Those black rubbery things

[Ocean1]

interesting what one can do with rubber....

And practice.

[vifferman]

The VFR is somewhat hard on front tyres, so finding a goodun is a mission. I have no real problems with squaring off the rear tyre, but do find that from too much communtering the front Storm develops a step, especially on the left side, where I'm not getting up enough speed/lean to wear it all the way across - only just as far as the bike leans on the tightest corner on my usual commuting route.
Plus some brands/models of tyre tend to end up very unevenly worn ('scalloped', and the Mrkns call it) on the VFR, as it loads the front end up badly.

I really need to do some weekend jaunts on twisty roads, or find a different front tyre.

[Banditbandit]

Is it normal for the back tyre on a sports bike to become squared off with normal road use? The rear tyre on my bike was squared off really badly while the front tyre was worn evenly all round.

I've got Sport Demons on mine and they're quite good on my bike. The front tyre has been on my bike since before I bought it, 13000km later it's down to about 3mm tread.

Depends on what you mean by 'normal road use'. Just commuting around town will square off the tyre, as you're riding on the centre of the tyre more often than not. if however you're mostly riding on the open road, hills etc then it's a sign you're not working the tyre to it's full use, either not leaning enough or waiting too long to get back on the power.

Onearmed is right ... you're not leaning enough .. or waiing too long to get the power back on ...

Or possibly standing on that back brake too much ... Tyres tell people a lot about the rider ...

13,000 on a front tyre !!!! Shit I'd be happy if the fronnts on my playbike did half that .. I'm lucky to get 6,000 out of them ... 3,000 and my rear is fucked .. fronts get not quite twce that ...

[Banditbandit]

Big bikes are similar wear, you'd be down to 3mm on the rear (on your 3rd, or possibly 4th tire). 2nd or 3rd on the front.

Or maybe thats just me?

On my 650 I'd be on my fifth back tyre in 13,000 klicks ... probably on 3rd or maybe fourth front tyre ...

On the 1250 I don't track it .. just change them when I need to ...

[Banditbandit]

And there I am doing 12,000RPM downshifts.

That won't matter so much on a lighter bike ... less pressure/weight on the rear rubber ... but it won't help either ...