Do I Hold The Record (for riding like Grandma?)

[MikesGSX1300RK9]

6126 miles on the original, stock rear tire. Some miles left to go, but figured I'd better not take chances and replaced the tire today.

Do I hold the distance record for most miles on the original rear tire? ;-) <grandma alert>


Plenty of life on the front, still. :-)

 

[captain]

Nahhh there are way higher miles than that... just ride the ride and enjoy it... I however might have the shortest set of tire travel which was 900 miles, 1.5 days on a trip on my Metzlers a few years ago...

 

[dadofthree]

That's not exactly GrandMa I ride kinda hard and get 5500, but I usually have some cord showing

 

[RYC1966]

If you see the cords you are getting lucky and your monies worth

 

[TallTom]

6126 miles on the original, stock rear tire. Some miles left to go, but figured I'd better not take chances and replaced the tire today.

Do I hold the distance record for most miles on the original rear tire? ;-) <grandma alert>


Plenty of life on the front, still. :-)

WOW. I used to live on the space coast. I have a Gen 1. I got about 3500 out of my original rear tire. Drove it down to the chord. And I drove like a grandma. I think they must have changed factory tires on the Gen II bikes.

 

[2rightu]

On my 2007...changed my rear with chords showing just last year, almost 10,500 miles on it. Changed out the front with a few flat spots with just over 12,000 miles...

 

[jellyrug]

6126 miles on the original, stock rear tire. Some miles left to go, but figured I'd better not take chances and replaced the tire today.

Do I hold the distance record for most miles on the original rear tire? ;-) <grandma alert>


Plenty of life on the front, still. :-)

Was that the BT-015?

I got 4,000 on my first rear, then did a ride with the NC rebels and almost blew out the tire, went down to 17psi bands showing. Thought it was me wobbling in the turns, it was the tire.

BT-016 190/55 now, think I will be lucky going much past 3.000.

I don't ride hard, think I may go Pirelli Angels next.

 

[ky busa]

get as much as you can out of them

 

[captain]

Was that the BT-015?

I got 4,000 on my first rear, then did a ride with the NC rebels and almost blew out the tire, went down to 17psi bands showing. Thought it was me wobbling in the turns, it was the tire.

BT-016 190/55 now, think I will be lucky going much past 3.000.

I don't ride hard, think I may go Pirelli Angels next.

I ran angels on the big trip 3 years ago with Uncle Steve... I got 6500 miles out of them and they gripped for the street really well, not as well as Q2s but for touring they wore great.. I had about 70 miles more than uncle steve and my chords started showing when I got 70 miles more...

 

[esoteric1311]

Changed the stock tires at about 7200 miles. Bought a 2001 with 4k miles last september, but put 3k on it

 

[MikesGSX1300RK9]

Great... so I'm in the ballpark then. Could probably have gotten another 1000 miles or so, my guess.

This was a BT-015. Hopefully will do so will with the replacement BT-016. Thanks, guys.