Last year at the beginning of the riding season I put a new set of shinko 244 tires on the bike, for the price they haven't been bad. However the front tire is worn a little differently than I expected. I bought the bike used and haven't adjusted the suspension, but it looks like I should after replacing the tires for this season. The unusual wear might be because I ride 2up more often than I would like.

I put about 7500 miles on them (almost all pavement commuting to school) and probably about 1500 (uncomfortable for me) miles were 2up because my girlfriend likes the bike just as much as me. Here are a couple picks you guys can take a look at, do you think the wear is from riding 2up? or maybe I need to adjust the suspension better for my weight? I'm about 165lbs and my girl is 115lbs so I have about 1500 miles at 280lbs which is probably too much for this bike.
Oh, and I usually keep them between 22-25 psi

You can see the double knobbs(black) are worn significantly more than the single knobbs(blue). Looks to be around 1/4inch



Here I used my key to roughly show the height difference



Thanks,
Derrick

 

I have seen that with kenda trakmasters front too.....

 

***** wear odd on the front of dual sports, I've seen that before on my stuff.

 

Normal, as odd as it appears. I'll try to find a picture of a buddy's MT-21. Makes your's look just fine.

 

Thanks for the replies, glad to hear its not out of the ordinary

However, I still think I'm gonna tell the girlfriend that its from riding 2up too often so I can get some more quality alone time with my one true love

 

I see the ***** are cracking a little too at the base, that is normal. More time than wear.

 

Maybe it is from riding on the linoleum or carpet too much.

Actually I think it is from the smaller center **** "sinking" into the tire and all the weight is concentrated on the two ***** therfore wearing them out. Can you easily push the single knobby into the tire by just putting a slight amount of pressure with your thumb?

Anyway's I think it is a normal accurance with the Dual Sport tires.

 

Ha I only ride in the house from December-February.
And yes the center **** pushes in much easier than the rest

 

Same here. Flights of stairs and launches off the coffee table helps keep the rider's edge.