3800miles..same tyre?

[sherm]

Extract from MCN related to busa tires:


MCN (UK mag) has a 'busa on long term test and this week......

"two rears and one front chewed in 4000 miles . This time I've opted for MEZ4.. Slightly narrower than the bridgestone. The profile is shallower too, which makes the bike a bit easier to turn..... This bike is deceptively
easy to turn on them. A good thrashing following a police rider friend later that evening scrubbed them all the way across, but while a ride of that intensity would have left the bridgestones feathered up, the cooler running MEZ weren't even marked. So I suspect they'll last a lot longer
then the B's."

 

[OB_motoboy]

Heheheh...looks like I beat all you guys...just changed the stock rear tire last week after 5300 miles! No, I didn't pamper it that much either.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Pete...That's good info..I had been leaning towards the Metzeler, I still am concerned about having the stock Bridgestone on the front though...I will probably replace the rear with stock and replace both as a set next time around with something else. I'll be interested in how many miles you get out of it....let me know.

C'mon Motoboy, tell me you were babying that thing!

 

[OB_Dirty Pete]

Motoboy, 5300 miles without new buns is a disgrace.

Rule of Thumb: New buns all around with every oil change.

And if you're really serious, with every fill up.

 

[OB_motoboy]

Heheheh... No, I really wasn't babying it...I ride 90 on the freeway all the time, take it to the twisties every two weeks or so. No burnouts though, until just before I was ready to change. I was pretty surprised at the tire life myself. There was still tread left in the center, even.

 

[OB_Dirty Pete]

Lakeman, you'll NEVER wear that Slipstone OE front tire out.

It'll last forever. It's hard. That's why it's slippery.

 

[Guest]

I hear that DP....I'm gonna change both no matter what next time..(Oh what's that honey? No, I said THESE tires will last for 10,000 mi. I'm not spending anymore money...really) Ha Ha. She just doesn't understand. HA

Oh yeah....I emailed Dunlop to see if I could run their D207 tire or if they would recommend a tire for the Busa and if they didn't have one to recommend, could they work with Suzuki to develop one...this is what I got back....

"Sorry, but Dunlop does not have fitment for your motorcycle..."


[This message has been edited by Lakeman007 (edited 24 September 1999).]