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Front vs Rear Tire Wear
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<blockquote data-quote="Fred W" data-source="post: 1365001" data-attributes="member: 3828"><p>The 36 psi front recommended in the owners manual is too low for the amount that these bikes weigh, IMO. That will definitely cause the front to wear faster than the rear, and will have the bike steering like a truck no matter what tire is on there.</p><p></p><p>Since this is essentially the same bike that my '05 FJR was, I knew better than to run the stock Bridgestones at anything but 40F / 42R, and I got the same mileage out of those OE tires that I usually get, which is about 9k from rears and 12-13k front.</p><p></p><p>When you spoon your own tires on, not changing them at the same time is no hardship. It's actually a bit nicer to split the job up to occur at different times. The only down side is having to setup and take down my cycle hill changer more often, but that isn't all that much of a hassle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fred W, post: 1365001, member: 3828"] The 36 psi front recommended in the owners manual is too low for the amount that these bikes weigh, IMO. That will definitely cause the front to wear faster than the rear, and will have the bike steering like a truck no matter what tire is on there. Since this is essentially the same bike that my '05 FJR was, I knew better than to run the stock Bridgestones at anything but 40F / 42R, and I got the same mileage out of those OE tires that I usually get, which is about 9k from rears and 12-13k front. When you spoon your own tires on, not changing them at the same time is no hardship. It's actually a bit nicer to split the job up to occur at different times. The only down side is having to setup and take down my cycle hill changer more often, but that isn't all that much of a hassle. [/QUOTE]
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