What category do you fall in?

[tached1000rr]

When it comes to tires for your bike?

1) Must have matching tires and matching compounds front/rear

2) I like a soft tire up front and a harder compound on the rear

3) I like a harder compound up front and a softer compound on rear

4) If it's rubber and rolls I can roll with it because no one can stop me and you can only hope to contain me.

[OneSickPsycho]

Always matching brands with similar profiles... So far, I've only run matching models, but somewhere down the road I see myself running a softer tire up front...

[Rider]

2. With both tires being of the same brand and model.

[JoJoYZF]

My next set is going to be a pilot power up front and a pilot road 2 in the back, so similar models and the compound of the sides of the rear will be similar.

[RCM78]

Pirelli blue(super soft) up front and green(soft) in the rear.

[MikeSP1]

The answer depends on what bike I'm riding.
If it's my RC when she's done, then it's gonna be same model, same profile, but the rear is probably gonna be one step harder.
If I'm running something ratty, like for instance a crashed Kan-o-tuna or a dying YZF600R, then it's gonna be whatever holds air.

[marko138]

I run the same shit. Pirelli DC III's.

[PhiSig1071]

I think either rider or I am misunderstanding the question. I assume number 2 means two different tires, ie a Pilot Power Front and Pilot Road rear.

I do run softer compounds up front, but when I do it's usually the same tire. For example a Michelin Power Race C front, which is med-soft and a Power Race 5 rear, which is a multi-compund med-hard tire, however they are the same brand and model so they are intended to be matched like that. Or a SC1/SC2 set of Dragon Supercorsas.

I would not run two different tires, like a pilot power front and pilot road rear. And I definitely wouldn't run two different brands. Why? Because I have to buy tires anyway, why not buy matching sets?

[Rider]

Originally Posted by PhiSig1071

I think either rider or I am misunderstanding the question. I assume number 2 means two different tires, ie a Pilot Power Front and Pilot Road rear.

I do run softer compounds up front, but when I do it's usually the same tire. For example a Michelin Power Race C front, which is med-soft and a Power Race 5 rear, which is a multi-compund med-hard tire, however they are the same brand and model so they are intended to be matched like that. Or a SC1/SC2 set of Dragon Supercorsas.

I would not run two different tires, like a pilot power front and pilot road rear. And I definitely wouldn't run two different brands. Why? Because I have to buy tires anyway, why not buy matching sets?

Bridgestone BT016's have a softer compound in the front. It a multi compound tire. Front has a medium center with soft edges. The rear has a hard center, with soft edges with medium between the 2. I consider that different compounds since the centers of the front and rear are different but are the same brand and model.

[PhiSig1071]

Originally Posted by Rider

Bridgestone BT016's have a softer compound in the front. It a multi compound tire. Front has a medium center with soft edges. The rear has a hard center, with soft edges with medium between the 2. I consider that different compounds since the centers of the front and rear are different but are the same brand and model.

I agree, and those are the kinds of tires I usually run, same brand and model, but different compound front and rear. Softer front and harder rear.

I think he's asking would you run a different model front and rear to have a softer front and a harder rear, such as a Dunlop Qualifier front and a Roadsmart rear or a Michelin Pilot Power front and a Pilot Road rear. I wouldn't do that.