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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	stock IRC 09/30/07 at 13:10:49 About how many miles do the stock IRC get before they need replacing?
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: stock IRC Reply #1 - 09/30/07 at 16:20:44 I got about 5K on the rear and 10K on the front. There's about a 3K difference between "should" be replaced and NEEDS to be replaced. It doesn't need to be replace until the cords are worn thru.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: stock IRC Reply #2 - 09/30/07 at 16:27:17 That a little less then what i got on other bikes i dont think the tires are to bad handleing but you and most people get different tires what do the other tires seem to do different
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barry68v10 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 955 Maryland Gender:	Re: stock IRC Reply #3 - 09/30/07 at 17:38:37 My IRCs are pretty slick despite only 4500 miles on them. They have lots of tread left, but don't do well on wet roads. On the other hand, they are the tires that came stock on the bike in 1998 so maybe they weren't so bad when they were new...
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Reply #4 - 09/30/07 at 19:16:01

I got about 8K out of the Dunlop D404 rear. Others claim more mileage or stickiness from other tires. I have an IRC Durotour on the rear now (came with the wheel) and it is wearing as well as the D404 -- better than the stock IRC.

I think I'll stick with the Dunlops -- $109 + shipping for F & R. Better half is talking about getting tire mounting & ballancing equipment.

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Reply #5 - 09/30/07 at 20:16:35

everybody complains about the stock IRC, but I got about 15K on a rear / I bought the bike with about 7K and put slightly less than 8/. I was going to keep it a little longer, but there was a looong trip comming and I did not want to get stuck for a tire somewhere in the corn fields. Not too long ago I bought an 03 Savage with slightly over 7K and the rear tire was just about gone /the former owner was probably 230-240 lb/
I think that the weight of the rider matters a lot. I am about 160 lb and may be this is the reason for the longer life that I squeeze out of the tires.

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Reply #6 - 09/30/07 at 21:12:29

Paladin. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:09:

I got about 8K out of the Dunlop D404 rear. Others claim more mileage or stickiness from other tires. I have an IRC Durotour on the rear now (came with the wheel) and it is wearing as well as the D404 -- better than the stock IRC.

I think I'll stick with the Dunlops -- $109 + shipping for F & R. Better half is talking about getting tire mounting & ballancing equipment.

If You do get that tire equipment,, please start a thread & tell about where you got it & such. I am interested. At $30.00 bucks a tire for mounting, after buying it there, thats a bit stiff..

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Reply #7 - 09/30/07 at 22:11:29

Just don't buy it from Harbor Freight. The tire changing mashine that needs an attachment for motorcycle tires is a complete waste of money. The only part of it, that works OK is the bead bracker. I had one and I gave it away. I was using tire irons before I got my COATS 220.
Now I saw they have for $29 a bead-bracker only and this might be pretty good idea.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: stock IRC Reply #8 - 10/01/07 at 00:57:58 The machine theyn use at the shop really is just a bead breaker & has 4 jaws that spread & secure the rim. Hten, the guy slaps the tire on it & uses tire bars to put it on. Once the wheel is secure, its a piece O cake. That thing has to be bolted to the slab, tho.
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Reply #9 - 10/01/07 at 01:02:10

I rode the stock IRC 5,000 miles, but it was a sorry riding piece O crap the last 1,000. It was also never good at holding the road, not new, not mid life, not ever. That was a good thing. It caused me to be a bit more careful while I was relearning to ride. Then, stuck a sticky tire on & suddenly, I was a lot better rider, well, I could corner faster, cuz I wasnt slipping around on a snotty tire.

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: stock IRC Reply #10 - 10/01/07 at 03:02:34 I must be easy rider Ive driven motorcycle for 35 years and have never slip a tire or drop one over. I guess am not much of a hotrod. Ive had 15 motorcycles in that time.S40 isnt a easy bike to work on, like i thought it would be.The only ones harder to work on where 92 goldwing and 1500 intruder which i still have.
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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6230 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: stock IRC Reply #11 - 10/01/07 at 07:23:00 i got 5k out of my irc on the rear im 185# and not a radical rider ..i think heat is the reason mine wore out,one hot afternoon i pulled onto the front lawn and next day noticed i had burnt the grass.. love my metzlers..
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azjay Serious Thumper Offline aridzona... its a dry heat Posts: 816 Gender:	Re: stock IRC Reply #12 - 10/01/07 at 09:00:37 i replaced the front at 5600 miles, the rear had already been replaced. the front tire was 10 years old, hard and dry, slid around like a greased pig. the bike wears a dunlop K555 rear and a dunlop 404 front now.
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Reply #13 - 10/01/07 at 15:06:15

slavy wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:09:

Just don't buy it from Harbor Freight. The tire changing mashine that needs an attachment for motorcycle tires is a complete waste of money. The only part of it, that works OK is the bead bracker. I had one and I gave it away. I was using tire irons before I got my COATS 220.

That's the one I'm looking at. $100 to be able to handle automotive and motorcycle tires. The Coats is m/c only and $900?

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Re: stock IRC
Reply #14 - 07/03/08 at 21:13:58

My stock IRC rear tire started showing the wear bars at about 8500 miles.

I'm gonna replace it w/ another OEM IRC. Why? Well, it's cheap and I only ride the bike about 1500 miles per year. If I get a good tire, I'm afraid it will age out before it wears out.

FWIW, I use the Harbor Freight tire changing stand. I basically use it as a stand to hold the wheel so I can use my tire irons. The stand gets the wheel off the ground and saves my back.

The rear tire of the Savage is easy to get on and off the rim, especially when you compare it to the rear tire of my GL1800....that one's a bear!

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