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FJR's don't like dirt - let alone floods and ...
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<blockquote data-quote="Brodie" data-source="post: 1451271" data-attributes="member: 3372"><p>This…</p><p>[ATTACH=full]3021[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>When I was running a motorcycle tire I was getting about 5,000 (s)miles on a rear tire. I have a rather heavy wrist. Every seven weeks had me visiting my favourite tire shop. I was looking to save money somewhere, even to buy a NoMar tire changer to save mount and balance charges. With the car tire they’re averaging around 34,000 (s)miles; a 7 to 1 ratio. Most of the car tires I’ve replaced back there were because of a desire to get deeper sipes (tread grooves) for a upcoming tour in the rainy season. A wide contact patch with legal, but rather shallow sipes might tend to float a bit when hitting a sudden water crossing, at speed, while travelling the Nevada desert.</p><p></p><p>Brodie</p><p><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brodie, post: 1451271, member: 3372"] This… [ATTACH type="full" alt="D0353A9D-50E3-41DA-8A61-A7D4626BA494.jpeg"]3021[/ATTACH] When I was running a motorcycle tire I was getting about 5,000 (s)miles on a rear tire. I have a rather heavy wrist. Every seven weeks had me visiting my favourite tire shop. I was looking to save money somewhere, even to buy a NoMar tire changer to save mount and balance charges. With the car tire they’re averaging around 34,000 (s)miles; a 7 to 1 ratio. Most of the car tires I’ve replaced back there were because of a desire to get deeper sipes (tread grooves) for a upcoming tour in the rainy season. A wide contact patch with legal, but rather shallow sipes might tend to float a bit when hitting a sudden water crossing, at speed, while travelling the Nevada desert. Brodie 😁 [/QUOTE]
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