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OK guys - I'm not trying to start an endless thread on general tire preferences, but specifically a survey of what you have personally put on to your N1K and your thoughts.
I'm at about 7500 miles and absolutely need to change the OEMs. Generally I'd say that the Bridgestone S20R rear has worn and behaved pretty well. I'm pretty happy about how much rear tread is left. Nearly all of those miles are commuting so I'd expect to be much more worn by now on the rear.
The front is another story. I remember reading about needing up to 42psi in the front to get rid of the feel of the front end falling into corners at low speed. That's what I felt too, so I've spent all of those miles at pressures much higher than I'm used to running.
And now at 7500 miles the front has developed a very pronounced and strange looking profile. There a noticeable flat spot down the center (not unforeseen), but then have two flat spots on each shoulder about an inch wide, then another sharp corner off to what remains of the rounded shoulder. So basically when I look over the front end at speed it looks like the tire has 5 distinct sections.
Handling is getting strange (not surprisingly). The bike wants to really pull sideways when transitioning across grooves in the pavement and generally is getting twitchy.
So before I make a call on new rubber I was wondering about what other brands/models people have tried and what your feedback is, especially on the front.
As another reference, I've had Michelin PR2's on my FJR continually over the last 25,000 miles. I get about 8000 miles on average on those - usually its the rear getting down to the wear bars and the front usually seems to have some life left.
Thanks for any suggestions and comments you might want to share.
I'm at about 7500 miles and absolutely need to change the OEMs. Generally I'd say that the Bridgestone S20R rear has worn and behaved pretty well. I'm pretty happy about how much rear tread is left. Nearly all of those miles are commuting so I'd expect to be much more worn by now on the rear.
The front is another story. I remember reading about needing up to 42psi in the front to get rid of the feel of the front end falling into corners at low speed. That's what I felt too, so I've spent all of those miles at pressures much higher than I'm used to running.
And now at 7500 miles the front has developed a very pronounced and strange looking profile. There a noticeable flat spot down the center (not unforeseen), but then have two flat spots on each shoulder about an inch wide, then another sharp corner off to what remains of the rounded shoulder. So basically when I look over the front end at speed it looks like the tire has 5 distinct sections.
Handling is getting strange (not surprisingly). The bike wants to really pull sideways when transitioning across grooves in the pavement and generally is getting twitchy.
So before I make a call on new rubber I was wondering about what other brands/models people have tried and what your feedback is, especially on the front.
As another reference, I've had Michelin PR2's on my FJR continually over the last 25,000 miles. I get about 8000 miles on average on those - usually its the rear getting down to the wear bars and the front usually seems to have some life left.
Thanks for any suggestions and comments you might want to share.
