Time for another new rear tire. After changing the last one I was bitching about how I’m only getting about 5,000 miles out of my rear tires. Well, I think I’ve found the secret to extending the mileage: procrastination.
I kept noticing my rear tire was looking more and more like a racing slick and I kept thinking, “Yeah, I need to take care of that. Next paycheck for sure.” Then I’d get on and ride for another couple of weeks until I’d notice the tread was getting low and think, “Yeah, I need to take care of that. Next paycheck for sure!” Lather, rinse, repeat. Until the other day when I noticed there was a white patch in the middle of the not-tread-anymore and took a closer look. It had progressed beyond not-tread — now it wasn’t even rubber, it was cord.
Oopsie. This paycheck. For sure.
It turns out there were two spots where it was down to the cord, each on opposite sides of the wheel. Weird. I guess the shop where I had it mounted must have balanced the hell out of it…
I got a little over 8,000 miles out of this last tire, and probably only the last 500 or so were suicide miles. Not bad, especially for a Kenda. But now I’m giving Dunlop a try. I figure maybe Harley’s on to something with all those D402s they sell as stock.
