Re: 5,500 on BT57's

["David Arnett" <DArnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I run em till they pop!  Well, not really.  When the the thing is essentially a slick, I'll do burnouts till they pop.  I don't like the handling charactoristics of slicks in rain, and I might as well have fun with the short lived tire anyway.  I got about 2900 miles on the ST now and still have a ways to go.  I have started to employ more rear tire saving strategy to my riding...less compression braking, using a lot more front brake, accelerating harder on turns (less squaring), and a little more right wrist discipline on straight roads.

>>> Rick Damiani <rickd@xxxxxxxxx> 08/05 12:39 PM >>>
On Thu, 5 Aug 1999 08:34:20 -0700 , in Mailing-Lists.Triumph you wrote:

>I am the epidimy of lead wrist, I had a nice square band in my rear at
>about 2500 miles.  I still managed 8300 miles on the tire with no ply
>being exposed.  I read others are showing ply at 4500 miles.

I wonder if that isn't part of the difference in tire life reports. For
me, I change out my tires when the wear bars show (sometiems even a bit
sooner). If I let them go untill the cords are exposed I might get more
miles before replacement, but with the tire effectively bald in the
range I actually use it in.

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