Hey, a few months ago I started a thread about the quality of the (me) standard (I could also say “expensive” summer tire Pirelli P Zero Rosso in the size 225/45 R 17. The things were finished after 20 Tkm, although I ride civilian. Also extremely uncomfortable. Now I raised new summer tires last week – Dunlop SP 9000, the same dimension as above. The things are really great! Good handling, very quiet and not as hard as the Pirelli-Dinger. So I can only recommend. On a rental car I also drove Conti Sportcontact – were also not bad and cost in about the same (about 150 Eur)………. Patrick ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________