200mm Tire owners
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RE: 200mm Tire owners
over 10k outa dunlop but it woz buggerd at 8k to be honest but it did such good rollin burnouts i didnt change it, put on another duni as i had only changed the front at 8k,the new shape duni as used on 08 nt ect dont fit on 06 200 nt with belt guard on had to grind a couple ov mm off
#22
RE: 200mm Tire owners
I got a little over 9600 miles on my stock Dunlop. Replaced both, sticking with stock Dunlop.
My tread was gone on the rear, but the safety wear-marks weren't showing yet. The front tire had tread left, but was starting to cup.
I think getting anything near 10k miles is pretty good for a motorcycle tire.
Oh yea,I keep my tires filledat 38 lbs. (checked cool before riding).
My tread was gone on the rear, but the safety wear-marks weren't showing yet. The front tire had tread left, but was starting to cup.
I think getting anything near 10k miles is pretty good for a motorcycle tire.
Oh yea,I keep my tires filledat 38 lbs. (checked cool before riding).
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RE: 200mm Tire owners
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I'm going with 38lbs on the rear. Poorboy, what do you run on the front?
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I'm going with 38lbs on the rear. Poorboy, what do you run on the front?
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I was doing 38 front & 40 rear, but then I had a tech at my indy tell me that my tire pressurewas too high. I said, "No kidding", they're warm now (having ridden to the indy). He said hot or cold they should be 38 & 38.
I don't think he got far past high school. No offense to anyone, but air pressure will increase with temp. I just try to consistently check the pressure under the same conditions, and acknowledge that my guage's accuracymay be different from the next guy's.
Here in Florida we can swing 30-40 degrees in a day from early morning to late afternoon. Any tire is going to be affected by that. If I start with an outside temp of 65 degrees, when I check the tires again when its 90 degrees out, my pressure is at or slightly above 40 psi.
Hard to tell WHEN to check tire pressure for best effect, I know the air temps can be all over the place, and riding conditions and braking (heating up the rims) will be a variable too.
I'm ALWAYS willing to take advice from our forum brothers & sisters. A lot of times we have excellent expert advice as well.
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RE: 200mm Tire owners
The 407's are a softer compound than the 402's.
I got almost 7K out of my rear and replaced the front at about 7500. I could have pushed the front farther but why take the risk? The rear was down to the wear marks. I run pressures per recommended in the owner's manual and service manual. I replaced both stock 402's with 407's. I rode a lot of two-up on the first set of tires and road conditions are less than optimal (CALDOT).
Not sure why a service advisor would recommend anything outside documentated recommended pressures. I'd be leary of running overpressure in a 402 series anyway - not just for uneven wear concerns but also for the risk of blowout. Had a friend go down from a front blowout of a 402 with about 5K miles on it. Word of mouth revealed that the 402's are developing a reputation for random blowouts. Can't blame Harley or Dunlop for not recalling or making a public announcement about it. Too many variables to factor in and no way to assess whether its tire specific or user induced (i.e. running overpressure). Local shop won't Dyno with a 402 series tire. They'll swap you for a shop tire, Dyno you, and then replace your tire. That seems to indicate a problem but as yet I havent't heard anythingconvincing relating to a root cause.
You can push tires past the wear marks but why? You lose traction on one tire and you have lost 50% of your traction. And on a bike that's a bit worse than having two tires go down in a car. Getting to the wear marks seems to take a log time on a bike tire. But once you are there it seems to take only a few miles to start to show cords or worse.
I got almost 7K out of my rear and replaced the front at about 7500. I could have pushed the front farther but why take the risk? The rear was down to the wear marks. I run pressures per recommended in the owner's manual and service manual. I replaced both stock 402's with 407's. I rode a lot of two-up on the first set of tires and road conditions are less than optimal (CALDOT).
Not sure why a service advisor would recommend anything outside documentated recommended pressures. I'd be leary of running overpressure in a 402 series anyway - not just for uneven wear concerns but also for the risk of blowout. Had a friend go down from a front blowout of a 402 with about 5K miles on it. Word of mouth revealed that the 402's are developing a reputation for random blowouts. Can't blame Harley or Dunlop for not recalling or making a public announcement about it. Too many variables to factor in and no way to assess whether its tire specific or user induced (i.e. running overpressure). Local shop won't Dyno with a 402 series tire. They'll swap you for a shop tire, Dyno you, and then replace your tire. That seems to indicate a problem but as yet I havent't heard anythingconvincing relating to a root cause.
You can push tires past the wear marks but why? You lose traction on one tire and you have lost 50% of your traction. And on a bike that's a bit worse than having two tires go down in a car. Getting to the wear marks seems to take a log time on a bike tire. But once you are there it seems to take only a few miles to start to show cords or worse.
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