Tire Pressure ?

[sedelen]

Very easy to do, you don't even have to change anything.

Check your pressures before you start your ride, record them.

Ride for at least 25 miles to make sure the tires get warm, check the pressures, record them.

Compare the warm pressures to the cold pressures, you might be surprised to find that they are about 10% higher.

Done.

Let us know what you find.

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If that's all there is to it, I'll check it next time out, Thanks!

[Steve]

If that's all there is to it, I'll check it next time out, Thanks!

That's all there is to checking it.

If your difference is not 10%, you might need to make some adjustments, but it's REAL easy to just check them.

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[suzukizone]

Tire pressure?

The wear the OP described is perfectly 100% normal, and not any indication of incorrect inflation pressures.

Remember, you are NOT looking at low-tech car tires -- you are looking at MOTORCYCLE tires, so leave car-based thinking behind.

Motorcycle tires wear out quickly and as the OP described. It's just part of the deal, and nothing you can do will safely change this.

Use the 10% rule, and your tires will give the best available balance of traction, and they will last as long as possible.

Well if that is true about the wear pattern, then I can more comfortably go ahead with the 10% method to arrive at the proper settings. I thought I had seen picts in M.C. manuals over the years that showed that type of uneven wear pattern for over/under inflation settings. Just got new tires delivered a few minutes ago. Not sure how soon I can steal the time to pull wheels & install, may not be for a week or so. Thanks to you & Steve & all the rest for the comments & input.

DH