[kz1000st]

You know what's annoying about all this? My 1979 KZ1000st got 17,000 miles out of its first rear tire. Truth. Every tire after that during the 1980's lasted at least 14,000. Front tires routinely lasted 35,000 miles or more. Then the Crotch Rocket era started. Now you're lucky to get 8,000 miles out of a rear motorcycle tire and 10,000 miles out of a front tire.

They boast how motorcycle tires are all "Race Track Ready" these days but who needs it? Give me mileage over race track traction. I don't slide a 1400cc, 165 horsepower Superbike on my way to work. The Honda Rebel is a 16 horse cruiser that tops out at a speed a KZ1400 can do in first gear. Plus I get to spend fifty or sixty dollars a pop for those joyful 8,000 miles and to go 30,000 miles costs me a mere-what?-$250 out of one wheel on my bike. Somebody's making money and it's not me.