Venom vs. E3 - some new observations

[V7Goose]

Have you seen my daily commute? Scraping floorboards at 65mph isn't very condusive to 10,000mile tire life.

Actually it is. Most people wear out a motorcycle tire (front or rear) from spending way too much time in a straight line (or not being skilled enough to actually lean it much in the corners). If you are doing lots of curves and hitting them hard enough to kill the chicken stripes, then you are using up the rubber on the sides of the tread instead of just the the center - this will give you anywhere between 25% to 75% MORE life in a tire, not less.

 

I repeat my earlier assertion - if you cannot get more than 10,000 miles from a front tire on this bike, you have huge problems with the bike that need to be fixed.

Goose

Edited July 31, 2011 by V7Goose

[GG54172]

9,000 miles, touching the wear bars on the edges of tires. Brakes aint draging, steering beerings are fine.

 

Rear tire still has a lot of tread left. Keep both tires at about 4psi under sidewall max.