Re: [ST] t*re pressures

["David W. Funk" <dwf@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bare where do you ride? How do you ride?
It make a big difference in tire milage. My BT020's did not get close to 5000 
miles. I feel that too many of my miles are on bumpy chip sealed old roads.

David W. Funk
'00 Triumph Sprint ST
Pleasanton, CA

On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 07:09:40 -0800, bare wrote:

>Has anyone played much with their tire pressures?  I know that
>"lower" generally should give improved grip at the expense of
>tread life, but has anyone attempted to quantify the effects?
>
>Alex
>
>I run 35-36 rear, 32-33 front tire pressure on BT012s and got 6000 miles 
out
>of them. Those are Bridgestones softest, stickiest tires. Actually, I had a
>slow leak the last thousand miles or so, so many time the pressure was far
>lower than the. The tires have a very stiff sidewall and don't move around
>much even at <10 psi.
>Bare
>
>
>
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