Tyre wear?

What bike?

What brand of tyre?

Don't know of a radial in that sizing.....................though u say it's
an 'R'.......

tyre wear is evident you say, yet you also say it is only 56% used

.......oh yeah - practice your braking

 

G'day, folks.

Had the new bike for just over a year now, and have clocked up more
kilometres than one would normally expect in that time (just over 17,000,
but in my defence I ride to work every day).

Over that period/distance, rear tyre wear has now become evident, though
not quite to the extent that it should be replaced - I figure at the present
rate it'll likely last me over 30,000km before needing to be replaced.

Just thought I'd ask here for others' experiences; how many kilometres
do you on average get from a rear tyre? No burnouts or anything stupid
(though I have on a few occasions locked the rear wheel briefly in drastic
situations). FYI, it's a 140/90R16.

- Bob.

 

Pharque that was quick, CK!

Kwaka Vulcan 800

It's a Bridgestone Exedra G702, with a stamp near the rim bead saying
"tube type."

Sorry, I didn't bother checking/reading/researching to determine if the
the tyre was actually a radial; my use of the "R" was instinctive.

Evident to the extent that the eye can easily determine that it's not a
new tyre, not to the extent that replacement should be contemplated. For
your reference, you can see a snapshop I've just taken at
http://mates.net.au/24-08-05_1310r.jpg - sorry about the image quality;
'twas done with a mobile 'phone.

Always do. And though I've never had an uncontrolled lock-up, emergency
braking has seen the rear wheel lock for the proverbial "split-second"
before the brain kicked in 'n instructed my right foot to modulate
accordingly.

- Bob.

 

uh huh

uh huh

More thank likely it is a belted (reinforced) bias ply tyre - 140/90 B 16 -
77H or something similar

Take good shots don't they

good man


30,000 km would be an extremely high amount

What is more likely to happen during the second half (or indeed all) of the
tyre life is a change in the profile due to the wear induced by how/where
you ride, making it handle a tad odd. You may never get to the TWI's before
you feel like changing it.

Having said that, I've also seen tyres that look like shit and must make a
bike handle like a shopping trolley, yet the punter won't change it until he
sees canvas.

Would have thought that style of tyre would have a useful life below
22-25,000 km, but maybe that particular model is quite a hard compound.

On that note, how do you find the grip? Are you looking for better, or are
you looking ultimately for mileage.

Remember - grip vs mileage is a straight line tradeoff.

 

Bloody! If I get 15,000 from a rear I'm ecstatic! My current rear (OEM
Metzeler on an Aprilia SL1000R (Falco)) has just passed 5,000 kms. If I get
another 1,000 kms I'll be amazed. I think I managed 17,000 once - on an
older Ducati 750SS - but the tyre was well bald by then.

Normally, I expect to get somewhere over 10,000 kms, but less than 15,0000
kms on a rear tyre. I don't use super sticky sport tyres, but do use sports
touring - Battleaxe 020s being my most recent tyre of choice.

Nope, no burnouts, and not too much fanging.

Tony F

 

The first rear on the R1 with a little track work was about 8x your wear
rate /(ow)

 

Yep, just Googled. The brand new profile's visible here;
http://www.tiresunlimited.com/images/bridgestone/G702Rear.jpg

Perfect for what their intent - to make people look sufficiently obscure
so as to be perceived as reasonably attractive

The "poor man's ABS" in action ;-)

Yes, that's what I've started to notice. Not very evident yet, but the
bike feels a bit "sticky" when going over a scored road surface, showing a
little hesitation before making its way over.

I've seen that too. And I'd tend to think it's entirely dependant on the
width of the tread - my previous riding experiences had almost all been with
"skinny" tyres, and in those instances there was nowhere near as much
perceivable change in riding dynamics based on tread wear.

Thanks, that's precisely what I was looking for; a guesstimate
(hopefully based on experience) of roughly how much life I can expect out of
the tyre. And yes, based on the observation of handling change with profile
change, I'd say your estimate would be much more correct than mine.

I'm actually quite happy with the tyres as-is, unless there's a
different compound which'll drastically improve the life without
degenerating grip too much. Being a cruiser, I've never spun (and don't
think I ever will) the rear wheel from a standing start, and I've yet to
experience any slippage no matter how hard I corner (within reason - ground
clearance is pretty pathetic).

- Bob.

 

I'm so lucky - I get to talk about this shit every day...............

I was actually implying the reverse - sacrifice a tad of mileage to improve
grip and confidence.............the predominance of cruisers and Harleys out
there use a different brand of tyre - and not because they are OEM

ck
.......who equates confidence in grip with Linus' blanket.........

 

ahhh... the makings of a good pissing contest..

My second XX travelled just over 42000km in 11 months and consumed 6 1/2 rear
tyres and 2 1/2 front tyres,

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

And then Nev got a girlfriend...

 

Thats a bit more like what I would expect Nev !

On a sporty bike I would expect between 5 and 15,000Km from reasonably
sticky tyres, cruisers with hard tyres, you should get 20,000.

JL
(6,000Km on the new Raptor between 29th April and 1st August-ish - and
haven't had time to ride it for the last 3 weeks :-( Only riding it
weekends....can't wait for a chance to go away for a weekend again)

 

how do you put half a trye on ? good sharp knike and glue ?

 

Well, if you ever feel like talking about computers, give me a yell 'n
I'll exhibit the same confidence 'n elation that you do when discussing
tyres ;-)

No need for extra stickiness here. Though you do have me intrigued as to
what particular brand you're alluding to - am I to assume you've
intentionally left out the name because personal of connections with said
brand?

- Bob

.... Who equates confidence in grip with a well-trained PC muscle ;-)

 

Ok, I'll dare to stand facing the wind...

Finally getting a chance after all this time to go on a "longish"
expedition in a couple of weeks, heading up to Coff's for the weekend.

Some of us alas don't get as much time/opportunity to tour as we'd like.

- Bob.

 

no.. then a Mitsubishi Colt did a u-turn right in front of me...

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

Lucky you. My XX does no burnouts, not much 'fanging' - depending on your
definition - and mixes it up between commuting around Sydney and longer
rides (Syd - Melb etc). In 22,000kms in about 18mths of riding I'm well
into my 4th rear and 3rd front - almost ready for rear #5.

Never locked the back wheel.

Cheers,
Dave ZZR600 => ST2 (stolen) => '03 XX

 

ummm... I never said I put half an anything on...

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

errr........I'll get back to you....................

A couple of brands actually when referring to tyres for that style of bike -
but yes I would be placing myself in the frame of spammer if I mentioned one
of them...........


ck

 

and you didn't see the obvious signs?

 

Nice try grasshopper, but you shouldn't fall in the trap of jumping to too
many conclusions based on the briefest of descriptions

Nev..
'03 ZX12R