650 Rear Tyre Life

[J J]

I'd be interested to hear what other members are getting , mileage wise, from their rear tyres.

I have 5400 miles on my 650 from new and according to the wear indicators on the rear tyre it's coming up to needing changing.

JJ

[poldark]

JJ,
Can't input on rear mileage yet, but if you replace with another Bridgestone TH01 make sure it is recent stock and has the new suffix "M" on the end.

Bridgestone made a tweak to the construction (not compound I don't think) to help rear wear levels. It was about a year ago, so maybe even your OEM is a newer one, would be interested to know. The tyre would read TH01M.

[Normsthename]

I had two Burgman 650's and the first Burgervan had 8500 miles on the original rear tyre when I sold it
It was getting near to replacement and had started to go square

Andy

[J J]

Thanks for the info Martin,

I'll pop out to the car park in a minute and check.

[J J]

Andy,

that's about the mileage I was getting from rears on my X9's and my 400 Burger.

My tyre is beggining to square off as well.

Ho Hum........ a new Battleaxe needed with only 29 days to Xmas.

JJ

[J J]

JJ,
Bridgestone made a tweak to the construction (not compound I don't think) to help rear wear levels. It was about a year ago, so maybe even your OEM is a newer one, would be interested to know. The tyre would read TH01M.

Just had a looksee and the description on the tyre reads;

TH01R Radial M

If that means that I have one of the newer tyres then I dread to think what the life was for one of the older ones.

[Colin B]

Highjacking this slightly ,,, has anyone tried other makes on a 650? Indeed, are there other tyres made to the required spec?

[J J]

Hi Colin,

I was under the impression that the Battleaxe was the only specified tyre for the B650, Nexus and the GP800 by virtue of it being a radial tyre.

That said, I wonder what the Burger used before the Battleaxe came out?

Going back to my rear tyre.

I've just had a look at the workshop manual that I've downloaded from Jim's site and seen that removal of the rear wheel is a lot less complicated than on an X9 or even the 400 Burger (No need to remove the exhaust or outrigger).

I might remove it myself and take it to a tyre shop to keep the cost down. I can even check the pads and bearings while I have it all apart.

Regards

JJ

[davethescoot]

On my second Exec now in 3 years, 6000mls on the rears, and they start to look 'pretty squared off' by then !


davethescoot

[smurph]

Highjacking this slightly ,,, has anyone tried other makes on a 650? Indeed, are there other tyres made to the required spec?

I too would be interested in if there is other radial tyre sizes to the Burger , wee bit wider would be nice