| Author | Message | ||
     Jpgrego |
I have Pilot Roads on my bike, the front and rear were installed together around 9500 or 10k miles ago. I've been noticing lately that the front tire is nearly down to the wear bars and the rear appears to have enough tread left for a couple thousand more miles. I'm very easy on tires usually, got around 5500 from the stock Dunlops so I'm a little confused by this. I had some bad problems with brake pulsing from the stock pads but have since gotten it corrected. Is there any chance that could be what caused the early wear on the front? -Patrick | ||
| Rpm4x4 |
How is 9500 miles early tire wear??? | ||
| Groffxb9r |
it is on the front. in normal conditions you should get two fronts to every rear | ||
| Randomchaos |
Lots of stoppies? :shrug: | ||
| Xbswede |
Same thing happened to me on my pilot Roads. Fronts went out first at 9100. The Bridgestones BT016 do the same thing except after only 2000 miles. | ||
| Ochoa0042 |
in normal conditions you should get two fronts to every rear I think you have it backwards....  | ||
| 03firebolt |
Yea thats def backwards, I can use one front to 3 rears, Michilin Pilot Powers, Ive gotten about 8 thousand on my front and i just changed my rear for the third time since i put on the front tire. Im not even at my wear strips yet, and those are not cheap tires, i just like to ride them hard | ||
| Jpgrego |
Nope, no stoppies for me, the bike is primarily my commuter and on weekends I get to play in the twisties. I'm glad to hear maybe it's just an issue with those tires. I know with the stock Dunlops when the rear was completely gone and the front had plenty of tread left, but I disliked those so much I just scrapped the front and replaced both. Thanks for the responses everyone, I just wanted to be sure there wasn't some unknown issue that needed to be addressed. -Patrick | ||
| Fast1075 |
Way back in the ancient days....Honda came out with the CB750 which was the first production bike with a front disc brake....a lot of the new owners complained about front tire wear because the front tire on their previous bikes would last the life of the bike unless it dry rotted first...and the 750 actually used up the tire.. My opinion on tires...sticky, sticky...best possible traction...wear is secondary...especially on the front, where the vast majority of the braking force is generated. | ||
| Teh_nub |
If it weren't for wear due to acceleration, the rear tire should outlast the front since all your braking and turning is done with the front tire. If you don't rotate your tires on a car/truck and don't do burn outs, which tires need replaced first? | ||
| Etennuly |
Sound like it could have been an air pressure issue. If they run too low they don't last long. I have always done around 14,000 on a front and 6,000 on a rear. Only time that has varied over 50,000 Buell bike miles, is my current Michelin PR2. It is at 9000 and still hanging in there. | ||
| Borrowedbike |
I recommend driving harder out of the twisties to even the wear out.  |
