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Old 21 Apr 2011
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Front tyre wearing quicker?
Hi all i was just wondering if front tyres normally wear quicker than rear tyres.ive been running michelin anakees on my africa twin for 2 1/2 years and 100000km and the last set a had fitted were a regular anakee on the rear and an anakee2 on the front because i couldnt get a regular anakee for the front .time for new tyres and the rear still has loads of life left and the front...well its getting slippery?usually its the other way round?
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I noticed this on my R80gs, I was using Avon Distanzias front and rear, the rear did 9.500miles and was changed due to 'tread block cracks' but still had plenty of tread left, but the front was completely 'shot to bits' and I was expecting 'as usual' it to be the other way round.......you are not alone!!
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bugger,i contacted michelin and pretty much got the old "its not our fault" too many things come into the equation so just get a new set. think ill try metzeler tourances next?
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It's normal, the more knobblier tyres suffer from this, I think it's due to braking and the tyre having a smaller contact patch.
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I noticed this on my R80gs, I was using Avon Distanzias front and rear, the rear did 9.500miles and was changed due to 'tread block cracks' but still had plenty of tread left, but the front was completely 'shot to bits' and I was expecting 'as usual' it to be the other way round.......you are not alone!!
It is not just me then, I have exactly the same thing with Distanzias on my 80G/S and wondered what I was doing wrong, I would normally expect to get double the mileage out of a front to a rear, I certainly did with the old Avon Gripsters.
I am guessing that modern front tyres are made of a softer rubber to give better grip with a penalty to be paid in shorter life expectancy.
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