TYRE TEST PIRELLI SCORPION TRAIL

WE’VE LOST THAT WOODEN FEELING WORDS STUART WOODBURY PHOTOS THE BEAR

The Bear’s Suzuki V-Strom 650 long-termer was ready for some new hoops and we have always loved Pirellis, no matter what type of bike we’re riding. It was natural then to get a set of Pirelli’s Scorpion Trail tyres fitted to the Wee-Strom and see how much of a change they’d make.

Pirelli say the Scorpion Trail is a tyre suited for, “Enduro motorcycles with a touring setup, capable of tackling long journeys and excursions with light off road stretches. Sporty on the road, but capable of handling dirt roads,” and this is pretty much bang on the money.