental, but they are Tube Tybe if you're interested.

Btw, which tyre did you choose for the rear?

Originally posted by diehard View Post

and i too have a question my rear tire is almost worn out i wanted to knw how good are the 220 dtsi soft compound ?? do they provide a significant difference in grip from the old 220's tyres???? and whats the cost ??

Even the Zapper Vyde is a soft compound tyre. Between the Zapper Vyde and Zapper C, definitely the Vyde has an edge in high speed cornering over the Zapper C. Rest they are more or less the same.

**niks_devil666** · 08-05-2009, 02:10 PM

Originally posted by prafultripathy View Post

Last I heard the strike was off! So you can still get Zappers.

Else IRC has two options IRC WildFlare 90/90 (used by Ravikiran) & IRC MB-99 100/80 (used by chotarascal200).

There are a few options from Metro Continental, but they are Tube Tybe if you're interested.

Btw, which tyre did you choose for the rear?

Strike is off but the stocks haven't arrived. I enquire about it every week. Where can I find these IRC?

The Vyde will still run for a cpl of thousand kms and as it is the rains are almost over.

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