I like the Michelin PR series. Tread life is really good for the amount of sticky you get. They are more of a touring tire than an sport tire and wet traction is phenomenal.I am in the market for new tires for my 2012 FZ6R. Any recommendations would help thanks.
huh? lets say thats 150$ you would be paying the cost of the bike every 6 years just in tires. And thats assuming you never change the front.I have to replace my rear tire every 2 months (2K)
Yeah i think i can get 7 or 8 out of them. I have not even thought to check the wear markers, i dont know why i will do that when i get home. What to get next is still another question. Id like extra grip riding mostly twisties as well but somehow im thinking its not going to be something i can notice being that i dont ride to the limit of the bike. I certainly can't afford to be replacing tires every year so i guess i would lean towards trying some kind of touring and seeing if i notice a big difference. Course then i would be stuck with the for 10kI've gone nearly 8k on the stock rubber. I've never felt super confident on them, and I went down under 30 degrees one morning coming around the mailboxes at the end of my street... but I've told that story.
Since 95% of the time I'm commuting my rear tire starting running flat in the center around 4 or 5k. My front tire looks fine to me but a few people have told me it looks really rough. I'm kind of concerned getting tires that only last 3 or 4 thousand miles, but at this point I'd rather do that for some confidence inspiring grip. Heard new tires *transforms* this bike. And if it's not a big enough difference, I'll swap back to the crappy high mileage stock ones. Probably get some Pilot Power or Qs when the weather turns warm again.
Just my 2 cents.
I have used sport touring tires to try and get more life and can only get about 3K from those as well. The issue is riding nearly exclusively on nasty chip seal on Texas backroads on hypersport tires (S20's), but that is where the good twisties are. If you check reviews on the webz you will see that lots of people are getting even less miles on a rear than me, its really not as unusual as you seem to believe. My point in quoting 2month/2K miles was only to show you that your 18month replacement is actually a really long time for a motorcycle.huh? lets say thats 150$ you would be paying the cost of the bike every 6 years just in tires. And thats assuming you never change the front.