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I had Bridgestone 010's on mine, and were great in the cold and wet (i.e. the scottish summer) never tried then in snow though.
You might want to look at an 010 on the front and a dual compound 020 on the rear if its mostly town work and your finding the rear is squaring off .
The Aprilia came with Metzler M1's and seem to have a similar profile to the Bridgestone's and heat-up just as well so I'd give those consideration with the 010's. Suppose it depends what price you can get them for.
You might want to look at an 010 on the front and a dual compound 020 on the rear if its mostly town work and your finding the rear is squaring off .
The Aprilia came with Metzler M1's and seem to have a similar profile to the Bridgestone's and heat-up just as well so I'd give those consideration with the 010's. Suppose it depends what price you can get them for.
My Bandit1200 came with Michelin Macadam 90X as standard, I got 7k out of my first rear and now at 10k the original front is still going strong.
I commute 60 miles a day, half motorway, half A-/B-roads in all weather (including the snow) and haven't had any problems with the tyres (obviously you can't lean as far in the wet, or at all in the snow!)
When I came to replace the rear I looked at putting the BT020 on because of the dual-compound but was warned that they were more expensive and I'd be unlikely to get 7k out of one.
I commute 60 miles a day, half motorway, half A-/B-roads in all weather (including the snow) and haven't had any problems with the tyres (obviously you can't lean as far in the wet, or at all in the snow!)
When I came to replace the rear I looked at putting the BT020 on because of the dual-compound but was warned that they were more expensive and I'd be unlikely to get 7k out of one.
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