onmyrt Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 As most of my riding (roughly 75%) is done two up, my original set of Continental Road Attack tires lasted me all the way up to my 6000 mile service. (actually, the front is still rideable, but the rear is done) Anyone have suggestions for a tire that might be more suited for two up. Machine is '06 12RT. Combined weight of 'two' = 325. Cheers, Michael Link to comment
Whip Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 6000 is about all I can get out of the Pilot Roads...They stick pretty good... 2 up 60% of the time R1200RT......with bad shocks... Whip Link to comment
MattS Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Metzeler ME880's are the high-mileage tire of choice, if they're available for the 1200, you should be able to eke 10,000 miles two-up out of them. Link to comment
Haynes Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 On my R1150RT, I've been running ME-Z4B. The "B" section apparently has a thicker wall section on the front tyre for larger touring bikes. I got 18,000km (11,250 miles)from one pair and I can't ask more than that. Link to comment
BUSTED Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 I'm still finding and running Dunlop 205's with an average 12,000 on a rear tire. Link to comment
philbytx Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Metzeler ME880's are a great tire with deeper tread depth than most. Most of my riding is 2up and my Dunlop D205's lasted 8k (rear) and I then replaced both front and rear with ME880's. I ran 40/42 pressures on the 205's and also 40/42 on the ME880's. Link to comment
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