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Tire Question
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Post: #11
RE: Tire Question
That's awesome.

Now I can tell my wife the CB was a great purchase, just look at how much money I'm saving on tires.

At the rate I'm going it should pay for itself in about 500 years.
04-21-2018 03:13 PM
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Post: #12
RE: Tire Question
(04-21-2018 02:39 PM)W/R Wrote:  
(04-21-2018 04:56 AM)tinboatcapt Wrote:  Excellent Choice. I have been using PR's on my ST1100 for years and will put them on my CB when the time comes. PR's have demonstrated great traction, wet performance, and long wear. I have been getting 15 to over 17 thousand miles on each set. I started with a set of PR 3's, then 4's, now riding on a set of GT's.

I also have been running wider, lower profile PR's on the ST for the better performance.
Jim

Wow, is that typical mileage?

On my Harley I normally get 10,000km (6250 miles) on a back tire and 20,000km (12500 miles) on a front tire. Unless I do a lot of highway riding, then they last a bit longer.

I must say I like your numbers far better.

The ST weighs in at a little over 630 lbs wet. I suspect that is considerably lighter than the Harley. In addition, that is almost entirely highway miles. I went back and checked, I put a set of PR 2's on at 46K miles in 2009. A rear PR 3 at 58K miles (12K miles) in 2011. Later in 2011 I had to replace the front at 62K (14K miles).

In 2013 I replaced the Rear with another PR 3 at 73K (15.7K miles) and the front at 78K (15.6K miles).

In 2014 I needed to replace the rear tire while on a trip. The chip seal on Wyoming byways ate up the rear tire at 85K (11K miles).

In 2016 I replaced the front tire with a PR4 GT at 94K and somewhere along the line I have not been keeping tabs on the mileage I get with the PR4 GT's. But I plan on taking a 4K trip in June with the tires I have on the bike now with 105K on the bike's clock. There is an unknown number of miles on the PR4 GT's without digging through the shoe box of receipts.

Yeah. I love the Michelin Pilot Road line of tires.
Jim

2014 CB1100 Std
2000 ST1100
1981 CB650C
(This post was last modified: 04-21-2018 04:15 PM by tinboatcapt.)
04-21-2018 03:36 PM
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Post: #13
RE: Tire Question
Hey Capt you musta got one of those ultra light ST's. MInes about 100 pounds heavier than yours lol.I WISH it weighed 630 wet. Heck my CB weighs 575 wet.

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04-21-2018 06:09 PM
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Post: #14
RE: Tire Question
It’s the extra 200 ccs that add the weight, Ferret!

W/R, I’ve got over 20,000 kms from two sets of PR3s. Great tyres.
04-22-2018 02:06 AM
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tinboatcapt Offline
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RE: Tire Question
(04-21-2018 06:09 PM)The ferret Wrote:  Hey Capt you musta got one of those ultra light ST's. MInes about 100 pounds heavier than yours lol.I WISH it weighed 630 wet. Heck my CB weighs 575 wet.

OOPS! I looked it up and I was wrong. The book says: 635 DRY and 699 wet. Plunk my skinny, gear clad 180 and about 50 of luggage and it rounds out at 930 for a cross country trip.

Add some aggressive riding in the curvies and it is pretty amazing that with two credit card patches on the pavement the PR 3's last and whole rig stays upright.

Jim

2014 CB1100 Std
2000 ST1100
1981 CB650C
04-22-2018 04:47 AM
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chandler Offline
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Post: #16
Tire Question
I bought both a front and a rear tire, but I’m not sure if I should wait to put the rear on yet. There’s still a decent amount of tread. The front definitely needs changing, but would you all recommend going ahead and changing them both at the same time or wait on the rear and change it down the road when it’s closer to the end of usefulness? Here’s a picture of the rear. Thanks İmageİmage


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04-29-2018 04:23 PM
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Flynrider Offline
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Post: #17
RE: Tire Question
It's a personal preference call. Some folks only replace tires in pairs. Others (like me) replace just the worn tire. To me, that rear tire still has a lot of miles left in it. Personally, I'd leave it.

Are you on the original tires? I noticed that my BT-54 OEM front tire wore out rather quickly at 6K miles. I replaced it with a PR3 and rode the rear tire to 10K miles before it needed replacement.

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04-29-2018 07:05 PM
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The ferret Offline
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RE: Tire Question
Original Bridgestones didn't have much rubber when new.

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Randy B Offline
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Post: #19
RE: Tire Question
(04-29-2018 07:10 PM)The ferret Wrote:  Original Bridgestones didn't have much rubber when new.

The front doesn't, but the rear is beefy to be sure.
04-29-2018 09:42 PM
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Cormanus Offline
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RE: Tire Question
I used to be a change-them-both-at-the-same-time guy until I realised I was wasting my money. I now just change the worn one.
04-29-2018 10:19 PM
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