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Originally Posted by zx9rstv  PMT makes the best tire, hands down. Why? because they have years and years of research and development in the production of their tires. They mount the best on the rims, they hold their shape good. They stick like crazy. ( I prefer T41's) I run almost a complete season on PMT's in south Florida with racing all yr round.
The vee rubbers stick. stick stick stick. They are a pain to mount and dismount. But they stick like a mother.
Sava. not a terrible tire. Just not my cup of tea. They have a different profile which helps turning in quicker. But you can get that same effect from mounting 2 PMT fronts on the bike instead of 1 front and 1 rear. |
That is pretty much on the money and here's my 2cents. It is all around hard to beat the PMT tire for durability and grip, even though I raced the past two seasons almost exclusively on Vee Rubber tires. I have never tried the new PMTs, but the T41's are fantastic after being reaquainted with them last year. They don't delaminate, have almost the grip of a Vee Rubber and are easier to get on. I'll rate the PMTs number one.
Vee Rubbers stick like the dickens from the first lap and have a better profile. They even do pretty good on a wet track when fairly new. You will break more beads putting them on, even when heated than the other tires. The last batch of Vee rubbers I had seemed to have a slightly different compound or they were old. I drift around sweepers and have destroyed the rear tires in one race on my Open class bike. During a race, I wouldn't consider myself at a disadvantage on PMTs or the Vs. I rate these second.
My observations on the Sava tires are; they take longer to warm up, have a great profile, don't have the feedback at the limit of the other two tires, stick great when hot, the rubber gets HARD FAST (which limits the number of races on a set) and are fairly hard to get on. I rate these third.
