Continental ContiRoad Tires For CBR250R

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I recently changed tires again on my older Honda CBR250R. And since buying the bike new in 2011, I've had various sets of tires on there.
 

First I had the original IRC tires on there that came with the bike, which, after a while, I discovered were awful, very slippery, and eventually turned hard as a rock after using them for not very long. I'm glad I got rid of them when I did. I felt like they were a liability and a danger driving on them after a while.
 

Then I think my second set of tires were a pair of Michelin Pilot Street tires. They were fine, but nothing to write home about if I'm to be honest. And they even seemed a bit slippery at times too.
 

After that, I switched to a Thai brand which were very inexpensive, a brand called Quick at the time. But they are no longer available as far as I know. I really liked those. Very sticky and really good quality IMHO. But then I had to switch brands again when that brand became no longer available.

 

So after those, I switched to a pair of Corsa tires made in Indonesia, this was back in 2021. They were really good and I liked them. Drove around on those for a bit longer than 3 years, but I only put about 6000 km on them as I don't drive very often or far distances anyway. Then, eventually, they started to get a bit hard last year so then I decided to change tires again.

 

Then, a few weeks ago, I was going to replace the existing Corsa pair with a new pair of the same tires, but when I checked the price now, the cost had risen by about 50%. Seemed like too much for Indonesian made tires. Maybe the import duty had gone up on them, but I'm not sure.
 

So I started looking into other options for about the same price and I discovered that Continental, the German tire brand, started manufacturing tires locally in Thailand in their own factory for smaller bikes with a line of sport touring tires that they named ContiRoad tires. 
 

These ContiRoad tires were basically the same price as the Corsa tires from Indonesia. But these are made by a German company, which I prefer. I believe they started the factory up in 2021, so they're still fairly new to manufacturing tires here in Thailand. And I paid about ฿4000 for the pair, installed. Seems like good value.
 

I've had them on the bike for a few weeks now. As I said, I don't ride very much, and mainly just locally, so I've only put a bit over 100 km on these new tires thus far. But they look really good. Meaning, the rubber is very nice, soft, and the treads look really high-quality in terms of design. They remind me of the high quality of the imported Continental tires I've had on my bigger bike for many years already.
 

These new tires are still in what's considered to be the "break-in period" for the first 200 km, but last night I did do a bit of cornering on them to push them a bit more to see how they handle and they were fine. No slipping at all. Felt just perfect.
 

I was wondering if anyone else has tried out any of these newer tires from Continental made in Thailand yet and can share any further thoughts on them?