beansbaxter
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posted November 12, 2002 08:16 AM
Front Tire Mileage??
Just curious what kind of mileage everyone has been getting out of their front tire on their 12?
   
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TedG
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posted November 12, 2002 09:56 AM
1800 max 1000 min. Going on my 15th set.
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beansbaxter
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posted November 12, 2002 10:12 AM
Wow! That's hella low.
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FinalVelocity
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posted November 12, 2002 10:26 AM
8K on my D207s (though I shoulda replaced them at the 6K mark). About 4-5K on my Pilots. Gonna see the BT010s now.
15.5K miles so far.
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jason370
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posted November 12, 2002 10:28 AM
 Edited By: jason370 on 12 Nov 2002 10:29
im creeping up on 4000 on my 010, and thats with a 120 mile track day on it, not to mentoion all of the long sweepers and twisties that the rocky mountains have to offer. still good, but im on borrowed time now. i have an 011 ready to go as soon as this one is dead.
ted, u sure u talking about a FRONT TIRE, and not a rear?
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harryzx-12
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posted November 12, 2002 12:05 PM
Some of you guys must ride like two old people fuck! (Not you Ted)
6 fronts and 13 rears in just over 20,000 miles.
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posted November 12, 2002 12:14 PM
Hmmmm....
I don't even want to think about how many tires my 12 has been through. Several, and my bike is just creeping up on the 10k mark. Rear tires are pretty much toasted at 1000-1250 miles, the fronts last a little longer, but not much.
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FinalVelocity
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posted November 12, 2002 01:08 PM
Well Mr Richie-Rich Harry some folks seem to have lots of $$$ to blow on tires while some of us poorer folks need to stretch the life of tires beyond what is a recommended wear limit you see......
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TedG
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posted November 12, 2002 01:32 PM
Edited By: TedG on 12 Nov 2002 13:34
Actually my fronts go toast before my rears, they are so cupped that at 1000 they shake enough to blur your vision going into a corner at speed and they start to get a bit greasy at say 800. That is no shit. I have posted pictures of them before. Also I am probably not as tough on rear tires as most of you because of the lack of power at 4500+ feet.
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jason370
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posted November 12, 2002 02:05 PM
try an altitude of 8150 (vail, co), at 4500 my bike is the shit (not that i ever get below 5280,denver). harry, 6 fronts in 20k miles is around 3400 miles per front tire. u sure u dont fuck like old people ride? (wink)
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posted November 12, 2002 02:36 PM
6000+ out of the stock dunlop. With a lot of hi-way miles. 4000 with a pilot. We have a long ride to get to the curves.
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TedG
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posted November 12, 2002 02:48 PM
4500 is the valley.
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beansbaxter
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posted November 12, 2002 04:19 PM
I know the tire argument about which brand is best has raged on this forum...but I've been seeing the cupping a more extreme issue then overall wear from wearing down.
My 208's had 5500 miles on the front, I got rid of them due to cupping, not because of wear.
My 010 front has 6500+ miles on it, cupping is getting bad, no hardcore wear, still looks good, but dang will the cupping ever end. People see the tire and think I need a new front tire, but the tread is fine.
Is the front more important then the rear? In the rain? Turning? Twisties or straights?
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zx12richard
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posted November 12, 2002 04:44 PM
I gots an unlimited personel supply of tires....... Its part of my JOB...
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posted November 12, 2002 05:12 PM
Caught two fish!
Quote by FinalVelocity - Well Mr Richie-Rich Harry some folks seem to have lots of $$$ to blow on tires while some of us poorer folks need to stretch the life of tires beyond what is a recommended wear limit you see......
Dude, I am far from being anywhere near rich ($$$ wise).I wasn't talking about you either  harryzx12
quote by jason370- try an altitude of 8150 (vail, co), at 4500 my bike is the shit (not that i ever get below 5280,denver). harry, 6 fronts in 20k miles is around 3400 miles per front tire. u sure u dont fuck like old people ride? (wink)
jason
You might be right Jason! I am kinda old.I live in N. Florida and there aren't too many curves.I have to go to Deals gap to get my curve fix! My front tire wears more from it smoking when landing from wheelies than it does from curves.
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posted November 12, 2002 06:27 PM
Between 1500 to 3000 miles depending on what I do. Two track days will usually kill a set.
The cupping stuff only happens to me when I run a underflated front tire. But that me.
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posted November 13, 2002 07:40 AM
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Dude, I am far from being anywhere near rich ($$$ wise).I wasn't talking about you either harryzx12
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TedG
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posted November 13, 2002 08:59 AM
Define rich.
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posted November 13, 2002 03:27 PM
rich (rich) adj., n. --adj. 1 having more money than me
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TedG
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posted November 13, 2002 05:18 PM
quote:
rich (rich) adj., n. --adj. 1 having more money than me
That makes everyone on this board rich. Kind of a loose interpretation. Wouldn't you say?
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posted November 13, 2002 08:06 PM
Personally I don't care how much money someone has.I take them for who they are as a person. You can all kiss my purple headed meat puppet!
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posted November 13, 2002 11:28 PM
Freek you are rich in personality. What more could you want? And you know money can't buy happiness!
Of course I live my life based on some simple principals.
Life is unpredictable, eat desert first!
You can't buy happiness, but you sure in hell can rent it !!
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posted November 14, 2002 05:11 AM
tires
I got 6800 miles out of the stock d207's. Replaced them with Metzlers M1. Just turned 12500 miles and they look great still. I always replace both at the same time but I guess if I got as little milage from them as some of you guys I would change them 1 at a time too! I just don't see how a tire can last less then 2K miles? That's got to suck...
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posted November 14, 2002 06:15 PM
i average about 5000 miles out of a font, and 3 out of a rear. I have run Pirelli's and Dunlops, they are about the same, gonna try the M-1 out and see how it works. Both tires that I used before have been on the track and at deals several times, but I am not Nicky..... later all Jim
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posted November 15, 2002 01:29 AM
cant wait to mount my 011, anyone running one?
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