Re: [ST] Tires...

["Zoltan Pavlakovich" <zpavlakovich@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

YIPPIE - Tire thread!!!

My BT 57 lasted me about 5000 miles, the front at 8000 miles is shot on the 
sides - the center is perfectly fine. I put BT 014's on the rear, wears like 
the 57 but much stickier, so I'll get 014's on the front next week

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Wetherington" <DEW@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 6:39 AM
Subject: [ST] Tires...


> 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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