farmboy460
Tuned and Synch'ed
Everyone s favorite wintertime topic well perhaps second favorite next to oil!
I put on a set of Michelin pilot activ tires on my California iii last spring. I put nine thousand miles on that bike this summer. Anyhow I bought a tread depth guage today and started measuring the tread. Rear tire is at 1.5 mm when I measured the out side edge it was at 5 mm. The bike the last couple of times out was not handling the way it normally does anyhow on a closer look at the rear tire I had either feathering or cupping. Anyhow I will check the tire pressure tomorrow. My bad I did not check it often enough at least that is my understanding why the tire looks the way it does. I actually measured the difference the leading block in the tread was 3mm and the trailing tread block was 5 mm. On to the front tire it measures out at just a bit under 2 mm. Now with no damage to the rear tire there are a few miles left in them but it is winter lots of time and the back tire needs to go. Not enough left of the front for it to last the life of another rear tire so I think I will replace them both. So now the part everyone likes! Lol! I liked the pilot activ tires but I thought I might try another brand just to see the difference. So considering two things it is the full fairing model so about 630 wet weight, solo riding but I am big also, close to the same as two up. I have always liked Pirelli tires in the past and was thinking about a set of sport demons. Also I wondered about Avon AM 26 tires. Looked at two different Metzeler Tires lazertec and sportec Klassic. I don't seem to be able to find a set of radial tires that would fit. I am leaning towards either the Pirelli Or the sportec Klassic tire. I am open to other ideas but I want an old brand name. No real reason for the way I am leaning towards either. So any experience with any of these and your thoughts would be appreciated. The cost does not really enter into my decision. I have always thought that I never wanted to be lying in a hospital and think to myself I should have bought a better helmet or I should have got the better tires etc. Thanks for the help.
I put on a set of Michelin pilot activ tires on my California iii last spring. I put nine thousand miles on that bike this summer. Anyhow I bought a tread depth guage today and started measuring the tread. Rear tire is at 1.5 mm when I measured the out side edge it was at 5 mm. The bike the last couple of times out was not handling the way it normally does anyhow on a closer look at the rear tire I had either feathering or cupping. Anyhow I will check the tire pressure tomorrow. My bad I did not check it often enough at least that is my understanding why the tire looks the way it does. I actually measured the difference the leading block in the tread was 3mm and the trailing tread block was 5 mm. On to the front tire it measures out at just a bit under 2 mm. Now with no damage to the rear tire there are a few miles left in them but it is winter lots of time and the back tire needs to go. Not enough left of the front for it to last the life of another rear tire so I think I will replace them both. So now the part everyone likes! Lol! I liked the pilot activ tires but I thought I might try another brand just to see the difference. So considering two things it is the full fairing model so about 630 wet weight, solo riding but I am big also, close to the same as two up. I have always liked Pirelli tires in the past and was thinking about a set of sport demons. Also I wondered about Avon AM 26 tires. Looked at two different Metzeler Tires lazertec and sportec Klassic. I don't seem to be able to find a set of radial tires that would fit. I am leaning towards either the Pirelli Or the sportec Klassic tire. I am open to other ideas but I want an old brand name. No real reason for the way I am leaning towards either. So any experience with any of these and your thoughts would be appreciated. The cost does not really enter into my decision. I have always thought that I never wanted to be lying in a hospital and think to myself I should have bought a better helmet or I should have got the better tires etc. Thanks for the help.