Pirelli Scorpin vs. Avon Distanzia

[DFLAND5028]

Looking for new skins on my R1200GS, Have tried Torances and Annekees, The Annekees did nothing for me and the Torances were ok but nothing to rave about, just ok. I ride agressively on back roads and do a reasonable amount of dirt roads and occasionally 2 tracks, along with the necessary interstate. Does anyone have experience with the Scorpions vs. Distanzias? The Distanzias look good for unpaved surfaces but not sure about pavement grip and wet pavement grip. Other than a Ducati Mutistrada road test which had Scorpions on it I no nothing about the Scorpions. Any info would be great.

[Schtum]

I have a friend in the San Francisco Bay Area who swears by Distanzias on his GS and he's also got a set on the road wheels of his KTM 640.

Having followed him while I was riding a rented GS on some of the Bay Area's finest goat tracks, I can confirm that at least on dry pavement and some very light loose surface use, the Distanzias obviously provide lots of grip; although I suspect that his Ohlins shocks on both ends of the bike help a lot as well.

However, I've never ridden on the Avons. My own favourites so far are Dunlop D607. They're grippier than a very grippy thing and deliver a huge 4.5K miles out of a rear tyre on our fine and very abrasive Scottish roads and of course being Scotland we spend a lot of time riding in the wet.