Ôhe British motorcycle magazine MCN has conducted a very interesting test: Two identical bikes were used (Suzuki GSXR 600) equipped with two different sets of tyres. The first was the former top of the shelf choice, which was introduced ten years ago, Bridgestone BT-014 and the other was the current touring tyre Ô30. 
The suspensions of the bikes remained at their standard settings, the tyres were ridden at the track for 50 km, and the two bikes were evaluated afterwards by the same magazine tester who performed five timed laps. 



Although there were only three laps  which could be evaluated, the result was that his lap times were about one second faster with the … touring tyre Ô30! The tester said that the Ô30 is getting warm sooner and turns in better. Basically the ÂÔ-014 does not provide good turn in under braking. The Ô30 provides better traction on great cornering angles whilst the ÂÔ-014 can be compared to the Ô30 only at the drive out of the exits issue. The tester concludes that anyone mounting the T30 instead of the BT-014 will be more confident!