The Avon is just, almost, not quite, stock size. Therefore no fender mods.
100/90 18. This size is 2mm taller than stock and 10mm narrower.
This is my second, dual tire change out. Something about looking at a slightly abused front tire that always has me biting the bullet and replacing it when I want tread on the rear tire. I put 13,100 miles in 12 months 2 weeks, on my last set of tires. The front does/did have tread on it, but with outgassing, dryrot etc, I likes to have fresher rubber for the twisties. My rear tire had zero tread left on the contact patch area. Ever look at the Avon Venom rear tire tread? Freaks me out to see those ravenous treads rubbed flat when the old tire is positioned next to the new carcass. I could have ridden for more miles, technically speaking, but for the fact that tires get real expensive when replaced when out of state...
The last time that happened, (replacing a tire while in trip mode) I paid for one rear tire, what I pay for both the front and the rear tires.
Some have made mention of getting 17000 miles out of tire. Couple of notes on that:
Rubber gets real hard with age. The tire will develop tiny cracks too. Rolling 17K takes most riders at least 2 years. Motorcycle tires should be replaced periodically. Criteria? Either age or miles or both. So the 17K life of tires will usually be tempered with age. Yeah, this opinion of mine is due to the fact that I ride out of town, out of state and out of country (once). (Out of state for a Florida cracker is a big deal as we lives on a big peninsula that takes me 200 miles just to get to the nearest border) . For in-county and/or in-town, I might just squeeze the tire life to the max...
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