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Have you taken a good look at your mc tire after it's been on for awhile? I get about 15,000 out of a ME880 marathon. That's because I use my BA to ride to work 109 miles every day. By the time it gets to 10k for the most part it is in the shape of a car tire and bald to boot. In the old days, the 60s and 70s, the tires that were on my bike looked just like car tires and lasted more like them too. The reason for the shape of the modern motorcycle tires, is to rotate around a corner faster.



Those old tires were a lot narrower, for instance that 4.00X19 rear tire is only a tiny bit over 100mm wide. That's much skinnier than our front tire and much easier to lay into a turn. Also carries far less weight.

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