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Offline Pezzz

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New Tyres and Ride On
« on: June 08, 2015, 12:28:14 PM »
So after what I guess was around 15000km, i really needed a new set of tyres before the Kookynie FarRide later this month.
Rang around a few places and looked online until Yorkie suggested to me to give Steve's Motorcycles in Midland a call.
Steve there was talking to Yorkie about some tyres that he had very good life from on a HD.
So I gave him a call and booked in for Michellin Commander II on the rear and Michellin Pilot Road 4 on the front.
All up cost was $500 exactly including lubricating splines with my own supplied moly and having to work around towbar etc.
Very happy with the service and knowledge.
Here are a couple of photos of the inside of the old tyre showing how the RideOn product looks after a few thousand kms.





I forgot to get photo of outside of tyre but was very flat in the middle..... :fp
Anyway, thought I would share.
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Re: New Tyres and Ride On
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2015, 02:29:57 PM »
Looks like I would have expected. Some HD models do come with a 160/70 rear tyre (as does the BMW 1200LT) so there are some options. It will be interesting to see how the Commander goes life wise
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Re: New Tyres and Ride On
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2015, 04:16:18 PM »
They got 34000 km on the HD and expect around 20000 km minimum on the ST. Here's hoping.
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Re: New Tyres and Ride On
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2015, 12:10:04 AM »
So far very hapy with wear .... over 2000km and no noticeable wear but may be a bit slippery. Have had 2 incidents losing traction but that could be coincidence on bad roads with oil. 1 was shiny right hand tyre track on a bend out on highway .... while bike slipped a bit until I stood it back up and got out of the shiny then all ok. The other time was on Sunday pulling out from a median strip that may have just been oily but took me 2 goes to stop spinning on takeoff.
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