Put the BT45's on about 3000 miles ago and they are great. Well I did have the 880 on the rear which seems hard as a rock.
best tires for handling and good mileage?
I do believe those two qualities are mutually exclusive. Another words 'you cant have your cake and eat it too'.
I tried 880s before. They were OK, but I don't ride in the rain. Wet roads scare me.Wet roads dont bother me until I rode an 880. You should be scared with those tires or anything else as hard as 880's. They scare me on dry roads. I live (sometimes) in Florida. If I was worried that it was going to rain I would never be able to get the bike out of the garage. It rains everyday somewhere in FLorida.
Not to inflame folks here, but Avon Tyres sucked thirty years ago, and they still suck, IMHO. Your opinion, and mileage, may vary. My experiences with Avon tyres has not been good, at all, ever.
What kind of mileage with the BT45s?last tire change was almost 11000 on the front, about 9000 on the rear. I replace my tires sooner than most would so many would get more mileage. The rear I have on now is the excedra max which the same as the Bt45 but is belted. It shows almost 9000 miles and looks to get at least 3000 more. I'm well pleased with the belted tire. When I bought the rear they were not making a belted in our front size. Maybe later.
I had a stock size Avon Venom in back, had to replace prematurely do to some sort of carcass failure on my last trip.