Tire Wear from Hot to Cold Weather

You guys know if tires tend to wear more in hot or cold weather if you ride year round like me? I only ask because I have a rear tire balding with only 2300 miles on it!!! & berore you even ask NO it has never been used in a burn out. Plus air pressure is a recomended level. Thanks for any advice.

 

Which tire are you running? Some are much softer compound than others, this affects the life of the tire a great deal.

 

Problems:
1. Tires do wear.
2. Tires do wear more in warm weather.
3. More throttle=More fun=More wear on tires
3. Running a tire on the rear of a VFR with out a passenger, at 42 psi, will result in a
slick stripe down the middle. This soon renders the tire useless for wet braking.
4. Universal Constant: Good, Fast, or Cheap. You may choose only two.

Mac

 

Mac, does this mean without a passenger you should run a lower pressure to avoid this?

 

Correct. 219 lbs.( My fat ass ) I run 36 psi front, 38 psi rear. It gives a larger contact patch, and much more even wear. Hope this helps.

Mac

 

It's a Bridgestone that came on it don't know why only dunlop and metlezer are in the specs for tires in 2007. Not shure of the type it's in the muffler shop Hard bag brackets won't fit with my scorpions on it. Having to rework the crossover.

 

I'm running Michelin pilot road 2's Dual Compound I find to be the best even on long tours, I'm about 275 lbs 32psi in the front and 35psi in the back.

 

Hot to cold?more wear when they're stickey and hot,less when they r cold,that's why u warm 'em up...to stick.Classic ?The ?What u want 2 stick or get high miles.They are making dual compound tires now(uh duh),harder on the center,softer on the sides for stick(grip).Opposite of a tootsiepop.^money,the best tire,is yours.Michelin pp now,roads or dual compounds next.P.S.the stock dunlops sucked,just get the size right.Stickey tires wear out quick,high mileage tires don't stick.

 

Acording to my expirience this is not true in cold weather tires wear more...
The harder(cooler)is tire biger pieces of tire fall off the carcas.

 

Are we talking about tire wear, or dry rot?

Mac

 

The frictional coefficient is higher in softer rubba.Rubba is softer when it's warm.Softer rubba wears quicka but sticks betta,too hot(soft),it peels creating a ball-bearing effect(bad).Cold(hard) rubba slides before it gives it up its little molecules.Depends what u want,cold and hard(mileage), or hot,soft, and sticky(replace often).Oh sorry,reminds me of a joke...off to the "humor thread'

 

I was just wondering what was going on. As for tire choice a middle of the road good stick with good milage is what I will put on next.

 

Plenty of tire threads on here, take a look and then you can make a more informed decision on which way you want to go.

 

Dual compounds such as the Michelin Pilot Road 2, the Dunlop Roadsmart, and the Bridgestone B021 are great for both purposes- they offer a harder compound in the middle for increased mileage, and a softer compound on the edges for increased traction. They cost a little more, but the increased mileage makes up for it. I have about 10.5K miles on my front Pilot Road 2 and it shows little wear. My rear tire is a Roadsmart with about 5 k miles and shows little wear as well. I commute and ride the mountain twists on the weekends and these tires are great. My 2cents.