New Tires Being Installed on the RS

[Ray]

Information provided Dunlop on Roadsmart IV at 8674 miles.

I’ve been changing the Roadsmart III tires every 8000 - 8500 miles and looks like I would change the Roadsmart IV at 9200 - 9700 miles so a gain of maybe 1200 miles based on this one set experience. I’ll give you a final update when I finally pull them off the bike and replace.

Huh - more than 9000 miles on a set of newly manufactured tires that saw their share of hot, new, twisty asphalt? Pretty impressive. And as you know, I followed behind enough miles to know that the rear doesn't even think about twitching coming out of the corners. (Of course, the rider doesn't twitch either.)

And the wear pattern still looks unbelievably consistent.

For now, current plan will be to wear out the Roadtecs this winter and try the Darrell-designed Dunlops (DDD) in the spring.

Meanwhile - Chris - we don't expect the measurements, but we'd love to have your impressions - especially in the context of whatever you end up doing with the suspension.