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Scooters - Big Bore => Xciting 500 => Topic started by: sissy mary on October 14, 2014, 10:27:53 PM
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Just to let everyone know. My rear Avon has 8,000 miles on it, and the rubber is now even with the wear bars. Not bad? :-*
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That's pretty damn good mileage for that heavy of a bike. I've had a couple sets of vipers, that were great except when there was even a hint of water on the ground lol.
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I'm impressed as well. I loved my Vipers but got less than 1/2 that life with 1/4 the bike. Nice!
Hope life is treating you well Sissy.
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All I do is tour. Very little stop and go. That's why mileage is so high. :-*
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All I do is stop, and Gooooooooo! Guess that has something to do w/ it.
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On my other chinese gy6 150cc half my miles were on one wheel, and i got MAYBE 2000miles out of the rear tire lol
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Nice for Avon Viper, Sissy Mary. I got 9500 out of my last set of Michelin. Of course, the last 1000 or so was a wee bit slippery in the twisty-turnie.
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Ya I know, Due to money issues I have road on many a bold tire in the past. :-*
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as some have pointed out before me the avon viper are a good tyre on the dry. but on wet they're terrible. I have almost 6000 miles on my rear Avon. still deep thread good profile. would go another 3-4000 I'm sure. when time comes I'm gonna change it for a Mich power pure. I have one on front and it's amazing!
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Perhaps it has something to do w/ the surface area / road contact patch, to bike size/tire size ratio.
I found on my 50cc bikes the Vipers were superior to anything else (I tried) in the rain. I've slid on Michelens/Pirellis/kendas/Chen Shins, but never on Avon Vipers...
Gotta be in that ratio somewhere...
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as some have pointed out before me the avon viper are a good tyre on the dry. but on wet they're terrible. I have almost 6000 miles on my rear Avon. still deep thread good profile. would go another 3-4000 I'm sure. when time comes I'm gonna change it for a Mich power pure. I have one on front and it's amazing!
Power pure for the win!!!! I've had viper strikes on 12", 13", and 16" wheels and they are slippery as sh** in the rain. I switched directly from vipers to pilot pure on my tgb and was 10x more confident riding in the rain.