Can I squeeze another 500 miles out?

[rangerbrown]

i road mine till the  tread was gone, 11,580.9 miles on the stock rear bt-045

how many do you have?

[RVertigo]

I got about 12,500 on the stock BT...  But, it was BALD!!!

I have about 4500 on my Sport Demons...  Looks like Phaedrus 10k on that one...

[Chris2P]

Why are you thinking of selling your bike?  Are you looking at a new one?


Chris

[Phaedrus]

Rangerbrown / RVertigo - The mileage on that worn BT-45 was a little less than 6k. The front (not pictured) was 10k. I bought the bike brand new in July of '04 with 0 miles, and had to buy a new rear tire at just over 4k.

Chris - I was (still am) thinking of selling it to put the $ toward getting a small pickup. Maybe something like an S10, Dakota, T100, something of that sort. I haven't decided 100% yet, I am wishy washy at this point.

[RVertigo]

The mileage on that worn BT-45 was a little less than 6k.

Wow...  Not nearly as much as I thought...

[Phaedrus]

Yeah, I didn't get very impressive mileage out of those. I take pretty good care of the tires, too, I make sure the pressures are proper, and I don't do burn outs or anything stupid. I'm not even a really aggressive sport rider. I have done quite a bit of interstate miles, but I wouldn't think that would be that difficult on the tires. Eh who knows. The important thing is I got new ones.

I have heard the Pirelli's don't really give many more miles than the BT45's, but thats ok. They are a hell of a lot stickier 

[RVertigo]

Yeah....  I'm under the same impression.  THat's why I'm so shocked about the tire wear you had.  I'm over 4k on mine, and they look a lot better than those...  I can't imagine that another 2k are going to wear them that much.

Maybe it's all the rain around here. 

[rangerbrown]

most of miles were winter, so... but i have done some 5-10 sec burn outs like twice on that tire.

i also never checked the pressure in it, ever.   so i dont knwo what it had to get such milage.

seems like Thatguy also said he only got about 6.5k out of his as well.


who odd that some got only half the miles that others got.

[RVertigo]

I haven't been nice to my Sport Demons either...  I usually check the pressure, but I ride when it's low sometimes...  Sometimes I spin it a little pulling away from lights...  I've caught air...  TONS of potholes...

I really don't get it either...


Heat?  Maybe hot roads heat the tire up more making it wear faster...

[onefastgs500]

i always ride on bald tyres on the gs
of course they are michelin pilot SLICKS

[Kasumi]

I would guess the hotter the road the stickier your tires get/ thus the more rubber they lose on a run.

[Alphamazing]

Heat?  Maybe hot roads heat the tire up more making it wear faster...

And speed. I noticed scuffing and rubber-balling on my tire after extended high speed interstate rides. And that was around the center of the tire too, not even near the edge (which scuffs when you're banked into a corner).

[Phaedrus]

I live in New York. It isn't that hot here  But I do go one some pretty long rides on the interstate for several hours at a time. Either that, or the salt from the roads from the winter in the spring when I get the bike out helps promote tire wear, I dunno.