[211Chuck]

less then 6000 miles on every set of tires I put on my 1800 thats why I switched to a car tire and a bias ply Michelin on front.

So far I'm at 8000 miles and they look like maybe they will go 10 or 12000.. We'll see!

 

[211Chuck]

I am lucky if I ever saw 5,000 out of a stock MT..

Way to many varyibles to consider..From the looks of how many miles some here get,I can see you guys like to stroll along and read mailboxes or wave at all the woodland creatures you see?-not that there is anything wrong with that.:shrug:

I don't look at miles I get out of a tire!
I look at how many smiles I get out of a tire. :thumbup:

Rocky;

heres another way of putting it, I posted this on the forum:

My 1800 gets less then 6,000 miles on a
..........(SET) of tires.

I want to know how slow and feeble you have to
ride to get more then 10,000 miles out of a set
of tires on an 1800 Wing???

Or how stupid you have to be to ride on bald
tires to save a buck??

it can only be one of the two!

 

[211Chuck]

WRONG, I don't ride slow and feeble, and I don't ride on bald tires. Maybe the roads in your area are paved with glass chips.:shrug: I always get 14,000 to 16,000 out of the front and 10,000 to 12,000 out ove the rear on my Stones, sometimes more. I usually change tires when they get to the wear bars. My riding is a mix of twistys, mountains and highways and unless my wife is on back, which is not very often, it is always spirited riding.
I have never changed them as a set, the rear always wears out first, and I am not going to toss a good front tire just because my rear is worn.:thumbup:

First off I said if you get more then 10,000 miles out of a set of
tires your riding slow & feeble.

Your not getting more then 10,000 miles out of a set, you just
choose to push it past 10,000 miles. I see where you live and I
know it rains there alot, I use to live real close to you up there.
When you ride in a rainy area with SMOOTH pavement as you
call it, you NEVER run a tire down to the wear bars, it's just
plain dangerous to do that. Your fronts are wore out at the same
mileage as the rear according to what you say your getting out
of the front.

So that leaves you in the other catagorey maybe"

Ride safe...

 

[211Chuck]

+1 on the squares. Umm, hence the popcorn in my post about square vs round. opcorn:


Bull! Quit beating your chests. /quote]



No bull what so ever, no ones beating their
chests, just cold hard FACTS"

 

[211Chuck]

I'm not going to get into a pissing contest about tires, you have your opinion and I have mine,:shrug: lets leave it at that. :?
I would gladly give up these smooth roads for your nice weather.
Have a nice day.

it's all good my friend..........

I hear ya on the weather, that was one of the selling points for
moving here......... and of course the Blue Ridge mountains..

Take care,ride safe and have a nice day my friend..

 

[211Chuck]

opcorn:opcorn:opcorn:

Pass some of that over here, this is getting to good to
leave......LOL"

 

[211Chuck]

Islander,

Don't waste your time responding to certain people that make outrageous statements about tires and the way people ride as though they are all knowing about our riding habits. Some people just make no sense whatsoever and are not worth a keystroke in response.

Ride save on your tire of choice. That's what I have been doing for over 40 years and I happen to be a well satisfied user of tires that the self appointed experts bash all the time.

Fred

07 Blue Wing

I don't see anyone bash you Fred" but I don't go checking all
threads.

I will say this to you my friend.

I had a friend that always said (I've been riding over 40 years and
never crashed)

On July 3rd 1988 at 7PM my wife and I were riding with him and his
wife and the first crash was his last at 7PM that day.

We were hit head on by a DRUNK DRIVER going 117MPH in his pick
up truck (State Troopers no the impact speed from the computer in
the pick up truck IE: rev limiter) we were going 55MPH. Our friends
died instantly and my wife died about a year later.

So I hope you never really need a sticky tire to save your life, I hope
you live long and safe on motorcycles. The above wreck had not
much to do with tires, but the point is (NEVER say NEVER) because
theres only two kinds of motorcycle riders out there:

Them that have crashed and those that are going to! and sticky tires
give you one heck of an atvantage if that bad day comes along..

Ride Safe Buddy"

 

[211Chuck]

Just a question, if I may....It was stated that a CT has a rating of 2000 pounds. Is that rating based on it being on the flat portion of the tire or does the 2000 pound rating also work when used as a MC tire and is on its edge. I have very little engineering skills so it is difficult for me to understand the dynamics of the stress envolved.

A car tire rated at 2000LBS does not have that ablity for load on
a motorcycle because we run them under inflated from the tire
manufactures recomended air pressures.

All I'll say is they work great and leave it at that because this is not
the darksiders section of this forum. I only wrote my post because
I don't like people to not have the true facts about anything when
it comes to motorcycle safety.

Good Luck and Ride Safe...