I get every bit I can out of my tires!

[CrzystghndKC]

8000 is a lot of miles, at least on a Touring, even from new

It's a Roadster. I really think it the factory tire.

 

[CrzystghndKC]

Well Gary is a hooligan and youre not far behind. Those tires are way past trash, heathens.

Front tires still good so I'll just ride on it!

 

[Tripps]

I know, I just meant my only experience is with a Touring, I don't know if the way deer tires on the rest of the models last longer

 

[Jay]

Just hike out on the seat and push the bike in the opposite direction to keep it more towards the tread edge...you have at least a few thousand more miles that way.

 

[bootworks]

Ugh! I've escorted a couple of riders showing cords over the years. One time to 'Willow Springs' raceway, to beg for some takeoffs. One dude was on a 1198, so it's not as if he was a newb, or broke! Meh, my days of using TP on both sides to save a penny are done.

 

[MIG]

I only did that on 4 wheels when I lived payday to payday and would stop for 30 cent in gas so i could get to work to get my check (the '80's). Now that I have a family, including 5 grandchildren, and a wife who rides... if I can't afford the tires and maintenance then I can't afford to ride... Of course if it just happened unexpectedly after a long ride... it's the risks we take...
-MIG

 

[Kojack1970]

I only did that on 4 wheels when I lived payday to payday and would stop for 30 cent in gas so i could get to work to get my check (the '80's). Now that I have a family, including 5 grandchildren, and a wife who rides... if I can't afford the tires and maintenance then I can't afford to ride... Of course if it just happened unexpectedly after a long ride... it's the risks we take...
-MIG

I highschool we used to buy tires at the junkyard, mostly because we destroyed them doing burnouts constantly, lol... darn kids!

 

[Tripps]

Went on my laptop and found the pic, steel started to show leaving Bennington Bash in Vermont , Max BMW said no BMWs used that size, so they didn't have one, when I got within 100 miles of home I felt better, as far as someone coming to get me if it blew. Almost 300 miles on steel, I was amazed.

 

[atomsplitter]

That's what driving in Kansas does to your tires (had wider white strips on mine tho....just sayin....)