Re: [ST] Tires...

["Chris Harwood" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bryce

I think your numbers are going to mislead  except for the bit about
2800 miles being a bit low for a Sport Touring tyre!  You do know it
matters where the decimal point is?  You have an inch of tread at one
point!

I have 6mm tread depth on a new BT020 and I get about 6k miles out of a
rear.  That's with a lot of full-throttle acceleration and mostly
engine-braking - i.e. caning them quite hard, not very hard.

A rough guide might be 1-2k miles per mm tread on the rear depending on
your riding style.

Be warned, another lister has his last few mm disappear overnight when
he's not riding at all!

Chris Harwood
00 RS

>>> bster13@xxxxxxxxx 08/06/2005 14:46:57 >>>
I'm definitely not a math guy but doing some
calculations:

Stock BT57 has 8/32in tread depth

8/32in = 25.4mm

If 2800 miles is to 23.4 mm (u said u have two mm
left)

Then 2mm left is to 239 miles.

By my calculations u need new tires b4 your trip, no?

What PSI are you running?  2800 miles seems low even
for a sport-tire.

Good luck,

Bryce
--- Dan Wetherington <DEW@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I was looking at my tires this morning, and noticed
> that the wear bars
> seem awefully close...  Checked them at work, and
> I'm about 2mm from the
> bars on the rear, 3mm from the bars on the front. 
> These are the stock
> BT57's, with ONLY 2800 miles on the bike!  I don't
> see how I could
> possibly get more than 4k out of the rear tire...
> 
> Not that its a big concern, as I'm not happy with
> the response of the
> tire, but I wasn't expecting to have to replace them
> that soon.  I leave
> next Wed for a ~1200 mile trip (two up), and have a
> feeling that I will
> need new tires (at least the rear) shortly after
> that trip...
> 
> Does this seem unreasonable for life on the stock
> tire?  I don't do
> burnouts, and most of my riding is commuting so they
> have gotten a
> decent flat spot...
> 
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> www.packereng.com 


		
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