I am sure Drew hooked it up, I would have went through him too but I had to go through Samson this time, they really took care of me.


Bigoil7... you seriously needed new tires after 6700 miles? Holy cow, I guess those roads really do chew up tires. That's almost as bad as sport bike tires!

 

Yep. Was thinking of going to Metzelers, but heard they are even softer than the HD Dunlops.

 

My last 3 bikes were sportbikes 03 zx6rr, 04 zx10r, and my last being a 2009 zx10r. Rear tires lasted about 2k miles maybe 2500. It would leave faint stripes on the road from wheel spin when you were in the throttle thats prob why lol. Front lasted 4000 or so. Wouldve lasted longer but setting down wheelies at 130+mph is hard on them lol

 

The American elites are comming out in the 200 tire at the end of oct. I might try those to get a little more milage when its time for a new rear.

 

8700 miles and I have replaced rear tires twice. Trying Metz 880 this time. Try florida's coquina based hot roads to eat up your tires. I am not an aggresive rider.

 

I run Avon venoms on my ultra and dunlops (2nd set) on my lo. The Avons along with metzelers are softer, but really grip the road better especially during rain. Most will say Avon and Metzelers wear faster because of how soft they are. I have been experimenting with the different brands and logging miles front and rear etc...

This is what I found: Air pressure, Air pressure, Air pressure! The different brands run different psi, ie: Avon venoms have a max of 50psi and dunlops have a max of 40 psi. They all have different psi's for riding with 2 up, 1 up, 2 up loaded etc...

If you put your tires at the recommended psi each day before you ride, the tires will do 2X that of a rider that does not do it. Most do not.

 

Whats the recomended psi for the stock dunlops?

 

someone correct me if i'm wrong, but the owners manual and service manual say 36psi up front (cold), and 44psi rear (cold)

 

It's my understanding that softer tires provide better cornering as well as better handling in the rain.

Regarding tire pressure, nitrogen can also help maintain a more stable tire pressure and should exhibit less pressure change with temperature changes.

 

Im sorry i dont have any pics but i have a video somewhere of a 110mph flybye wheelie on the 04 zx10r i might be able to find lol. And you are correct the softer the better for traction. Thats one reason why most sportbike tires dont last long. They have dual compund tires available with hard in the middle and soft on the sides to try and help with wear, but i never seemed to notice much differance. Id rather run a soft tire and buy them more often from learning on my sportbikes. I had one set of tires they were shinkos and they would nearly every hard turn try to go out from under me. I stuck to michelins after that.