How many miles do you get out of a rear tire?
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How many miles do you get out of a rear tire?
Well I got a whopping 5k out of my first rear tire. No burn outs only spun it one time[sm=yikesomg.gif] and that was only for about 15 feet. The HD Service Manager said it had more to do with riding habits.[sm=oopssign.gif] About half of my miles are 2up and you know I aint riding it hard with her on the back. [sm=icon_ladiesman.gif] I checked pressure often, I kept it at 36psi solo and 40psi 2up.
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RE: How many miles do you get out of a rear tire?
My first tire, I got 8K out of it. I'm getting a new rear tire tomorrow and I got 9K on it. I've never gone more than 10K on a rear tire in over 300,000 miles. I love the twisties too much. I just make it a habit of not riding it till the tire falls off.
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Just changed my rear tire- 9000 mles on it - I could have pushed it for more - but Why. Front look like it will be replaced due to age before it's tread is wore out.
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Tire wear is a function of contact, load, and relative motion between the contact patch and pavement. All three must be present for the tire to wear. Rear tire life of 4 - 9 thousand miles is completely consistent with riding habits e.g. not the tire's fault. A burnout of a few feet results in several hundred tire revolutions. You could have easily caused the equivalent of 1K miles of wear vs. sedate around-town puttering. But hey - bet it was a lot of fun !!!
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I put 22000 km (13600 miles) on my rear tire and 27000 km (16700 miles) on the front. They were in bad shape when changed out but I got my money out of them.
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RE: How many miles do you get out of a rear tire?
Not to sound too dumb I hope... I have 4100 miles on my rear tire. First bike and first rear tire. It looks pretty good to me so far (but that's just my subjective looking at it). What do I need to look at to know when it needs to be changed?