That's odd that an 800 Tiger wears the front prematurely. I know the 1200s were notorious for chewing front Metzler Tourance Nexts up in no time. Think it could be that they're radial construction vs bias? The Dunlop Trailmax Mission tires are wearing great on my 1200 Explorer and they're NOT Radial contruction.
You'll love it, especially since you seem to like pushing it hard. Great tire. But if i didn't mention it already, the sprint ST front is IMO not so great. Not bad, just nothing special and wore too fast. I bought it because i liked the rear so much, but i went back to the avon cobra (now called cobra "chrome") that is the best front i have used and lasts as much as 13k. May not seem like much but i never got even 10k from anything else on the front.dazco, you're whole statement regarding the 50s v the 55s makes a lot of sense to me, a lot of what I read about the bike's handling had to do with the tire's size matched with the rake, springs etc. It seems they just did it right!
I wore my original tire on a 2014 Commander at 4444 miles, bike had 805 when I bought it & yes I was very hard on it; lived in the mountains & I had hardly no "chicken strips"!
I'm going to try the Avon Sprint ST. Thanks
That's what I had on my T'bird as well and really liked how they rode and handled.
! are they "inspecting" for $130 AND do the wheel bearings need lubricating every time I change the oil?
No, in fact i replaced my wheel bearings at somewhere around 70,000 miles and never lubed them ! They are permanently lubed so you just replace them. You will probably not want to wait that long but mine were still good when i replaced them. I would say when you have a tire change after about 40 or 50k mile have the bearings replaced when they change the tire. Good piece of advice tho....get the bearings yourself from a bearing house. Theres nothing special about the bearings triumph sells and they cost if i recall something like $50 each. When i changed mine i found the generic replacement number and paid $16 for TWO ! So i saved $84 and only had to pay for install.My front tire looks like it'll get 7500 or more miles, maybe more now that I've moved off the mountain, so maybe I'll replace with same as original. I'll be riding more on the open highway and even cruising in the city should be less wear than mountain roads, hopefully I'll double the miles with the Avon.
I was going to take bike in for a service, bike has 4,600 miles and this will be it's 2nd oil change, what else is important to get done? I checked local dealer's website & it showed oil & filter change, lubricate wheel bearings and "full bike" inspection for $129.95.
That's my point, I can do a simple oil & filter change, even top off the brake fluid.
Yes, i just say spirit for short, but yes, it's the ST.
