perishing tyres......

[Roger Chatterton]

Got to get my airhead MOT'd soon, and asked if they thought my front 21" Tourance would get through -it's looking a bit close to the 2mm mark !
So, the front tyre is the old style Tourance, and almost exactly 1 year old, and covered about 12000 miles . Whilst the tread is marginal,( and I'll be replacing before the summer trip anyhow), Rick the mechanic said that it was looking quite perished and showing signs of slight splits between the tread blocks.
So, my question is, is this normal for a tyre only around 12 months old , and not excessive mileage ? I don't recollect this on previous Tourances on my 1150. Rick reckoned that the quality of the rubber has gone down in recent years ?

PS no off road malarkey, apart from odd bits of road repair gravel in Finland etc., and bike is kept under cover in a lock up, so not left out in the open.

 

[bose]

big milage tyre

Got to get my airhead MOT'd soon, and asked if they thought my front 21" Tourance would get through -it's looking a bit close to the 2mm mark !
So, the front tyre is the old style Tourance, and almost exactly 1 year old, and covered about 12000 miles . Whilst the tread is marginal,( and I'll be replacing before the summer trip anyhow), Rick the mechanic said that it was looking quite perished and showing signs of slight splits between the tread blocks.
So, my question is, is this normal for a tyre only around 12 months old , and not excessive mileage ? I don't recollect this on previous Tourances on my 1150. Rick reckoned that the quality of the rubber has gone down in recent years ?

PS no off road malarkey, apart from odd bits of road repair gravel in Finland etc., and bike is kept under cover in a lock up, so not left out in the open.

12000 from front tyre in 12mnths ??? check age of tyre on side wall day/mnth/year,fink you ment 1200 miles didnt ya!!!!

 

[Tarka]

12000 from front tyre in 12mnths ??? check age of tyre on side wall day/mnth/year,fink you ment 1200 miles didnt ya!!!!

What`s your surprise?

I got 11,000 - 13,000 miles from Tourances or Pirelli Scorpions on my 1100`s

 

[Roger Chatterton]

12000 from front tyre in 12mnths ??? check age of tyre on side wall day/mnth/year,fink you ment 1200 miles didnt ya!!!!

I may be old but I aint senile, as far as I can remember

No I DO mean 12000-- surely that's not too unusual is it ? 1200 a year would be pretty sad ! We were clocking up at least 3- 400 miles a day in Norway and Finland last summer , and were away for 2 weeks, so that alone equals more than 4000 !!!

Anyhow, I will check the date on the tyre - thanks

 

[Dougie Danger]

New GSA came with Tourance EXP's front and rear and both worn out together at 6000 miles in 6 months. Front tyre has lots of cracking. Looked at another GS with Conti Attacks on and it had the same cracking but not as bad. Never had this issue before. Bloke at Universal tyres said this happens on some tyres but mostly on Metzlers. Fitting Michelin Anakee 2's at the weekend.
Doug.

 

[steve g]

Dougie
Ive had exactly the same issues with my 09 adv. Front exp had cracking and had to change both tyres at 6k mls. Now fitted x2 of the "original" Tourances - so far so good (done 2.5k mls).