I'm down to 27 and it's still a bit too hard to corner with. Front tire is a Shinko 11 and it's still got a lot of tread. Hoping the 130 Battlax 45 will help. Not going to pull a good front off though.
Wish there was another narrower car size we could run.
I'm down to 27 and it's still a bit too hard to corner with. Front tire is a Shinko 11 and it's still got a lot of tread. Hoping the 130 Battlax 45 will help. Not going to pull a good front off though.
Wish there was another narrower car size we could run.
No actual experience with this tire, but for all weather travel, as I'm sure you are not a fair weather rider and get it all, you need the All-Season variety.
Good reading folks... I didn't like the GGTT on my Valkyrie but the mileage was awesome at 50K before I replaced it.
I just purchased a ST1300 and have another 1-2 K miles before switching out for a CT.
As it was said previously,,, If a bike will not accept the darkside, I'll not ride it.
Cheers
Ok I just replaced this BF Goodrich tire with another one after almost 25000 miles on it, the center had rubber left on it but like always I wear out the sides more than the center's. I ride mostly two lane twisty roads and I am not easy on my tires.
Here is a picture of the tire after putting 445 hard twisty miles yesterday.
I suggest having Ride-On put in tires(front and rear). Most all bike shops carry it, and majority of bike shops recommend it instead of traditional weights. Can easily do it yourself.....purchase an 8oz. bottle, remove valve stem and squeeze in from the plastc bottle 40z. in each wheel, install valve stem and air tire up. Not only balances wheel/tire, but also eliminates a flat tire. Believe you can still Google the product for more info and video demonstration. Has worked fine for my bike for some 3yrs. now.
I have used the beads in the past and now have a static tire balance tool, the Goodrich tire on the two I have mounted are almost balanced with no weight on them so I have added nothing to balance them and they run smooth.
When I paid a shop to mohnt the tire they did spin balance with traditional weights. Now that I change them, it's beads. (Counteract preferred over Dyna)
Also using beads in my trailer tires, and will use them on my car at the nexr change.
Please do not read this as criticism but rather as a technical observation of tire wear.
I see that the center "grove" is more worn than the edges of the flat part. I see no side wall flex where the tire touches the road. It seems that you are running your air pressure "too" high (28-30??) causing the uneven wear. The only way to get wear on the outside corner of the tire is with a "hard" tire. Hard tires give the rider a better feel when riding twisties - I get it.
I am running the same tire at [oops] 24 psi cold at 65 F (just checked it) [I thought I was running 28] and my wear is more even at 14k miles. I have a little sidewall flex. Yes, that does take some getting use to especially when powering out of a corner. I do not scrape pegs going around corners like you do but I do push it and ride the "twisties" when I can. It will be another year + before I wear out this tire... (this lighting does not show the tire flex)
