morganzola
New Member
Hello. Help please !!.. I could do with some help in selecting the right tyres for tarmac only, for my recently acquired brand spanking new Super Ten ZE ( with the electrifying new suspenders... which are great ). Along with some friends we are doing a 3 week trip touring the USA, 400 to 500 mile days. A once in a lifetime trip for me. Our bikes will be shipped to the east coast, we then ride to the west coast, go down the west coast before riding back to east coast. Approx 10,000 miles. I want to start the trip with new tyres in the hope that I will need only one tyre change on the trip. To achieve this I need a tyre that can go 5000 miles before changing. Can anyone out there come up with first hand experiences of tyre mileages for our bikes. As I never venture off tarmac Sport touring tyres with their good in the wet and dry capability obviously are appealing, and would ordinarily be my first choice, but I am worried that the rears might not get the mileage. I weigh 238 lbs, plus 30 lbs of luggage will be on board. I wont be hooning around too much, mostly with my chilled touring head on. The bike now has OEM Bridgestone Battlewings which I am reasonably impressed with, but to date have only put 1500 miles on this bike. I would be happy to replace with these if I knew they would do the mileage( they look OK but I have been caught out like this before ).
Any suggestions (helpful ones) greatly appreciated.
Any suggestions (helpful ones) greatly appreciated.