“I ride the Adelaide Hills on a Suzuki Bandit 1250, a rather heavy sports tourer. My riding style is brisk, but nearly always legal. My priorities are overall stability, light and neutral steering (meaning that no effort...”
Pirelli Angel ST
The Pirelli Angel ST is a summer touring tyre with consistently favourable dry-grip feedback and generally positive wet grip and steering feel. Owners are more divided on tread life, with several reporting faster wear near the end.
Owner experience is mostly favourable, with six of eleven owners praising dry grip and none criticising it. Wet grip receives four positive comments against one complaint, while three owners appreciate steering feel and precision. Nine reviews score above 70%, giving an 80.6% average. These accounts support its appeal for touring where grip and steering response are priorities, although braking feedback is divided and does not establish a consistent advantage.
Tread life is the main reservation, with four criticisms against three favourable accounts. Eight reviews were written at the end of the tyre's life, and several describe faster wear as the remaining tread runs low. One owner also found turn-in slower when worn, but that is not a shared handling pattern. The positive grip feedback therefore sits alongside a less predictable durability picture. This assessment comes from owners alone, without an independent test comparison.
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- 12owner reviews
- 71,580miles driven
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Dry grip is the clearest strength of the Pirelli Angel ST, praised by six of eleven owners without criticism, while wet grip receives four favourable comments against one complaint. Three owners also like the steering feel, and the overall average is 80.6%, with nine positive reviews and none below 40%. Tread life is more divided, with four criticisms against three favourable accounts. Eight reviews come from the end of the tyre's life, including several descriptions of faster wear as the remaining tread runs low. One owner also describes slower turn-in when worn, but that is an individual account rather than a shared handling pattern.
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Owner ratings averaged from 12 ratings
- Owner score 81%
- Comfort 90%
- Dry Grip 85%
- Road Feedback 84%
- Wet Grip 84%
- Handling 83%
- Wear 75%
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“Region: South-east Asia (Singapore/Malaysia) Weather: All year summer or rain Riding area: City Front: Pirelli Angel ST 120/70/R17 (Pressure refill: 34 PSI/235kPa) Rear: Pirelli Angel ST 160/60/R17 (Pressure refill: 39...”
All 11 Pirelli Angel ST reviews
- Yamaha FJR1300A
- 180/55 R17
- 9,500 miles
I must say the ST is a fantastic tyre if you rode say a sports bike. What I failed to realise was the GT's are better for the sports touring bike of a Yamaha FJR1300. Now, if I did ride a sports bike then I would say these are perfect for you not only being stable and reliable but also having confidence going into corners.
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Initial Impressions87% 230 milesI have been using Pirelli Angel St's on my Yamaha FJR1300 for the last six years and I wouldn't use any other tyre. I find it gives me so much confidence going into and out of corners and it's brilliant in the wet. As for tyre pressures I have increased them by an extra 4 psi higher than book specifications. So, 44 psi in the rear and 42 psi in the front and it stops the cupping. It also makes them so much more responsive.
- 160/60 R17
- 4,500 miles
I will compare them to Avon sprint and Michelin road 2 (unfortunately discontinued) as they have been on the bike as-well.
Sort of like them, but do come with some issues, they have a decent grip in the dry and surprisingly amicable in wet conditions but nowhere near as good as the road2. Never had any proper moments with them but the Angel st’s had been the only tyre to activated the abs on the bike numerous times dry or wet…
Feel and communication from them is very good, far better than the road 2 without being firm end of like the Avon at normal tyre pressures. What does help with wear at the 1/2-3/4 profile (a common issue) is add few psi above the recommended helps this but starts to being closer to the Avons of being very firm without the positives of either the Road2 or Avon spirits.
Mileage was middling at best and nowhere near what could be claimed as leading.
Profile at the start is ok, stable but quite flat, life time profile wear was not terrible. With about 3mm left - will suddenly will get to the tread limit within a few hundred or miles.
would say for my case, they are best as a very average urban usage tyre, dependable but unless it’s extremely cheaper than other tyres with more positive attributes, there are better alternatives.
I wouldn’t buy again until I was desperate enough and I’d be wary on a heavier or more powerful bike.
- 180/55 R17
- 5,000 miles
Handling is great on my 2017 Kawasaki Versys 1000 LT. Wet or dry. They never gave me a "pucker" moment all the way to end of life. So why won't I buy them again?
They wear out suddenly... Let me explain.
I left for a weekend trip with the rear tire looking fine. It was about 1/16" (2-3 mm) to the wear bars. At my first stop (about 180 miles) I checked and it was AT the wear bars. After another tank of gas, It was showing cord. I wasn't pussy footing around, but I wasn't abusing my tires either.
The front went 6,000 miles before doing basically the same thing. I will never but these tires again unless it's an emergency.
I replaced them with Angel GTs. So far they have all the good characteristics of the STs, and seem to be holding up better. I'm keeping my eye on them though...
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- Kawasaki ER6N
- 160/70 R17
- 7,500 miles
- A Combination of Roads
- Spirited
- Suzuki Bandit 1250 SA
- 180/55 R17
- 5,800 miles
- Mostly Country Roads
- Spirited
- Honda CB400SF
- 120/70 R17
- 13,000 miles
- Mostly Town
- Average
- Suzuki GSR 600
- 180/55 R17
- 8,000 miles
- Mostly Country Roads
- Average
Used on Suzuki GSR 600 and my conclusion is that rear tire likes more weight (passeger+luggages) in harsh braking situation.
- Suzuki 2000 vatari jx2.0
- 120/60 R17
- 5,000 miles
- A Combination of Roads
- Average
- Triumph tiger 1050
- 180/55 R17 W
- 4,550 miles
- A Combination of Roads
- Average
- Suzuki SV650S
- 160/60 R17 W
- 8,000 miles
- Mostly Country Roads
- Easy Going
It was a very good choice. It´s the do-i-tall tire.
It performs good in the rain. The wear is great and the confidende on the curves is good also. Braking in wet is good, but there are better tires for rain.
The not so good thing is that it take about 2 to 5 minutes to get warmer, and achieve the maximum performance when you want to lean your bike; as it is not a hyper sticky sport tire.
If you want to make a long bike trip you should get the Angel ST, as you will not need a fast warming, the grip is ok and the wear is fantastic.
- Suzuki TL1000R
- 190/45 R17
- 500 miles
- Track
- Average
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