Rear tire life?
 

I have an 06 R1, bought it brand new, I just turned 8,000 miles on it. I now need a new tire for the rear and thought the stock dunlop lasted so long I might as well get the same tire. Maybe someone knows of a different tire they could recommend based on their own experience? Also I was wonder if anyone has gotten more than 8,000 miles off a rear tire? If so what brand was it? Keep in mind I dont do any burnouts .

You must be soft on that throttle to get 8,000 miles

lol, well the first 1000 was a break in period, i never took the bike over 6000 RPM for the first 1000 miles. The tire is worn fairly evenly, of course the center is worn a little more than the sides. I do ride fairly mellow because of the traffic, but when given the right conditions I'v been known to open it up, I have had the bike up to 175 MPH coming back from Daytona.

Squid on!


Hit up the north run with us sometime if you're into turns.

To get 8000 miles out of a sport tire is very unusual. You might want to try a sport touring tire if your wanting a tire that gets some milage.


FYI: Because someone is light on the throttle doesnt make them a squid.

+1,
on this boared, if you put your wallet on the left side and not the right side your a squid/ricer

not always stock tires last pretty long my stock bt014 on my 636 lasted me 6,000... and i did a couple north runs with my stock tire...after that i got a metzeler m1... so far i got like 3,000 miles and i need 2 change it pretty soon...and break in?... whats that?...lol... within the first 50 miles my bike saw 120+ on the speedo and saw 13k on the tach...

8k miles and you are wanting more? 3k-5k miles is the norm from what i have seen.

You must cruise on that thing

My power rear looks pretty good still after about 2500 miles, at least half tread left.. and I'm not nice to it at all...

anyone who wants to donate their used tires to the parkin lot pimps lol PM me!!!:lol: