Stock tires, no good!!

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Stock tires, no good!!

Post by Gadus » Thu May 10, 2018 9:46 pm

After 3000 km (1870 miles) my front tyre is on the wear bars, and the rear tyre is nearly there too ..... :(

I am aware of shorter mileage for stock tires, but this is worse than previous bikes.

How many miles did you get out of your stock tires?
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Re: Stock tires, no good!!

Post by biosed » Thu May 10, 2018 9:54 pm

I got about 2200km on rear. Front is still ok at 4000km.
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Re: Stock tires, no good!!

Post by mrjim » Fri May 11, 2018 6:12 am

These S21s must be different than the ones purchased aftermarket. I have bought 4 sets of S21s for my last 2 ZX14Rs. Those tires have given me 5000-6000 miles including track days!!! :crazy: :scratch:
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Re: Stock tires, no good!!

Post by Gadus » Fri May 11, 2018 7:50 am

mrjim wrote: Fri May 11, 2018 6:12 am These S21s must be different than the ones purchased aftermarket. I have bought 4 sets of S21s for my last 2 ZX14Rs. Those tires have given me 5000-6000 miles including track days!!! :crazy: :scratch:
That’s the same mileage I normally get from aftermarket tires too. I have never had S21s before.
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Re: Stock tires, no good!!

Post by 57x » Fri May 11, 2018 4:58 pm

I got over 7000 miles on my last two sets of S21s on a Z1000SX. I have 1200 miles on my H2 SX SE and don't see any noticeable wear. Hopefully they don't just quickly go away.
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Re: Stock tires, no good!!

Post by Barrel » Fri May 11, 2018 5:10 pm

I queried my quick rear tyre wear with a few others (incl 2 recent ZZR owners) and all reported their OEM Bridgestones wore ridiculously quickly (2000 or less) and when fitted aftermarket / retail tyres, mileage was back to expected levels.
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Re: Stock tires, no good!!

Post by ninjatx » Fri May 11, 2018 8:32 pm

What tire pressures are you guys running?
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Re: Stock tires, no good!!

Post by biosed » Fri May 11, 2018 8:56 pm

ninjatx wrote: Fri May 11, 2018 8:32 pm What tire pressures are you guys running?
Recommended 42psi all round.
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Re: Stock tires, no good!!

Post by Gadus » Fri May 11, 2018 9:14 pm

42 psi (2,9 bar) rear and 36 psi (2,5 bar) front.
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Re: Stock tires, no good!!

Post by Whyscotty » Fri May 11, 2018 10:37 pm

42 In both as per the manual
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