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Got about 4200 out of the original Bridgestone tires on my '09, and now about 5300 out of Metzeler Interact Z6 tires. The back was done, front probably would have been fine for a while, but I changed them both. Just had the Z8's put on yesterday. This seems like pretty dismal mileage compared to what I read some of you are getting.
I'm not a peg-scraper, and have never done any long-distance traveling with the bike, though I hope to make a run to AZ in September. With my usual short runs (25-75 miles or so), on every outing I'm often hitting the throttle hard, and enjoy downshifting to assist braking. It dawns on me that if I drove my car like that, I wouldn't be getting such hot mileage out of those tires either....
Anybody else riding it sort of hard and getting dismal tire mileage, or is it just me? Ran the Bridgestones at BMW recommended pressures, and ran the Metzelers at 40/40 cold, checked very frequently. If the cost of riding the way I do is more frequent tire changes, ok by me. Thoughts?
John
I'm not a peg-scraper, and have never done any long-distance traveling with the bike, though I hope to make a run to AZ in September. With my usual short runs (25-75 miles or so), on every outing I'm often hitting the throttle hard, and enjoy downshifting to assist braking. It dawns on me that if I drove my car like that, I wouldn't be getting such hot mileage out of those tires either....
Anybody else riding it sort of hard and getting dismal tire mileage, or is it just me? Ran the Bridgestones at BMW recommended pressures, and ran the Metzelers at 40/40 cold, checked very frequently. If the cost of riding the way I do is more frequent tire changes, ok by me. Thoughts?
John