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JRO

I thought my bike was feeling a little funny on the road, and today I discovered why. I pulled up a gravel driveway, and the tires ended up covered with gravel dust. Hanging around the garage, I looked out and noticed something odd about my front tire; like I had a bubble or something. Turns out there's a raised 'bump' on every tread cleat on the Anakee. Oddest wear pattern I ever saw. Otherwise, the tire looks fine, with plenty of tread depth at 10,600miles wear on it. It certainly doesn't feel good on the road, though.

Anyone else seen this kind of wear on their Anakees? Reason why? Will this pattern wear off quickly, or is the tire finished?

the_beast

mine are the same don't know the reason though.

stanegoli

Hard to believe you got 10,600 miles on your Annakees. I barely got 6,000 on first rear Annakee and now at 12,000 the second needs replacing.
I want to try something different this time.
Trying to decide between Pilot Roads and Tourances.
If anybody has any feedback it would be welcome.

brittour95

I got about 8k from the rear Anakee, but the front seemed to be o.k. - so on the rear went a Tourance. Nice enough tire, and seemed to be wearing quite well, but I elected to swap both for Pilot Roads. What a revelation!

Let me state that I only occasionally ride dirt of any kind - primarily touring and commuting. The Pilot Roads are the clear rig!

Now I just need to use up the 60% left rear Tourance at some point... :wink:

Cheers
Brian

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Anthouse

I had a post about this some months ago. I discovered it when the sun was at an angle and the difference was most noticeable. The dealer said it was normal. I wondered about this and asked around. A friend's R3 had some similar wear although on a different tire pattern.
The most logical conclusion here was that large block patterned front tires wear differently because of the heavy braking forces. My front has over 12,000 miles and still looks good and handles well. The rear never had this wear pattern possibly because it doesn't have the same braking power. Maybe there is an expert out there who can really explain it....?

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JRO

I've got 10,600 on my front tire. The back one was replaced at 9,000+. I should have replaced it around 8,000, but no one semi-reasonable had any left. My dealer finally went down $20 on their prices, and I went ahead and choked on one.

The front is still the original, and it still looks like it has plenty of life left. Riding on this weird pattern makes me think otherwise, however. You could compare the road contact to wearing a pair of football cleats; primary contact is via these 'bumps'. Point being, it doesn't matter what the reason, or if it 'normal' - it's none too good, is all. I plan on changing it out, as soon as I can.

As too poor mileage on bike tires, I think it's a pure scam. They make plenty of sticky sticky tires for autos, that last 20,000+miles. I see no real reason for the ultra-low mileage of modern bike tires, except for the fact that everything motorcycle is treated as 'recreational'. Hence, one should only have tires that need constant changin, fuel injection 'maps' that need constant updating, ect., ect., ad infinum.

I use a bike for primary transportation, and sometimes all that gets old. But, at least I don't have to ride a BMW anymore.

tigger955i

I got 3800miles out of the rear, and that included running the bike in. :evil:

I used to get more than that off an 014 on the rear of my tona!

tyrebyter

"But, at least I don't have to ride a BMW anymore." Amen, Brother. Beyond the stock answer that motorcycles are not cars, there are different dynamics at work here. Years ago I compared the wear of Dunlop 591 sport rubber to 491 touring rubber on the same scooter. The 591 started with 5mm of tread and lasted 6000 miles. The 491 strated with 7mm of tread and went 9000 miles. The 591 was stickier and would allow more G's than the 491. I could drift the back of the bike (BMW K75s) at will with the 491 and they did not track over ripples as well as the sport rubber. Attributed that to the difference in weight. The 491 was absolutley phenominal in the wet which I attributed to it's tread pattern. Conclusion: If you don't mind a tire that weighs as much as a car tire, you can get car tire wear. I prefer the performance of lighther tires. Have Pirelli Scorpion Syncs on the Cat and will be satisfied with 5-7k miiles given the level of performance. There should be a 25k mile tire for those who want the miles and not the performace... but there isn't.