Here is my conundrum;
I just got back from a 325 mile ride and noticed some strange (for me) tire wear.
I have gotten used to using up a set of street tires in less than 3K. At 13449 miles, I put on my sixth set of skins; Bridgestone BT016's. I chose these because I hoped to get at least 3K out of them without sacrificing grip.
The wear on the last 5 sets of tires (two sets of OE BT056's, two sets of PP's, and one set of Qualifiers) was pretty similar... the rears were toast, the fronts still had some left..not enough to justify another rear..but some skin left.
I am seeing completely different wear characteristics with the 16's; the fronts are going away first. The rear seems to be wearing about the same as any other tire...maybe even faster..but the front is going away fast!
I understand that these tires have two compounds on the front...the sides being softer.
**One other adjustment was made at the same time the tires were mounted; I didn't have the extra cash to really do the forks right...so I had 15mm of internal preload put in, and went to 10 wt fork oil. The bike seems to handle very well... a noticeable improvement from before.
The question; why am I toasting the sides of the fronts all of a sudden?
These tires have 1665 (non track) miles on them;
Front; Sides are 1/32nds to the wearbars. Center is 2/32nds away. (started with 3/32nds at both points)
On the rear, I've used 4 of 6/32nds in the center, and 3 of 5/32nds on the sides;
Is it just the tire? Did my suspension changes cause this? Any ideas??
I just got back from a 325 mile ride and noticed some strange (for me) tire wear.
I have gotten used to using up a set of street tires in less than 3K. At 13449 miles, I put on my sixth set of skins; Bridgestone BT016's. I chose these because I hoped to get at least 3K out of them without sacrificing grip.
The wear on the last 5 sets of tires (two sets of OE BT056's, two sets of PP's, and one set of Qualifiers) was pretty similar... the rears were toast, the fronts still had some left..not enough to justify another rear..but some skin left.
I am seeing completely different wear characteristics with the 16's; the fronts are going away first. The rear seems to be wearing about the same as any other tire...maybe even faster..but the front is going away fast!
I understand that these tires have two compounds on the front...the sides being softer.
**One other adjustment was made at the same time the tires were mounted; I didn't have the extra cash to really do the forks right...so I had 15mm of internal preload put in, and went to 10 wt fork oil. The bike seems to handle very well... a noticeable improvement from before.
The question; why am I toasting the sides of the fronts all of a sudden?
These tires have 1665 (non track) miles on them;
Front; Sides are 1/32nds to the wearbars. Center is 2/32nds away. (started with 3/32nds at both points)
On the rear, I've used 4 of 6/32nds in the center, and 3 of 5/32nds on the sides;
Is it just the tire? Did my suspension changes cause this? Any ideas??