01-22-2019, 10:55 AM
(01-22-2019, 05:58 AM)Haggard Rider_imp Wrote: They're not new but they looked in decent nick. The bike was bought from a dealer so they should be good. The bike has done just shy of 10k miles and I have no idea if these are or were as originally fitted. It only did 1k of those 10k miles in the last 2 years which makes me think these are as originally fitted so perhaps they are a few season too old? I don't know.
Suggests maybe that they're getting a bit 'tired'!
Check the numbers again. If they are original tires, they would be BT-54 radials, rather than BT-45 bias ply.
My guess is that they are probably not the original tires, as the BT-54 front tire is notorious for wearing out long before the 10K mile mark.
I use the BT-45 bias tires on my CB750 and have experienced very good performance in wet and dry conditions, although they do tend to track imperfections in the pavement due to the narrow profile.
On my CB11 I have gone with the popular Michelin Pilot Road 3 radials in 120/80 front and 160/60 rear. I've noticed no perceptible performance difference with the wider tires. A big plus is that I get better than 10K miles out of a set.