Tire ratings

[ducpainter]

I know that, Howie. But what does max pressure on tyre means? What will happen if I ride at max pressure?

On your Monster, if you ride at max pressure, the tire will not warm up as well and traction will suffer.

[kokis]

So how warm tire actually gets at normal pressure?
There is summer right now and road is hot as kitchen pan. Can't believe that tire will remain cold at that ambient temperatures.

[ducpainter]

So how warm tire actually gets at normal pressure?
There is summer right now and road is hot as kitchen pan. Can't believe that tire will remain cold at that ambient temperatures.

I didn't say it will stay cold.

I said it won't perform the way it was designed to because it won't reach the temperature it's supposed to.

[SpikeC]

 What I said.

[kokis]

but it does not explanes pretty much.
I talked with my buddies tonight and was said that high pressure will damage the rim as the low pressure, that hard pressurized tire will damage rim on bumps and potholes.. Sounds like bullshit for me.
I am ok with less traction, it is 14T m696, there is no so much speeds, and I don't won't damage rim on bump and instantly lose control because of instantly flattened tire.

[red baron]

Pilot Power 3's:

So I had these installed with 3k on the bike. First rear picked up a staple at 500 miles so I elected to replace it. These have been great to date awesome wear, no flat spotting, almost instant warm up (although it is California  when I tend to get a bit ham fisted on corner exits, it will predictable slide a bit which just tells me to slow down a bit I'm on a public road and have all intentions of going home in the same condition I left.

I'm now at 7k+ and no issues so far and they appear that they're approaching the halfway mark. Best wear I've seen yet from a Michelin.

[koko64]

Any recommendations for those looking to run motard wheels (3" front/4" rear) on a dual purpose bike, say 120/70/17 & 150-160/60/17?
 Any brands stand out in those sizes.

Role would be mainly touring with pillion and gear on country highways and mountain back roads and occasional good dirt roads thrown in.

[Mhanis]

I finally had the Dunlop Roadsmart II's fitted to my '09 M1100. Unfortunately when they called to tell me my bike was ready for pickup I was pretty deep into a HEAVY rum & coke so the bike will sit there until Tuesday.

I have just over 18,000 miles on the bike and do about 80% commuting, I'll let you know how they hold up.


Mark

I just changed the rear and I have 26,000 on the bike now so the rear lasted 8,000 miles. It could have gone a bit longer but not much. The front still looks pretty good.

And I probably did 90% commuting.

Mark

[ellingly]

Any recommendations for those looking to run motard wheels (3" front/4" rear) on a dual purpose bike, say 120/70/17 & 150-160/60/17?
 Any brands stand out in those sizes.

Role would be mainly touring with pillion and gear on country highways and mountain back roads and occasional good dirt roads thrown in.

3" and 4" you'd probably want to run 110 - 150. You can run sportdemons in those sizes though need 150/70-17 on the back and they're excellent. Only FHE I have with them is on the woman's baby Ninja but it's good... even had some at pace rides on some good gravel and dirt on it though. Scorpion trails wouldn't be bad either if you want it to be slightly more dirt focussed - I think that's what the strudle runs, but they make them in smaller sizes too.
If you were less worried about the dirt, Pilot Powers come in a 150 rear which would be fine. If you want to really be excellent on the road going around corners, we run supercorsas on the woman's RGV which is 110 front 150 rear.

[red baron]

Pilot Power 3 update:

So I'm now at 8k and the tires have 5k on them. I'll probably get another couple hundred miles and replace them. The center strips could easily go anoth 500+ but the sides are pretty well shaved down to the wear bars. I've already got a second set of these. So far theyve been a good value and great performers.

[Monsterlover]

Angel ST rear is smoked at 4300 miles. A 1 inch strip of cords is showing in the center. No burnous, just lots of commuting.

KTM 950 $MR

[Speeddog]

Angel ST rear is smoked at 4300 miles. A 1 inch strip of cords is showing in the center. No burnous, just lots of commuting.

KTM 950 $MR

Wow.

I've gotten >10k on 2 Angel ST's in 90% commuting.

[Monsterlover]

Wow.

I've gotten >10k on 2 Angel ST's in 90% commuting.

I do not understand this concept!

Some other smr guys have gone 7000ish but it seems most of us are killing rears at less than 5k.

All I can guess is heavy throttle and heavy engine braking lead to the wear.

[Speeddog]

Looked at my M750 logbook, I got 11,733 miles out of a 160/60 Angel ST.

Bulk of that was easy 75%freeway/25%suburban commute.
But including ~2000 miles on a summer coastal tour last year, loaded down with me and 75# of gear.

But an M750 is not an 950SMR, and my roads are not your roads.

[creaking leathers]

I do not understand this concept!

Some other smr guys have gone 7000ish but it seems most of us are killing rears at less than 5k.

All I can guess is heavy throttle and heavy engine braking lead to the wear.

The condition of the roads will make a huge difference in the longevity of tires.  Rougher roads will eat up tires faster...as will heavy acceleration and engine braking/rear braking on the rear tire.