Re: [ST] for Rich - Replace both tires?

[Matt Knowles <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On May 13, 2005, at 11:17 AM, don draper wrote:

>    My dilemma is how you can get 12,000 miles out of a set of tires?!  
> I couldn't get that much even on the dirt,... let alone on pavement!  
> Have you figured out how to levitate your ST??

I wondered the same thing. The last time I got that kind of mileage out 
of a rear was my '79 KZ400, which had little power and rock hard tires.

My Sprint is actually my high mileage champion at 5k. The KLR goes 
through a rear in 2500 miles. The KLR spends a lot of time chewing up 
gravel roads. Neither bike commutes though and they rarely see freeway 
miles. There's just too many good roads around here to bother with 
freeways.

Matt Knowles - Ferndale, CA - 
http://www.knowlesville.com/matt/motorcycles
 '99 Sprint ST - for going fast and far (2CZUSA)
 '01 KLR650 - for exploring the North Coast backroads
 '97 KLX300 & '01 Lakota - for playing in the dirt
 '79 KZ400 - just because it was the first vehicle I ever owned

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