Kawasaki Concours Forum

The C-14, aka Kawasaki Concours-14, the new one :) => The Bike - C14/GTR 1400 => Topic started by: katata1100 on March 28, 2012, 10:14:19 AM

Title: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: katata1100 on March 28, 2012, 10:14:19 AM: I have a '11 and am currently on a road trip.
When I get back go home, stock bridgestones will
Have almost 7000 miles.
Front is looking pretty bad,I see pr3's in my future.
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: ZG on March 28, 2012, 10:51:32 AM: I took mine off at the 600 service thank goodness... :)
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: mike-s4 on March 28, 2012, 11:04:48 AM: Front bt021- 5000 miles (8000km)cupping badly.
Rear bt021- 9000 miles. (14400km)Worn evenly.
I had no problem with the REAR bt021. Handled nicely and lasted. The front was horrible.
Went with pr2's. My front pr2's have had the same cupping problem as the stones!
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: rtarp1 on March 28, 2012, 11:16:06 AM: 3500 on my 2011 and im at wear bar.
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: rush2112 on March 28, 2012, 11:17:30 AM: Changed mine at 3,900 miles. Both were bad, but the front was really bad!
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: JamminJere on March 28, 2012, 11:25:12 AM: Quote from: katata1100 on March 28, 2012, 10:14:19 AM
I have a '11 and am currently on a road trip.
When I get back go home, stock bridgestones will
Have almost 7000 miles.
Front is looking pretty bad,I see pr3's in my future.

Well if the front looks bad, i hope you arent far from home. Enjoy the Michelins!

JJ
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: stevewfl on March 28, 2012, 11:39:23 AM: The performance of those stockers were so horrid i took 'em off immediately.
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: jjsC6 on March 28, 2012, 12:34:02 PM: If I ever wind up on the list of people who get the most miles out of a set of tires I hope someone will put me out of my misery. I got about 5,000 out of my OEM tires, and I'm getting around 8500 or so out of my PR2's.
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: OregonLAN on March 28, 2012, 12:45:36 PM: Quote from: ZG on March 28, 2012, 10:51:32 AM
I took mine off at the 600 service thank goodness... :)

Yeah, thank goodness! I'm using them for a trip to San Francisco this summer...

I burned through my first set in ~3300 miles after a long weekend of curves. :) The center of the tire still had tread, but the edges were worn completely.

BTW, I have a set of PR3's lined up for the end of this ridding season.
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: W14 on March 28, 2012, 03:06:49 PM: 5K out of the front OEM, 11k out of the rear; 11K on front PR2's, no sign of wear
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: ZG on March 28, 2012, 03:51:34 PM: Quote from: OregonLAN on March 28, 2012, 12:45:36 PM
Yeah, thank goodness! I'm using them for a trip to San Francisco this summer...

That's right, I totally forgot about that OL! I'm glad you're able to get some use out of em bro... :chugbeer:
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: DenverC-14 on March 28, 2012, 03:52:09 PM: 3800 outta the stockers, and the front was destroyed.
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: dtmoto on March 28, 2012, 05:06:03 PM: Took mine off at 950 miles, Crap tires for such an outstanding bike. Get good tires and enjoy...
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: Pokey on March 28, 2012, 07:42:15 PM: Quote from: dtmoto on March 28, 2012, 05:06:03 PM
Took mine off at 950 miles, Crap tires for such an outstanding bike. Get good tires and enjoy...

Just the front, the rear is a pretty good tire however.
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: galaxieman on March 28, 2012, 07:51:45 PM: A couple of things:

The OEM BT021s are not as good as the ones you would buy off the shelf from Bridgestone.

Both lack considerably behind the BT023, their replacement. At 6k the 021s were done, I have 9k on my current 023 front, with about 1/3 tread left. I took the rear off at just shy of 8k because I wasn't positive it would make it for the entire Iron Butt I just did, and the semi-shagged (trackday take-off) 023 from my Superhawk is holding up fine... I'll probably go ahead and replace them with the GT-spec 023s in another 1-2k.
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: mike-s4 on March 28, 2012, 09:20:07 PM: Quote from: Pokey on March 28, 2012, 07:42:15 PM

Just the front, the rear is a pretty good tire however.

+1
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: SANDPSYCHO on March 29, 2012, 11:35:12 AM: I can't imagine wearing out the stock tires. I'm about ready to take a drill and some sheet metal screws to mine when the wife isn't looking ::)
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: Boomer on March 30, 2012, 06:35:01 AM: I managed 7,000 before I just couldn't take it any more.
I had to "reprofile" the front tyre with a rasp to make it rideable. (approx 4,000 miles)
Both tyres were still legal when replaced.
Front was at 2mm tread at the lowest point and 5mm at the deepest.
Rear was at 2mm and 4mm.

Went PR2 and never looked back.
Will never buy Bridgestone again,.. unless the press reports that they have a PR3 beater. ;)
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: C14PAINKILLER on March 30, 2012, 12:03:23 PM: I replaced mine at 11,000 miles after I got back from Cali for Michilen PR3. They were getting scary, more than usual at that point.
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: EpicBadass on March 30, 2012, 04:32:55 PM: My front went at about 5k and im ready to replace my rear at 10500
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: JamminJere on March 30, 2012, 05:28:34 PM: I have no idea how you guys get that many miles outta those tires..... I couldnt get that many miles if I stuffed rags in the holes in the tires

JJ
Title: Re: Who has gotten the most miles out of stock tires?
Post by: katata1100 on March 31, 2012, 01:18:46 AM: I made it back today, drove 400 miles. The front looks bizarre- like a 1/4" wide chicken strip in the middle, sides are V shapes with most of the tread gone. Handling felt scary, riding in the sierra nevadas this afternoon was sadly no fun, I rode it as if I were on ice >:(, I felt that if I leaned it even slightly, I'd dump the bike off a cliff.The rear looks like it go longer, but I'll replace it. When I got this bike, I rode first 50 miles carefully, then started to play with the bike and I thought "Hey, these tires aren't so bad!". The tires felt pretty good in the mountains of CO. I proceeded to ride another 1000 miles to my home. The tires didn't feel good. I guess you can say that you get good handling of the bridgestones for about 200 miles of their initial life- blink and you'll miss it.
The tires don't even ride right, they feel lumpy, the exterior on them looks like wheel off of Fred Flinstones' car. I'll be lining up some tires asap. Oh well, we're expecting snow tomorrow night...