I went through one set of Z8's in about 5'500 miles, down to 1mm front and back.
I have just hacked a rear in very short order from a 'reasonable amount of tread' available, right down to the carcass in about 5,200 miles.... From tread to beading, in very quick progression. The front is worn out, too.
That is two full sets of Z8's worn out (one tyre dangerously so) in under 11,000 miles. I do very few pure motorway miles, so it's mostly 'spirited' D road stuff in France.
After thirty plus years of motorcycling (including thousands clocked up on a Blackbird, so weight and power was not an unknown subject) I thought I was pretty good at estimating how many miles a tyre had left in it. I got it very wrong with the Z8 rear.
Take care if you are out and about. The Z8's seem to wear steadily.... Then roar down to zero and then way beyond in very short order. I have one more set of Z8's to use up, then I will be switching to PR3's.
I have just hacked a rear in very short order from a 'reasonable amount of tread' available, right down to the carcass in about 5,200 miles.... From tread to beading, in very quick progression. The front is worn out, too.
That is two full sets of Z8's worn out (one tyre dangerously so) in under 11,000 miles. I do very few pure motorway miles, so it's mostly 'spirited' D road stuff in France.
After thirty plus years of motorcycling (including thousands clocked up on a Blackbird, so weight and power was not an unknown subject) I thought I was pretty good at estimating how many miles a tyre had left in it. I got it very wrong with the Z8 rear.
Take care if you are out and about. The Z8's seem to wear steadily.... Then roar down to zero and then way beyond in very short order. I have one more set of Z8's to use up, then I will be switching to PR3's.