The life of your tyres.

**SPman** · 13th February 2004, 20:58

BT010's 2nd set - front 15,800 - stuffed
rear 10,300 - maybe 500 k's in them

**DEATH_INC.** · 14th February 2004, 09:03

SSSHHHIIIIITTTTTT!!!!!!! HOW the hell do you guys get those sort of mileages from yer tyres?????
I don't think I've ever got more than 3000k's outta any of them on the gixx!
On the ZX12 they only ever lasted >2000k's!
The Turbo would be lucky to get a thousand out of it's tyres,but it's a little different.......

**Kwaka-Kid** · 14th February 2004, 09:47

Death it sounds like You need some Special KY Rubber... the shit i use, my Turbo gets typical mileage outta tyres, i mean christ the blimmin thing is nowhere near as powerful as these big modern 1000's and they run rock hard crossply tyres! Sport Demons are definatly going on mine when shes finished.
Anyways my mileage.
VFR400 street = ME33 has done 13,000 and wont pass a warrent now, and the ME22 on the rear lasted 11,000
VFR400 race = BT090 front, dont 1,050 K's and its got 80%tread in centre, and nearly bald on the VERY (yes proud of this front tyre) edges, although i think this is because i run low pressure in the front (30psi) so under hard braking maybe the centre cruves up and in and doesnt wear much, because i swear the centre cut in tyre is not worn crap all. Rear = BT90 and that is snotted the whole way around but definatly most excessive wear is at about 50% lean, i think this could be because thats where im putting power on? when im leaning it back up exiting a corner... only a guess. So there you have it, and im hoping for over 10,000 out of my new rear Sport Demon on the street VFR400.

**georgedubyabush** · 14th February 2004, 09:53

Originally Posted by DEATH_INC.

SSSHHHIIIIITTTTTT!!!!!!! HOW the hell do you guys get those sort of mileages from yer tyres?????
I don't think I've ever got more than 3000k's outta any of them on the gixx!
On the ZX12 they only ever lasted >2000k's!
The Turbo would be lucky to get a thousand out of it's tyres,but it's a little different.......

I dont get it either. Between my car and my bike I've just added up my tyre bill for the last twelve or so months: $1800

6 car tyres, 4 bike tyres that last about 4000kms, and I'm only on a damned 250.

**Kwaka-Kid** · 14th February 2004, 14:57

maybe someone is pinching your rubber? twelve months is ages to do so few K's. ppl like me could have come by, stpolen ur tyres for a weekend then put them back on! :P I have had my VFR400 for 4-5months now and done 14,000km, and thats not much compared to alot of ppl on here. FF esp!! :P

**Coldkiwi** · 14th February 2004, 17:56

SQUARED off tyres?? come on... no excuse for failing on that!

**georgedubyabush** · 14th February 2004, 20:07

Originally Posted by Kwaka-Kid

maybe someone is pinching your rubber? twelve months is ages to do so few K's. ppl like me could have come by, stpolen ur tyres for a weekend then put them back on! :P I have had my VFR400 for 4-5months now and done 14,000km, and thats not much compared to alot of ppl on here. FF esp!! :P

errr, I meant 4000 or so out of each set of two, plus the set that was on when I got it. So 12000 kms out of 3 sets. I think it's the crap northland road surfacing.

**Kwaka-Kid** · 14th February 2004, 20:34

im confused :S.

**wkid_one** · 14th February 2004, 20:47

Shit, I don't know how you guys do it......I was replacing a set every 3000km MAX...and I mean MAX.....both on the R1 and VTR. Typically rode softer sport tyres as I mentioned below.

Right - my tyre review

Found the M1 to give the best grip v mileage of the lot. 012's were as sticky as hell, but shite mileage. Didn't like the Pilots. Diablo SuperCorsa's were the mutts pearls - but at $800+ for a set no way. I would go the RS3 Renners over the SuperCorsa's any day.

Found I got better mileage out of the Rennsports than most other sport tyres, because there was less block flex in the tyres due to minimal rain grooves to chew the tyre to pieces. Problem is, because of the small rain grooves, they 'look' worn out, well before they are. SHITE IN THE RAIN THO........

Tried the RS2's on the road once, but didn't keep enuf heat in them, so traded them on some more RS3's.

Never tried the Avon's - never heard good things about them.

Dunlop 208's were SHITE - the flat, not sticky enuf. The 208GP's were much much much better, steeper profile meant better turn-in and big contact patch when leaning right over.

My recommendation if you plan on PUNTING - go the M1's. Why?

In all honesty, in 99.9% of situations you aren't going to notice the slightly less grip they offer than the Renners or SuperCorsas.
They are cheaper than most others (esp Renners and SuperCorsas)
You can ride in the wet on them
They have a nice profile for most big bore sports bikes (not too steep or flat)
They give good mileage.

As you can see - I went through tyres at a rate of knots......just my opinion for what it is worth. As with tyres, everyone has different opinions based on their experiences.

**NZred** · 15th February 2004, 20:20

I got 12,000kms approx out of Michelin X90.. and the front was about 2/3 gone..
I have Michelin Pilot Sports now and expect to get about 8 - 10,000kms,.. I guess I don't ride it hard enough..

**Morepower** · 16th February 2004, 21:53

Some good mileages there , I got 8000kms from a front SuperCorsa and less than 5000kms from a Pirrelli GTS on the rear .
Current Diablo rear has 5000kms and is ready to be replaced .
What I do like is the way these tyres wear and retain their shape to the bitter end without squaring off. Then I dont do burnouts or any motorway miles.
Dave