The diablo CORSA is the track day tire. I put a set of them on my FJR a while ago for some very sporty two up riding. The rear lasted a bit over 4500 miles... [snip]
Can you defne "very sporty"? I am running the Michelin Pilot Powers, and I will be glad if they make it past the 3500 mile mark on the FJR, and I consider myself very gentle on tires. (the MPP lasts about 6200 miles on my VFR). The Diablo Corsa's are way softer than the MPP, and the MPP has a very good wear rate for a sports tire. I would use up a Diablo Corsa in less than 2000 miles if I ride the same as I did with the current set of MPP's.
I was very surprised by the wear on the diablo corsa on the FJR. i was going on a long weekend ride with a group I ride with and I was riding two up. The other two guys I was riding with were on a Mille R and a ducati 748 so I knew i'd have to hustle a bit. I usually lead as I know all the roads pretty well and knew roughly where we were going and didnt' want to hold up my friends. And no I don't ride over my head, I know my speeds and skills on the FJR and other bikes.
we left ATL friday afternoon, headed up thru north GA, up to Deals Gap and thru there, across and around Knoxville and up to Cumberland Gap. then saturday rode up into KY and VA and Wva, then sunday morning back to ATL via more twisties.
was a bit over 1k miles give or take and I figured that after that ride and a bit of commuting that they woudl be toast by 2k miles. but they just kept going and going. I have two other track/race bikes so I tend to ride pretty hard in the mountains and it's always 2 up, and then I commute about 150 miles a day when i'm not travelling and that's all highway. I also use the FJR on the track but again it's all two up. at least I wear out the sides about the same as the center..
the DC's never did get used on the track.
but yes I was very surprised with the wear. for one the roads in the SE are much less abrasive compared to many other areas of the US. Also I have always been easy on tires. I tend to carry a lot more corner speed than most so I'm not on the gas or brakes much when I ride in the mountains, so that helps. I had an 01 R6 that I put about 36k miles on in about a year and a half and usually could get 7-9k miles out of rear tires (usually M1's but one set of diablos, a set or two of 207's, etc. I never liked avon, michelin or stones). so i'm not always a good benchmark as I seem to get quite a bit more mileage out of tires. so far I got 5k out of the stock 020's (one track day and a decent amount of twistys), 4.5k out of the diablo corsas, and I've got about 1.5k out of the stradas so far (with two days at Barber). I always put a premium on the handling and response/grip of the tires, and dont' mind paying for tires. I guess that's what you get for buying $3k worth of tires at a time at the track and buring them up quickly. :bigeyes: tires are cheaper than bodywork..
just my opinions.. take them for what it's worth. my riding style is probably different than yours... hopefully!! I like the mileage of the stradas so far and can't see there's an issue with the grip. You run out of clearance long before you run out of grip with most of the sporty tires out there..
