What tires to get

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What tires to get

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I'm trying to decide on what tires I should get. I need front and back tires. I'll be riding this bike nearly everyday to and from work and other places. I want something for cruising around but some thing I that will keep me up if I got into some hard corners. I want good milage out of them. Plus the better the price the better for me since I'm not rich.
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personal I use the Bridgestone Battlax tires. They are inexpensive and hold the road very well.
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#3 Unread post by Gadjet »

Bridgestone Spitfire S11's

sport touring tire, so long life compound in the center with stickier compound on the sides.
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I just got a hole in my rear tire this past weekend. I don't know how, I didn't run over anything. The only thing that I can think of is there was something stuck up that poked a hole in the tire when I went over the railroad tracks. I have been asking other people on another board dedicated the F650 what tires they recommend. I have heard Metzler M6 and Avon STs recommended a lot. I think I am going to replace mine with the OEM Dunlop SportMax D207. I don't know much about tires for bikes since this is my first experience getting a tire for the bike. Any suggestions would be helpful. On thing that suprised me was how few miles people are getting on their tires. The OEM tires are all Z rated but still people are talking about 4000 miles! That seems really low. How many miles do you guys get on your tires?
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How many miles are you getting out of the bridgestone battlelax tires?
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#6 Unread post by mswarrior »

I bought the bike with 18,000KM and put knew tires on it at purchase. I just put a new set on last month and the bike has 42,000KM. So I got 24,000 KM out of the tires. But keep in mind I baby my ride, no smoking the rear for me.
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#7 Unread post by racer »

you better visit a motorcycle shop to give you the right kind of tires. they know better which tires will fit your bike.. :wink:

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#8 Unread post by keysman »

Psycho,

You don't want to cut corners too much when it comes to the tires. They are an important aspect to keeping you and your bike upright on the road.

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I have an 06 gsxr1k that i bought in late august. I live in new england so i havent had much riding time but i have gotten in almost 5K miles. The front tire is good but the back spins so much its pretty far down. I figure about another 1000 before i hit the wear bars. I havent smoked the tires for the hell of it or anything either those were pretty much standard riding miles. I figure I will get about 8 or 9K miles before i replace the tire, i dont really ride in the rain so i will run it bald

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