maddaddy
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14000 Miles on a TKC???
are you wearing them down to the steel?? I hear that most only get 3000 to 4000 miles.
If this helps at all, We ride a 1200 gs and a 650gs single. The 650 twin is I'm told about 10Kg heavier than the 650 single.
IMHO (two years and 25000+ miles all weather riding on TKC's) the standard pressures are way too high for TKC's, even on a small bike.
I keep the fronts at; 27psi and the rears at 33psi for normal road use.
When carrying luggage or passengers I up the pressures to; 32psi front and 38psi rear on both bikes.
My reason for the same pressures is that the bikes seem to be happiest this way. The harder you have the TKC's the greater the tendency they have to walk in the bends (start to lose grip), and the more flighty they feel in the wet.
Off road I would drop the pressures again by up to 5psi in each (some people run the rears at about 15psi when its wet and muddy) Most of my off roding is very gentle (I'm a bit of a wooce off road) and only in the dry if I can help it, so often I leave the pressures as they are.
Yesterday we did a 100+ mile high speed A road dash two up on the 650. I didn't add any air to the tyres, just road it as is. We had no incidents or scares related to the TKC's in any way. I even got my right foot down in one of the bends.
Didn't tell her on the back though
Val.
PS: If it helps I get 14000 mls from the front and 11000mls from the rear.
are you wearing them down to the steel?? I hear that most only get 3000 to 4000 miles.
