I was wondering what the stock tire life is?  I have 1800 miles on my bike now (bought it in Jan with 900 on it).  It is a 2000 with the original tires.  I have read that tires get hard and useless by just sitting around, and also hear that the stock tires are crap anyway.

I want to replace them, but like most of you here, I am way too cheap to take a set off with good mileage left in them.  So how much longer you think it will take to to scrub the rest of the rubber off?  I do ride somewhat aggressively in the mountains, where there are many twists and turns.

I am thinking of going withe the Avon 45/46 combo once I need to replace them.

Any thoughts?

Andy

I got 9,000 + on my rear. Should have replaced at 7,000.  It looses its
round shape at that point and gets kind of hairy in the turns.

My front lasted 15,000+.  Still good but had to change the back so I put on both.

Tires are cheaper than parts and hospital bills...

I will be lucky to get 300 miles out of my BT090 front!  :lol:

Andy...if you want to scuff off the rest of the rubber, I am going to be riding this coming Sunday 5/23. Probably heading towards NC meeting up with a Charlotte area group.

I use Bridgestone BT45's and find them to last for ages, I got 12,000 Miles from my rear and 15,000 from my front!

the consensus on GS-500.DE is that the BT-45 is THE tire to use on the GS.

Quote from: akh223I was wondering what the stock tire life is?  I have 1800 miles on my bike now (bought it in Jan with 900 on it).  It is a 2000 with the original tires.  I have read that tires get hard and useless by just sitting around, and also hear that the stock tires are crap anyway.

I want to replace them, but like most of you here, I am way too cheap to take a set off with good mileage left in them.  So how much longer you think it will take to to scrub the rest of the rubber off?  I do ride somewhat aggressively in the mountains, where there are many twists and turns.

I am thinking of going withe the Avon 45/46 combo once I need to replace them.

Any thoughts?

Andy

Tire life can vary a lot depending how the tires are used.  My OEM tires on the 97 GS went about 8k miles and then a replacement BT45 rear went about 9k+ miles.  I then put a couple rear touring tires on the 97 that lasted much longer than either bias tire.  Returning to a rear BT45 a couple years later, my much more aggresive riding wore it half way by actual tread depth measure in less than 2k miles.  I then put on a MEZ2 radial rear that lasted 14k miles and it was used even harder than the 2nd BT45.

I'm running the AV45/46's on the 02 GS now.  My tire logs:

http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/bc/40396913_138bb/bc/My+Documents/97GStirelog.txt?bfIPMqABJmncPazS

http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/bc/40396913_138bb/bc/My+Documents/02GStirelog.txt?bfY8LqABC4W9CmOv

hey jack...
how do you like the Avons so far?

gsJack,

Did you ever post a review of the Avon 45/46's?  I must have missed it if you did.  If you didnt, how about giving us your thoughts on those tires, I hear good things regarding them, but always for other bikes.

Thanks
Andy

Frost and akh223:

Sorry, I just saw your posts. I put the AV45/46 tires on less than a month ago and have only put a little over  1k miles on them so far.  We have been having a lot more than normal rain this spring so I can already say they are the best tires I've had in the wet so far.    Better than the Z4/Z2 combo which were considerably better than the bias tires in the wet in my opinion.  

Haven't had a chance to push them real hard in the dry yet, but will let you know what I really think of them after next months trip to the Smoky Mtns.  Hopefully most of that week long trip will be on dry roads.  :lol: So far though I am real happy with them.  Besides feeling very good gripwise, they have a nicer ride than previous tires have had on my GS's.  I put the 110/80 on the front and it softens the front Progressive springs a bit making for a better ride along with still good handling.  I consider my 02 GS to be more a sport-touring bike than a sport bike, but I still like to be able to do the mountain twisties in a spirited manner once I get there.

hey guys

i'm riding the last mm of thread off the bt-45 that i have now, before i had the stock exedra's and i hated them. i like bt-45 but still i'm looking for better tires i have a choise:

110/70-17 M/C 54H TL SPORT DEMON K Front

 130/70-17 M/C 62H TL Sport Demon K

OR

bt-090
110/70-17 front
140/70-17 rear

now i made a couple miles on the bt090 on another gs but it had a bit different steering so i guess there's also a difference there, but i liked the ride

so what are your expierences on these 2? the grip in dry/wet (especieally wet (holland...) but dry because i like making fast corners and sometimes make rides in the hills (in germany - eifel area)
what about durabilty and price?
or should i stick to bt-45?

thx

I don't have much experience with Sport Demons on wet but I can tell you that in dry they work great. They stick pretty well, they're even usable on the track.

It's been raining heavily here lately. I could have tested them on wet but my carbs are in need of spare parts, so the bike sits in the carage.  

so they're both good on dry, anybody know waht's more durable-expencive?

Do a search on the type names. Plenty of material.

Comparison of BT-45 and BT-090 here.

And an interesting statement by dgyver:I'll be lucky if I get 300 miles out of my BT090 front  :lol:

hey thx. my bad i didn't use the search i'm a lazy bastard

i see the bt090 is going to wear much faster but i don't really mind, now I only have to see what's chaper bridgestone or pirelli

Just looking for some where to dump this info.


On my 2005, with its original Bridgestone BT-45 tyres I got:

13,500 kilometres on my rear tyre
25,300 kilometres on my front tyre


I replaced my stock rear tyre with another BT-45 just before an outback trip (95% straight roads) and managed to get:

11,800 kilometres from the rear tyre but it was in pretty bad shape http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=39450.0