How could he say that Bridgestone is as good as any. They are almost the bottom of the pile according to everyone I have spoke to and by my personal experience. Although you do get twice to three times the miles on the front than the rear with any brand. We replaced the front Bridgestone on the V Star at 6,300 miles and it was pretty shot. And I assume it was the original. We just changed the rear tire at 8,100 miles which was a Dunlop that was almost new when we bought the bike with 4,300 miles on it. The bike is sold with Bridgestone brand new. So we got about the same or just a bit more miles off the Dunlop, around 4,000 miles. We went from Bridgestone to Dunlop to Metzler on the Virago increasing the mileage each time, Getting twice the miles with Metzler as Bridgestone.StrykenShane said:
My Stryker as you know burnt the rear Bridgestone in all of 3,100 miles and I mean burnt it down to now tread at all. However the front tire is showing very little wear at all. I expect to get 3,000 more out of it. Just for one more piece of info the tire guy that changed mine said that it was normal for Bridgestone to wear that fast in fact he had seen them that worn at only 2,500 miles. We got almost 8,000 miles on the rear Metzler on the Virago 2 up fully packed. So I'm thinking solo riding should get closer to 9,000 rear or more and 18,000 front. Don't know yet on the heavier bikes but I would think close to the same. But will let every one know after this coming riding season. There are some facts to throw around, hope that helps. 8)
, that I put miss matched brands on and if there were any kinds of ruts/rain grooves in the freeway the front seemed to tracked different than the rear and was really wobbly. There was a noticeable decrease in that when I put matching tires on. I have been researching car tires for the rear and have been talking with the guys at L&M that are doing the custom 950 because they are using a car tire on that one. So they will post some feed back when they get er done and get some riding time to see how she handles.
