Davesax36
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Shrink wrap and a piece of cardboard taped on as the label holder seems to be the best way. I've shipped a couple whole wheels this way.
And get them mounted while they wait.....EricV said:Your best options to explore are USPS and UPS. UPS will charge dimensional freight, but for that size its not too bad. If the tire(s) are under the USPS limit, that may be a cheaper option, depending on how far they are going. I ship a lot with UPS and have priced against USPS for smaller boxes. For Alaska, USPS wins, for most of the lower 48, UPS comes in cheaper, at least with my account and what I ship.
For the right price, someone can just ride over and pick the tires up.
bnschroder said:Just returned from a 6-day, 1900 mile trip to VA and WV and I am now a little disappointed by my Mitas E-07 front tire. After only about 7000 miles it's toast, and the last 1,000 miles I have had increasing handlebar vibrations, with a scary tank-slapper when taking my hands briefly off the handlebars at lower speed.
I wonder if anybody else had this issue and if it may be due to running it at the high end of the tire pressure (32 PSI)? I ran my original Bridgestones at the same pressure and the front outlasted the rear significantly.
Since the rear is still pretty good, I am considering only replacing the front with a Metzler Tourance that a friend took off his bike with only 1,000 miles. Is there any reason this is a bad idea (beside looking odd and like I am a cheap bastard, which would only be true)?
One of the issues with the owner's manual numbers is that even for a heavily loaded condition, they neglect to increase the front tire pressure. They do the same on other large Yamaha bikes. For optimal tire wear and handling, 33 psi is too low. I put 109k on my first Super Ten and have 16k on my second. 160k miles plus on a FJR before the S10s and countless tires, all run at 36F/42R and mostly loaded up for touring and ridden aggressively on the FJR as well. I get more life than most from my tires too.bnschroder said:I just went with the owner's manual recommendation which says 33 in the front (and I probably ran it closer to 33 than 32 - you never know with a non digital gauge, and 1 PSI shouldn't make a difference.
And the tire is definitely more worn in the center which is typically a sign for high inflation
Yes will be checking it at each fuel stop. Riding straight thru so no multiple days unless I see cords after crossing back into US then will find a cheap Shinko to get me home and do a parking lot swap. I have 2 brand new E0-7 Dakars home in the garage and another with ~3k miles left. One spot on this tire has ever slightly more wear so I know exactly wear to look each stop. I've ridden on cords before but hoping that will not be the case here (but close).Don in Lodi said:That's one used up tire! Cord will show up one stop to the next, not one day to the next, be careful.
Don in Lodi said:That's one used up tire! Cord will show up one stop to the next, not one day to the next, be careful.