Rear Tire Wear

[tconaagt]

I have a question about rear tire wear. What is the general milage everyone is grtting on the rear tire before replacing?(original tire)
I have just over 13500 KM(about 8400 miles)& the center of the tire is down to the wear bars.Is this common?
What are you replacing it with?OEM or??
Thanks for the info.
Tire pressure maintained at 28/29 psi

[warp10]

just replaced mine at 9600 miles. you should not even see wear at less than 1k miles. try and lower pressure to 23-24psi.

[murphybrown]

I get around 14k per tire....I replace with stock tire and keep pressure at recommended level...

[Bob Denman]

I replace mine at 7000 miles. (Ran the pressures at 28 psi)
It had tread left, but I'm pretty cautious about the shape that tires are in; replace them early before I start sliding around and making a muss in my drawers!
But the Falken is currently looking pretty darn good with almost 5000 on it!

[GeoffCee]

I know what has reduced the mileage I'll get from my first rear tire, namely accelerating too fast, especially when overtaking. It's a stupid and expensive thing to do, I know, but having said that I will still get about 7,500 miles before I have to renew. I swear I'll treat my next rear tire with a lot more respect! I don't know what the hell I'd do if my rear tires only lasted 840 miles, I couldn't afford to keep replacing them and that's for sure.

[asp125]

If you look at the wear bars closely you will see two different sets. The inner set are closer to the surface of the tire and the outer set are lower in the tread. I've got 6000 on mine (OEM set to 28psi) and it's almost touching the inner set. That's just a heads up to remind you. I would keep riding and start looking for new tires when it gets closer to the outer set.

Mileage on tires vary. Depending on how abrasive the road is, how hard you ride, what air pressures you run. Do you ride on gravel or macadam roads, or chip sealed roads? Do burnouts?

[NancysToy]

Make sure yo are looking at the wear bars, and not the water blocks. The wear bar locations are marked by tiny triangles on the tire sidewalls. I get about 14K per rear tire, too. High speed riding will wear the center faster. The pressure doesn't seem to matter much. The tire just balloons in the center at speed.

[Bob Denman]

Stinkin' Two-ply...

[docdoru]

Made in China, cheap, wad do you expect?!?!

[daveinva]

Got about 10K out of my first shoe on the RS, replaced it with the OEM tire. It's amazing how much of a difference a new tire makes in "resetting" your ride, even on a trike.

[Bob Denman]

Made in China, cheap, wad do you expect?!?!

I kind of expect that they'll ship the vehicle with JUST enough tire under it to keep the rims from scratching up the showroom floor!

[GloryRyders]

I feel like one of the "lucky/blessed" ones.............got about 18K on the rear tire before I had to have it replaced .......running them at recomended pressure. I quess that it is all in how you run the

[dave01]

I dont know what you guys are talking abut. My rear tire OUTLASTED my spyder.

[Fire Joe]

I have a question about rear tire wear. What is the general milage everyone is grtting on the rear tire before replacing?(original tire)
I have just over 13500 KM(about 840 miles)& the center of the tire is down to the wear bars.Is this common?
What are you replacing it with?OEM or??
Thanks for the info.
Tire pressure maintained at 28/29 psi

Though I ride a GS, I was getting around 9-10K miles on my rear tire. Finally decided to switch to Kumho this last time. Wear is definitely better but I must say riding in the rain was much better with the Kenda.

Unless I forgot the correct formula though, don't you mean you have around 8400 miles instead of 840 if you have 13,500 kms?

[Bob Denman]

I dont know what you guys are talking abut. My rear tire OUTLASTED my spyder.

I just hope that the payment booklet doesn't outlast mine!

[tconaagt]

Though I ride a GS, I was getting around 9-10K miles on my rear tire. Finally decided to switch to Kumho this last time. Wear is definitely better but I must say riding in the rain was much better with the Kenda.

Unless I forgot the correct formula though, don't you mean you have around 8400 miles instead of 840 if you have 13,500 kms?

You're right about the conversion.I feel a bit better now.

[bluestratos]

I just changed mine at 14000 + change. I went with a Kumo AST and so far I can tell no differncet to the stock tire.

[GeoffCee]

You're right about the conversion.I feel a bit better now.

We ALL feel a bit better now! Jeez!

[rock]

we have been very lucky with tire wear on our 2010 rt... in the spring i will have to replace our rear tire with about 23,000 miles on it...the fronts still look like new..i guess the only thing i have to worry about with the fronts are possible dry rot..very rarely do i ride without my wife on the bike so this wear is with 2 people on board... ô¿ô

[Dizneyman]

we have been very lucky with tire wear on our 2010 rt... in the spring i will have to replace our rear tire with about 23,000 miles on it...the fronts still look like new..i guess the only thing i have to worry about with the fronts are possible dry rot..very rarely do i ride without my wife on the bike so this wear is with 2 people on board... ô¿ô

Think I am heading to be about the same as you. Mostly ride two up, have 14 k on tires with plenty of tread left. Run rears at 29-30, fronts at 24

[Charlie329]

I've always maintained recommended pressure and was only able to eeke out 9,500mi. How does anyone get 14K+?? Maybe because living in SoCal, I ryde a lot in hot weather, i.e. on hot pavement (And no, no burnouts!)

[BajaRon]

I run my Toyo at 32 psi. It was a great tire. Plenty of burnouts. As you can see, it wears much flatter with a 4 ply tread than the OEM 2 ply tire.

I will probably replace it when it finally wears out. I've got about 17k on this one.

[ARtraveler]

My experience has been 15,000 miles before a replacement is needed. I have now replaced tires on three different 's and that has been the pattern. I run the recommended 28 psi in the back tire.

[Flight Risk]

I have 7,600 miles on my 2011 RTS SE5. I always keep my original OEM tires inflated to the tire manufactured's specifications. My front tires still look new. My back tire is almost slick in the center...outside tread is great...! I don't do burnouts, inflation set to 28 psi. My group rides back roads with the occasional highway. I live in Dallas so the summer is hot. I am riding the hill country Three Twisted Sister (Texas) in April and I am really concerned about riding on that tire. I am really upset that the tire has worn like this, this fast. Suggestions, info welcome!!!

[thehawk]

I just live a few miles south of you and do the twisted sisters in the heat, too. my first tire only lasted about 7000 miles ... wore out the center tread. the replacement is still going strong at 7000 ... I lowered the tire pressure to 24 ... and the tire looks concave at rest ... but I believe it balloons out nicely (as Scotty said) at my usual 75 to 85 highway speeds.

just my .02.

thehawk