To change or not to change.

[MikeBear]

I need some advice: I'm going on my first big trip in a week. It's going to be month long trip to nowhere. I was planing to take this trip in mid June , but situation changed and I have to ether do it now or will have to wait till next year or two. My dilemma is that I have almost new (1000 miles on them) PR3 trails on the bike now and pair of brand new k60 in the garage. I've never ridden on k60 and,except raving reviews, know very little about them. I'm not experienced rider off road and don't expect to do any offroading, except maybe some gravel roads, on my trip. The only thing attracting me to k60 is their mileage. Some people get 16k out of them.
Please guide me the right direction: should I change tires or keep PR3's on.

 

[tomatocity]

If you aren't doing anything more than gravel roads I would stay with the PR3. If you have to, air down for the gravel.

 

[Checkswrecks]

If this is mostly highway, the PR3s should last.


If you see doing lots of dirt or 15000+ miles in a month ( ??? really?), swap them. You can always put the PR3s back on when you return.

Even if you goof and end up away from home with a set of worn out tires, have somebody at home FedEx your spare tires to where you will be in a day or two.

 

[greg the pole]

ummm...what are PR3? educate me.
k60, if you're pounding pavement your waisting money.

 

[cosmic]

Pilot Road 3 i guess...


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[MikeBear]

If this is mostly highway, the PR3s should last.


If you see doing lots of dirt or 15000+ miles in a month ( ??? really?), swap them. You can always put the PR3s back on when you return.

Even if you goof and end up away from home with a set of worn out tires, have somebody at home FedEx your spare tires to where you will be in a day or two.

Whole point of this trip is to go wherever do whatever so I have no idea how many miles I will be doing in that month. I'm not planing for any dirt. Just don't know how play in the dirt. I come from R1 and V-Star so no knowledge or experience.
I want to stay away from highways and do small roads to see America. Real America. No tourist traps.

ummm...what are PR3? educate me.
k60, if you're pounding pavement your waisting money.

PR3 - michellin Pilot Road 3 Trail. Pure road tire in our size.

 

[merchant]

I've been running K60's for the past 8K miles and have found them very comfortable, even commuting in DFW traffic or blazing long miles on the slab. They will definately last the month, but the others probably will as well. Not sure I have a strong suggestion one way or the other. Just wanted to say the K60's are (IMHO) a great all-around tire. They wear like iron and handle exceptionally well.

 

[avc8130]

I just came back from a 2-week trip, 5k miles on the odometer.

I burned through a rear Metzeler Tourance (the original, NOT the EXP). I swapped tires just for this trip, knowing I didn't want to buy any on the trip.

1 month is a long time. I'd expect quite a lot of miles.

I have a rule: never leave the house for a long adventure without BRAND NEW rubber.

Sure, you "only" have 1k miles on those PR3s right now. But you don't leave for another 6 weeks. Plus, how long will those tires last? You just don't know. They could last 5k miles, they could last 10k. The only thing you KNOW is that you have already used 1k miles of their life.

I suggest you start with a fresh set of tires.

ac

 

[True Grip]

Always start a trip with new tires and clean underwear ;D

 

[markjenn]

Always start a trip with new tires and clean underwear ;D

In priority order, BTW.

- Mark

 

[viewdvb]

I am presently running PR3s, no off-roading but plenty of twisties and I am a bit disappointed in the mileage. I keep very careful graphic tyre records on all my bikes and these predict I will definitely not do more than 3.5 maybe 4K miles on the rear and about double on the front (to the 1.2mm tread depth I regard as minimum). My previous tyres, Conti Road Attack 2s, were about 30% better. Having said that, I always seem to have half worn tyres when I come to start a long trip so I have to fit new rubber and add the part-worns to my garage stock of "is it worth refitting them for a thousand miles of extra use?" tyres. Just one of the costs of our chosen mode of transport.