Replace 2 rear tires for every front?

[EskimoPie]

Got about 4.5k miles on my '21 GT. Looks like I'll probably get about 7 or 8k out of the rear tire. Do most folks just buy a new rear and let the front go till the next change?

 

[technoguppy]

It's been my experience that a 2:1 (Rear : Front) replacement is my norm on Triumph Rocket III's (2019s and older).

Not sure if this is true for R3s but I suspect similar weights, similar rubber (AVON / Metzeler), and riding situations.

CAVEAT: This is my experience, your situation may be completely different. It's whatever you are comfortable with and what is required for the safe operation of your bike!

My $0.02

 

[Jallen3.14]

Somebody's been doing burnouts...

 

[Idaho Red Rocket 3]

2 to 1 is my history for 50K miles and 14 years of heavy bike bagger with track days, drag strip runs and dyno tunes.

 

[Loatmead]

Always found on all bikes that I have had that its two rear tyres to one front

 

[Azisbest]

Got about 4.5k miles on my '21 GT. Looks like I'll probably get about 7 or 8k out of the rear tire. Do most folks just buy a new rear and let the front go till the next change?

Unless you really have been hitting the track or doing burnouts you should have tread left. You may be aware of this but for others who dont know the item in the pic is not a wear bar, it is part of the tread pattern. The real wear bars are much smaller and have initials on them Wbi or some such for Wear Bar Indicator. Someone will correct me, lol. Anyway for what its worth.

 

[idk]

Strange, I found that I had to change the front tyre 2 or 3 times for each rear tyre on my 2006 R3.

 

[ruzzle]

Strange, I found that I had to change the front tyre 2 or 3 times for each rear tyre on my 2006 R3.

Me too. Wonder why???

 

[MIG]

It's been my experience that a 2:1 (Rear : Front) replacement is my norm on Triumph Rocket III's (2019s and older).

Not sure if this is true for R3s but I suspect similar weights, similar rubber (AVON / Metzeler), and riding situations.

CAVEAT: This is my experience, your situation may be completely different. It's whatever you are comfortable with and what is required for the safe operation of your bike!

My $0.02

True enough on comfort. Each time I've changed a rear I've never seen enough tread on the front to last till the rear wears out again... so I change them both.
-MIG

 

[Mighty Mouse]

When I change out my rear tire the front always has plenty of life left in it but I like to have new tread on front and rear at the same time so I change them both. I don't do it myself so having them done at the same time makes it where I don't have to think or worry about taking it in again to have it changed. You guys that do it yourself I certainly understand why you would wait.