longest lasting rear tire?

brecchi · June 12, 2008, 06:42:26 AM

for an 01 900. a lot of long distance riding so the tire life is by far the most important factor for me. figured i would ask rather than sifting through more pages of tire reviews trying to find out something this specific. thanks

Slide Panda · June 12, 2008, 07:07:05 AM

A lot of companies make tires for the 'Sport Tour' segment of the market. Pirelli makes the Diablo Strada for instance. Look into that sort of tire if you're looking for longer life. OF course this means they won't be *as* grippy... but for the most part none of us ever see the max grip on our sporty tires anyway

aced · June 12, 2008, 07:41:12 AM

Same question for me

My 2000 750 had a "new" Metzler Sport tec M1 on the rear and it's only lasted 6000 miles.
That seems alittle "short lived" to me...... All the miles are mostly straight so I'm Looking
for long life. I'll be watching for the replies.....and looking for answers as well

Slide Panda · June 12, 2008, 08:38:29 AM

Quote from: aced on June 12, 2008, 07:41:12 AM

All the miles are mostly straight so I'm Looking
for long life.

See, there's your problem - you're supposed to wear the tire evenly by turning

Just looked on their site and Pirelli offers 4 different sport tour tires. 2 each of Radial and X-ply. The Diablo Strada is the higer end of the two Radial choices.

They even have a commuter line

http://www.pirellityre.com/web/catalog/moto/moto_catalogoDett.page?categoria=/catalog/moto/street/sport_tou_radial&vehicleType=MOTO

knightrider · June 12, 2008, 06:36:14 PM

after going through lots of dunlop qualifiers, i finally wised up and my last tire change i pickup a set of the diable strada's. they r nice and i dont think i would ever push this tire to its limits, i know i wasnt even close to pushing the qualifiers.

gage · June 12, 2008, 07:57:29 PM

I have pirelli Stradas on the bandit and they are a very nice tire with great performance and wear. Check out maximum-suzuki.com the guys there do a shit load of miles and are more oriented to touring.

hydra · June 12, 2008, 08:24:05 PM

i had a set of metzler roadtec z6's on a bmw R1150R and got about 6k mi out of them but they're designed to get 8k mi or so metzler says...

i must be an aggressive rider 'cause i had M1's on my R11S and i only got 3500 mi out of them unlike "aced" who said he got 6k out of his. it all depends on conditions, where you ride and how hard you twist the wrist i guess...

i would say the best choices for sport touring tires would be the strada's or the Z6's, IMHO.

Speeddog · June 12, 2008, 08:39:17 PM

I had a Diablo Strada on the back of my S4, it lasted longer than the regular Diablo, but not a huge amount.
No issues with the grip on the street.

There's probably longer lasting tires with adequate grip, but I've got no FHE on what they are.

jerryz · June 12, 2008, 11:55:30 PM

The answer is to fit the Metzler MEZ6 ,long life and great grip and handling..

clubhousemotorsports · June 13, 2008, 07:54:06 PM

Wear on motorcycle tires can be due to how the bike is ridden as well. I have seen full on sport tires last 10,000 miles and sport touring tires last 3000.
Try to keep air pressures up and be very smooth on the throttle. sudden acceleration,wheelies and engine braking all accelerate the wear of our tires.

duc996 · June 14, 2008, 04:54:41 AM

Quote from: aced on June 12, 2008, 07:41:12 AM
Same question for me
My 2000 750 had a "new" Metzler Sport tec M1 on the rear and it's only lasted 6000 miles.
That seems alittle "short lived" to me...... All the miles are mostly straight so I'm Looking
for long life. I'll be watching for the replies.....and looking for answers as well

Have the same tires on mine right now and you're right,they don't have good mileage.I heard that bridegestones has better mileage.

brad black · June 14, 2008, 06:01:53 AM

of the brands we deal with (michelin, metzeler, pirelli) i'd expect the metzeler ME880 radials to be the longest lasting radial available. you might be able to get some of the older tyres over there that we can't get here - michelin macadams 90 or 100, metzeler MEZ2, pirelli GTR03/04 (i think?) - that sort of thing, but the 880 is the hardest radial as far as i have come across. you can still get dunlop 205 i think too - they tend to last a lot longer than the 220 dunlop tried to replace them with and we can still get them. personally i really like the 205.

maybe go to a big tyre store and have a look at tread depth across various tyres. i remember the MEZ4 had noticeably more tread depth in the centre than the MEZ3 (sports) for example, even though the Z4 was the old compK compound, so quite soft in comparison to the MEZ2 for example. MEZ2 are quite hard, but i think the ME880 radial will have taken over from them.

generally the harder ones will grip well when hot, but they need a bit longer to get there.

keep the pressure up too - that'll help.

aced · June 15, 2008, 08:24:59 AM

To those that spewed out the info I was lookin for

Looks like I also have to find more roads with twists and turns

red baron · June 15, 2008, 10:41:20 AM

No FHE, but Pilot Road2.

scooby · June 15, 2008, 01:26:09 PM

Quote from: red baron on June 15, 2008, 10:41:20 AM
No FHE, but Pilot Road2.

I just picked up a new Michelin Road 2, rear only - been running pilot powers and hope this will go beyond the 4k I'm getting now. I'll report on it in 2 months (when I get in another 4k...) and see if I'm gonna get more miles.

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