Triumphrat

MonkeyHanger · 06-02-2005

My dealer reckons I'm giving my back tyre some Jip. 2500 miles and its nearly done. 3000 will be tops.

I dont thinks its too bad, I'm not a hooligan honest :lgh: I just like corners... cant wheely and scared stiff of stoppies.... :flam:

Any o'you lads got better or worse?

bubble · 06-02-2005

I'm in the same perdicament, 3200 miles and wheels need new sneakers!! I do nothing but back roads to work, which I'm told is the culprit.

geezerx · 06-02-2005

nah, it's not the road. it's that thingy you twist with your right hand. *****, i only got 3800 outa mine and i'm a geezer for fuznicks sake.

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Martin_R · 06-03-2005

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On 2005-06-02 16:03, MonkeyHanger wrote:
Any o'you lads got better or worse?

I think I will get 5000km out of my Michelin rear. Now at 3500km it looks quite worn out already. I'm sure the front will last a bit longer.

bubble · 06-03-2005

My front is wearing much more than my rear. But the rear is now starting to catch up now that I have played around with tire preasure and frt. suspension settings!

hANNAbONE · 06-03-2005

front pressure 40 rear 42...

I'm getting over 10000. (yup that's ten friggin thousand miles) on the front AVON ST AZARO on my K-bike.
The rear will show around +6000 miles before re-shoeing.
And yes, I drive waaaay fast yada yada yada....

My S3 has Bridgestone OEM BT-010 on her now...with Azaro's coming soon.

The Azaro have a dual compound - they wear like iron and are perf in the twisties.

Kajota · 06-03-2005

Here's my back tire after 3200 miles (where it went flat).

[ This message was edited by: Kajota on 2006-08-04 19:00 ]

Agkistrodon · 06-03-2005

you might look into dual compound or touring compound tires if you're wearing primarily in the middle. might save you som $$ to go with a harder/longer lasting tire if your not beating the hell out of it in every corner, but whats the fun in that

MonkeyHanger · 06-03-2005

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On 2005-06-03 14:16, Agkistrodon wrote:
you might look into dual compound or touring compound tires if you're wearing primarily in the middle. might save you som $$ to go with a harder/longer lasting tire if your not beating the hell out of it in every corner, but whats the fun in that

I think my problem is that a love bends but accelorate like stink out of the corners to beat my sports bike mates in to the next bend.

I also like use the back brake to steer mid bend. :upthumb: (a little trick I learnt doing enduro's).

My dealer wants £125 for a new rear tyre; what do you think?

MH

Agkistrodon · 06-04-2005

sounds a bit high what kind is it? does it include install?