Best tires for Scooter. Michelin, Pirelli, IRC?

[Airwolf]

I've an Aerox that needs new tires. I'm leaning towards Michelin city grip 2... but they're out of stock, so could be a wait. 

2 other options from my shop are, 
 

IRC IZ-Ss : 3200
Pirelli Angel scooter : 4590

Either of these ok, or any other recommendations?

Just for city use, long lasting, good grip. 

[scubascuba3]

IRC is fine, had it on two bikes and does the job, previous bike tried a "copy" they said, Kicker Fujiama, were also good, around 550 baht.

 

The Pirelli boys will be on soon saying you must buy them

[Shmo]

I put Pirelli on my 150 Vespa. I like them, second set. On The first set of pirelli the rubber cracked from sitting outside too long unused (for about 5 years) 

they seem like good tires. I’m normally looking for Michelins but these were only 125.00 CDN per tire so I got them 

 

good luck!

[Moonlover]

I've been riding my Aerox on the original IRC stock tyres for over 3 years now and I can't think of any good reason why I would explore another make when comes time to replace them.

 

The bike handles just fine both in town and on the country lanes that surround my village dwelling which is where I do most of my riding. I've never had a disturbing moment regarding tyre performance.

[eisfeld]

I usually use tires from the big brands like Pirelli, Metzeler, Michelin etc on my big bikes, the only one I avoid is Dunlop. Gave my CBR500R to a friend for a while and he tried IRC and was happy with them. Rode the bike myself and have to say they are really not bad. For a scooter I wouldn't hesitate to go with IRC if there are decent savings to be had.

Edited September 25, 2023 by eisfeld

[BTB1977]

IRC are good tires.  Non of us are racing in the moto GP with our scooters so anything more expensive than IRC is just over kill. I had 3 sets on 2 different bikes and haven't noticed any difference between the more expensive ones. 

[spidermike007]

IRC are at the bottom of the barrel. Way too hard, terrible grip, very dangerous tires to drive on here, with all the loose gravel, and rain. I prefer Pirelli. Using the angel now on my Forza 350, and it has tremendous grip. My rear end fishtailed many times with the horrendous, stock IRC's. Never with the Pirellis. Michelin are also very good, as are Metzeler, and all are a huge step up from the stock junk the bikes come with. 

[eisfeld]

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

IRC are at the bottom of the barrel. Way too hard, terrible grip, very dangerous tires to drive on here, with all the loose gravel, and rain. I prefer Pirelli. Using the angel now on my Forza 350, and it has tremendous grip. My rear end fishtailed many times with the horrendous, stock IRC's. Never with the Pirellis. Michelin are also very good, as are Metzeler, and all are a huge step up from the stock junk the bikes come with. 

Maybe you need to look deeper into the barrel ???? There are way way worse tires than IRC. Maybe the ones for scooters are not of the same quality as for bigger bikes but the ones I tested for the CBR are really not that bad. Not hard and grip is pretty decent. And yes, also tried them in the wet. My buddy did thousands of km on these and didn't have a single time where he thought they were dangerous.

[scubascuba3]

1 hour ago, eisfeld said:

Maybe you need to look deeper into the barrel ???? There are way way worse tires than IRC. Maybe the ones for scooters are not of the same quality as for bigger bikes but the ones I tested for the CBR are really not that bad. Not hard and grip is pretty decent. And yes, also tried them in the wet. My buddy did thousands of km on these and didn't have a single time where he thought they were dangerous.

I used my IRCs in foot deep water on Sukhumvit a few times was fine.

 

Those saying IRCs are dangerous must be reckless riders

[novacova]

I have a set of Michelin m62’s on one bike, and Michelin Pilot Street 2’s on another, both good rubber. Personally I haven’t used anything but Michelin on all my vehicles, it’s the first swap done immediately after purchase.. 

[novacova]

On 9/25/2023 at 3:12 PM, Airwolf said:

Michelin city grip 2... but they're out of stock, so could be a wait.

I waited for a set of Michelin, I didn’t want to put anything else on 

[Taxi]

As the saying use to go "if it only saves you once a year it a Goodyear."

 

I agree the Dunlops are crap, I don't recall exactly why but I also got rid of IRC's.

 

I've had the Pirelli Diablo's and really liked them, I currently have the Michelin City Grip 2's and also really like them.  If I had to choose one, I think the Michelin's. The contoured surface makes leaning into turns feel more natural and the grip is outstanding wet or dry.

Edited September 27, 2023 by Taxi
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[BarraMarra]

if you only want to commute around town a cheap set are ok no need to buy a Merc when you can buy a mini still get from A to B. Just because they're cheap doesn't mean they're dangerous. They will still serve the purpose.

[eisfeld]

2 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

I used my IRCs in foot deep water on Sukhumvit a few times was fine.

 

Those saying IRCs are dangerous must be reckless riders

Yea I mean we're talking 150cc scooters here. Not going to try to drag knee on one. Don't need multi-compound rubber either.