3.600 miles and need to replace rear Tire????
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3.600 miles and need to replace rear Tire????
I have a 07 FXSTB with 3600 miles on it and the rear tire needs to be replaced. [:@]I am not expecting to get a lot of miles but come on 3600 is a little crazy. I ride about 50/50 solo or with a passenger and leave the tire pressure in between the solo and passenger recommended pressures. when I took to the dealer to get it checked he ask if I was doing burn outs or something which I have never done. Does this sound right am I going to have replace my rear tire every 3600 miles or I am doing something wrong. thanks
RE: 3.600 miles and need to replace rear Tire????
Depending on the make/model of tyre you have on your train, it should go 5000 to 14000(OEM Dunlop)between tyres. 3600 sounds low.
What was your previous bike/tyre combo and what miles did you get on that?
What was your previous bike/tyre combo and what miles did you get on that?
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RE: 3.600 miles and need to replace rear Tire????
Few less burn outs might help ?
I get 12,000 to 14,000 on my Dunlaps on at fatboy and a Road Glide and they are loaded down.
This is in line with what everyone Iknow gets. Except the burn out guy in town. He get 1 tire to an oil change.
So some thing is wrong
I get 12,000 to 14,000 on my Dunlaps on at fatboy and a Road Glide and they are loaded down.
This is in line with what everyone Iknow gets. Except the burn out guy in town. He get 1 tire to an oil change.
So some thing is wrong
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RE: 3.600 miles and need to replace rear Tire????
I've never gotten over 9k with the Dunlops. Try Avons...I've gotten between 12 and 14k with the same riding style
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RE: 3.600 miles and need to replace rear Tire????
What am I doing wrong to make it wear so quickly. I don's take off from a stop hard very often. I don't do burn outs. I am not overloading it. I just don't want the same thing to happen to the next tire.
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RE: 3.600 miles and need to replace rear Tire????
Tyre wear will increase dramatically for some of these common reasons.
Poorly maintained tyre air pressure.
Wrong type/spec tyre for a given application. E.G. wrong load rating.
Strong acceleration, and harsh use of throttle.
Heavy late braking.
Unbalanced braking, for example if you only use the rear brake. (The most efficient brakes on a mechanically propelled vehicle are useually the front brakes due to load transfer during braking.
Unless you routinely run overloaded, ther is a school of thought which suggests that running two up actually produces less wear than solo. The reason given is that wear increases when the tyre slips slightly on the road which occurs ever so slightly anyway when we accelerate, and the added weight of a pillion over the rear tyre increases traction and actually reduces this slip a little. It does make sense to me to a degree.)
Lots of manouvering at very low speeds will also increase wear. (However unless you spend hours wheeling your bike about in the garage, or doing a lot of very slow tight turns, I cant see this doing a great deal)
Burnouts.
Road temperature. ( Upto a point a little heat in the tyre is a good thing, they are designed to work best warm. Too cold and tyre wear goes up and available grip comes down. Too hot and both the available grip and tyre wear take a down turn.)
I'm sure ther must be more issues but these are probably the main issues.
Poorly maintained tyre air pressure.
Wrong type/spec tyre for a given application. E.G. wrong load rating.
Strong acceleration, and harsh use of throttle.
Heavy late braking.
Unbalanced braking, for example if you only use the rear brake. (The most efficient brakes on a mechanically propelled vehicle are useually the front brakes due to load transfer during braking.
Unless you routinely run overloaded, ther is a school of thought which suggests that running two up actually produces less wear than solo. The reason given is that wear increases when the tyre slips slightly on the road which occurs ever so slightly anyway when we accelerate, and the added weight of a pillion over the rear tyre increases traction and actually reduces this slip a little. It does make sense to me to a degree.)
Lots of manouvering at very low speeds will also increase wear. (However unless you spend hours wheeling your bike about in the garage, or doing a lot of very slow tight turns, I cant see this doing a great deal)
Burnouts.
Road temperature. ( Upto a point a little heat in the tyre is a good thing, they are designed to work best warm. Too cold and tyre wear goes up and available grip comes down. Too hot and both the available grip and tyre wear take a down turn.)
I'm sure ther must be more issues but these are probably the main issues.